{"id":16587,"date":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-infectious-diseases-coronavirus-drink-water-before-covid-vaccine-booster\/"},"modified":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"condition-infectious-diseases-coronavirus-drink-water-before-covid-vaccine-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-infectious-diseases-coronavirus-drink-water-before-covid-vaccine-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Might Want to Drink Water Before You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine or Booster Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"
By now you're probably well aware that the COVID-19<\/a> vaccine—despite it being a life-saving shot—typically comes with at least a few less-than-pleasant side effects<\/a>. They're minor, of course: pain at the injection site, fever, fatigue—but feeling any discomfort at all isn't exactly how you want to spend the day after getting vaccinated. <\/p>\n To help, some pharmacies are offering up tips on what you can do before and after your COVID shot to help reduce symptoms: According to an informational page by Walgreens<\/a>, the pharmacy suggests people "eat a nutritious meal and hydrate" before their vaccine appointment to "potentially lessen any side effects." CVS, too, urges people to "drink at least 16 ounces of water [one] hour before your appointment to help prevent side effects," in a reminder email before their vaccine appointments. <\/p>\n So what exactly is going on here? Is hydration—either before or after your shot—really key to helping lessen any possible discomfort following a COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>? <\/p>\n The truth: We don't really know for sure—but staying hydrated isn't usually a bad thing in any situation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC) recommends that those who get the vaccine stay well hydrated after the vaccine, if they end up developing a fever as a side effect. But they don't specifically advice people to drink a certain amount of water either before or after the vaccine to help prevent side effects.<\/p>\n RELATED: Some People May Soon Get a 4th Dose of Their COVID Vaccine—Here's Who the CDC Says Is Eligible<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n CVS, however, does suggest drinking water before your vaccine for a specific reason: to help decrease the chances of a person fainting while getting the shot. <\/p>\n "We added the recommendation to drink water to our vaccination appointment reminder emails in April due to some incidences of fainting we observed during the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine," CVS spokesperson Matt Blanchette, tells Health<\/em>. "Increasing intravascular volume by hydrating can help prevent a vasovagal syncope event that can lead to fainting. The CDC has also identified fainting after an immunization as a concern." (Worth noting, the CDC says<\/a> on its website that "giving patients a beverage, a snack, or some reassurance about the procedure has been shown to prevent some fainting" but adds that "studies are being done to look more into these strategies.)<\/p>\n "People are more likely to faint when they're dehydrated, infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, MD, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, tells Health<\/em>. And though he insists that it's purely speculation on his part, William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, agrees: "It's possible that, if you were better hydrated, you'd be less likely to feel woozy."<\/p>\n