POIS Compass

Trigger factor

Illness, pain & hormone shifts

People say colds, flu, sinus or other infections, COVID, vaccination, pain, injury or hormone swings make symptoms worse, and some say their POIS started after an infection or a vaccine.

2 remarks

What people said2

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  • “I realized this POIS and its symptoms start and become worse since I started taken immunizations late 2018... I took vaccination on 23/8/19 and then 27/9/19.”
  • “POIS got worse when a vaccine triggered ME initially and every sudden dramatic worsening of ME (overexertion etc).”