Vaccination against COVID-19 Patients with Allergic Diseases. The Position of the Allergologist-Immunologist. Literature review

Abstract

Relevance. Currently, the development of vaccines against COVID-19, their clinical trials are actively continuing, and the effectiveness of the vaccines used is being analyzed. A very important issue will be how and when to vaccinate patients with various chronic diseases, what are the relative and absolute contraindications for vaccination, how various diseases can affect the effectiveness of vaccination.Aims. To present an overview of the most significant published materials on the issue of vaccination against COVID19 patients with allergic diseases, as well as the likelihood of developing adverse events of an allergic nature in response to the introduction of the vaccine. Conclusions. An active study of vaccines, their effectiveness and safety, demonstrates to us the high reliability of these drugs and the absence of high risks of adverse events in comparison with other vaccines. Anaphylactic reactions to the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines are not more common than for any other vaccines used in international medical practice.

Keywords

• vaccination
• covid-19
• allergy
• adverse events
• asthma
• review