Mother’s legs erupt in agonising blood-filled blisters ‘after getting AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine’ – as 34-year-old reveals rare reaction left her wheelchair-bound and fearing she’d need her limbs amputated
- Sarah Beuckmann, 34, from Glasgow, had rashes and blisters on her legs
- Mother-of-one said they appeared about a week after she got her first dose
- British skin experts said the symptoms looked like a reaction to the jab
By LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE
A mother has claimed her legs erupted into painful blood-filled blisters that ‘merged together’ after receiving AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine.
Sarah Beuckmann, from Glasgow, said she suffered flu-like symptoms after getting her first dose in mid-March — a very common side-effect. But the 34-year-old began to feel a tingling sensation in her legs just a week later and noticed a rash flaring up around her ankles.
She called the GP to arrange an appointment that morning, but by the afternoon her skin was already breaking out into blisters.
The mother-of-one was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and claimed at one point she feared her legs might have to be amputated.
Ms Beuckmann spent 16 days in hospital, with blisters also appearing on her hands, face, arms and bottom. She was discharged to recover at home but is wheelchair-bound because she struggles to walk due to the bandages on her legs and blisters on the soles of her feet.
British skin experts told MailOnline it appeared she had suffered an extremely rare reaction to the vaccine.
Ms Beuckmann urged Britons to come forward to get the vaccine, revealing she told her story to raise awareness — ‘not to scare people’. Her doctor has advised that she shouldn’t get her second dose because of her reaction.
