Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report

Abstract A 48‐year‐old woman presented with various symptoms, including widespread body pains, insomnia, palpitations, and shortness of breath, after receiving tetanus toxoid. After going through multiple visits to clinicians of various subspecialties, she was referred to our infectious diseases cli...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Iwata, Yoshiaki Katsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of General and Family Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.265
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spelling doaj-29247654beba4934882a133fd17cafb12020-11-25T00:57:29ZengWileyJournal of General and Family Medicine2189-79482019-09-0120520320510.1002/jgf2.265Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case reportKentaro Iwata0Yoshiaki Katsuda1Division of Infectious Diseases Therapeutics Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Kobe JapanDepartment of Social Welfare Kansai University of Social Welfare Akoh JapanAbstract A 48‐year‐old woman presented with various symptoms, including widespread body pains, insomnia, palpitations, and shortness of breath, after receiving tetanus toxoid. After going through multiple visits to clinicians of various subspecialties, she was referred to our infectious diseases clinic. She was diagnosed with bodily distress syndrome (BDS), possibly triggered by tetanus toxoid injection. Her symptoms improved shortly after reassurance and medical management. Functional disorders such as BDS can occur after vaccinations, and one must be aware of this possibility in patients with multiple symptoms after receiving vaccines.https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.265bodily distress syndromesomatizationvaccines
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author Kentaro Iwata
Yoshiaki Katsuda
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Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
Journal of General and Family Medicine
bodily distress syndrome
somatization
vaccines
author_facet Kentaro Iwata
Yoshiaki Katsuda
author_sort Kentaro Iwata
title Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
title_short Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
title_full Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
title_fullStr Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: A case report
title_sort bodily distress syndrome after receiving vaccines: a case report
publisher Wiley
series Journal of General and Family Medicine
issn 2189-7948
publishDate 2019-09-01
description Abstract A 48‐year‐old woman presented with various symptoms, including widespread body pains, insomnia, palpitations, and shortness of breath, after receiving tetanus toxoid. After going through multiple visits to clinicians of various subspecialties, she was referred to our infectious diseases clinic. She was diagnosed with bodily distress syndrome (BDS), possibly triggered by tetanus toxoid injection. Her symptoms improved shortly after reassurance and medical management. Functional disorders such as BDS can occur after vaccinations, and one must be aware of this possibility in patients with multiple symptoms after receiving vaccines.
topic bodily distress syndrome
somatization
vaccines
url https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.265
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