The onset of chronic, debilitating symptoms following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is thought to constitute a novel disease entity, for which the term post-acute COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PACVS) has recently been suggested [1]. The symptoms reported by PACVS-affected persons start shortly after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, continue in episodes over several months, and severely compromise the quality of life. A systematic survey of the clinical features of PACVS has yet to be carried out. However, published case reports [1] indicate that PACVS differs from the usual adverse effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination [2,3,4,5]. The symptoms most frequently reported in the context of PACVS encompass impaired well-being (exhaustion, malaise, chronic fatigue), cardiovascular disturbances (orthostatic intolerance, tachycardia, palpitations), peripheral neuropathy (dysesthesia, hypesthesia), central nervous system dysfunction (lack of concentration, brain fog, cognitive deficits, sleep disorders), muscular dysfunction (myalgia, weakness, fibrillations), and gastro-intestinal afflictions (nausea, strong weight changes). In summary, PACVS presents a phenotype of acquired autonomous dysfunction that overlaps with various established multisystemic dysautonomia syndromes such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) [6,7], postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) [8], fibromyalgia/chronic pain syndrome [9], small fiber neuropathy (SFN) [10] and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) [11]. Interestingly, symptoms similarly conforming to ME/CFS and POTS have been observed following vaccinations against human papillomavirus [12,13,14,15,16] and hepatitis B virus [17].
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