Richard Terrell, 74, of Goochland County, Virginia says four days after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine, he suffered a severe rash that spread over his entire body, turning his skin red.
"The 74-year-old was admitted to the hospital and spent five days at VCU Medical Center.
Terrell was released from the hospital and is now sharing his vaccination story as he recovers from the comfort of his Goochland home. He tells 8News that he’s still very weak and that it will take some time for him to fully recover, but he’s thankful to have received his dose.
“It all just happened so fast. My skin peeled off,” Terrell said as he looked down. “It’s still coming off on my hands now.”…
“It was stinging, burning and itching,” Terrell said as he described the pain. “Whenever I bent my arms or legs, like the inside of my knee, it was very painful where the skin was swollen and was rubbing against itself.”
Doctors at the hospital determined that it was a reaction to the vaccine that triggered the outbreak and could have been life-threatening if untreated.
The doctor who treated Terrell tells WRIC that “we ruled out all the viral infections, we ruled out COVID-19 itself, we made sure that his kidneys and liver was okay, and finally we came to the conclusion that it was the vaccine that he had received that was the cause.”