Covid-19 vaccine: four years later, the list of persistent symptoms is growing
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and other rare neuro-inflammatory events
What: Rare inflammation of brain and spinal cord; can cause neurologic deficits.
Which vaccines: Reported as a signal in some large-scale safety surveillance datasets (rare).
How common: Extremely rare — reported as safety signals requiring further study rather than confirmed causal relationships.
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) / Low platelets (non-VITT)
What: Low platelet counts leading to bleeding/bruising risk.
Which vaccines: Reports have appeared across vaccine types; some cases were transient.
How common: Rare; often manageable with standard therapies.