Specializes in acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics.
Actually, it is not a coincidence. The nurse who gave the injection did give it in the wrong area. But has nothing to do with a possible injury to the rotor cuff. And the last time I check, shingles was related to a chicken pox vaccination, not the flu one. The hives could be related the the egg based fluid the injection is incubated in, so she should avoid any vaccinations incubated in a similar fashion. But to be safe, she should see an allergist. I have said this before, I don't know how nurses, given the amount of education they receive, can use hearsay on panic, blaming any symptoms the suffer, on the flu vaccination. I have spent a large portion of time, travailing overseas. As a result, I've received an untold number of vaccinations. I also have suffered sore arms and localized reactions. Not once have either I or my physician ever blamed it on the numerous vaccines I've received. Do you honestly believe that a live flu vaccine can cause the flu? The flu vaccine or any other live vaccine, can not give someone the flu or any other disease. Try checking out the Canadian website for communicable disease or our CDC.
What? I wasn't referring to the OP, please get the stories straight.
Unless you're psychic, you have no way of knowing what component of the vaccine she reacted to. Based on the timeline of symptoms Coolpeach provided it is clear she reacted to something in the vaccine - what part of the vaccine is irrelevant as your statement "poor flu shot - it is being blamed for symptoms that have little do with the shot itself" is categorically false. In this and many other documented cases, the flu shot provoked symptoms that, though vague and indiscriminate, began initially after time of administration so the chances that something else, like a certain food, etc produced the response is near zero. Even her physician suggested it was flu shot related, do you claim to know better than the physician??
But I guess since you've received numerous vaccinations and never reacted badly to any of them means that nobody else will ever have a reaction. Right. So I guess since I've never been hit by a car means nobody else will ever be hit by a car. See how lame that argument is?
I'm a little bothered by this comment though:
"I also have suffered sore arms and localized reactions. Not once have either I or my physician ever blamed it on the numerous vaccines I've received."
You got a shot, your arm got sore and reacted, but the doctor said the soreness etc, had nothing to do with the shot you just got? Yikes, don't need a medical degree to figure that one out, I'd say it's time to find a new doc.
I must say, although I did get the shot in the correct place, I came up with a huge raised red rash on my arm that was from my shoulder down to my elbow. It was very itchy. Went away gradually over about a week. Never reacted to a flushot before, although i do tend to have sensitive skin and react to something in the tuberculin test solution.
Don't know if this is related....but three of our nurses in my department ended up with a cold sore outbreak shortly after receiving the flu shot.....coincidence? Maybe...just kind of weird
I usually get the flu shot every year but since they have combined it with the vaccine for h1n1 and a couple other viruses that they could not tell me about, I chose not to be vaccinated until I can educate myself further on this new approach. I hope you feel better coolpeach. If I have stated something wrong feel free to correct me.
Once in a LTC facility, I had relations with, a number of the elderly clients died shortly after receiveing the flu vaccine. At that time I swore to never have a vaccine again, not hep, not flu, nothing, forget it. I decline every time. I do not ask client to subscribe to anything I would not subscribe to including the HPV vaccine.
Once in a LTC facility, I had relations with, a number of the elderly clients died shortly after receiveing the flu vaccine. At that time I swore to never have a vaccine again, not hep, not flu, nothing, forget it. I decline every time. I do not ask client to subscribe to anything I would not subscribe to including the HPV vaccine.
Are you so certain that those elderly clients died because of the flu vaccination or perhaps ust because they were elderly? I certainly can understand a family member jumping to such an unlogical conclusion but a health care worker? It makes me wonder about the degree of education and the depth of knowledge one has.
Are you so certain that those elderly clients died because of the flu vaccination or perhaps ust because they were elderly? I certainly can understand a family member jumping to such an unlogical conclusion but a health care worker? It makes me wonder about the degree of education and the depth of knowledge one has.
GrannyRN
Granny, the presumption that an old person died because they were old and debilitated enough that they could no longer care for themselves is preposterous!
Although...now that I think about it, a lot of old people die and a lot of old people eat pudding. And I would be willing to bet money that some old people died a relatively short time after eating their pudding...
We need the FDA on this ****. People need to be educated before consuming pudding! It's not safe people!
Hide yo' kids; hide yo' wife; cause they be feedin' people pudding up in here.
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OttawaRPN
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What? I wasn't referring to the OP, please get the stories straight.
Unless you're psychic, you have no way of knowing what component of the vaccine she reacted to. Based on the timeline of symptoms Coolpeach provided it is clear she reacted to something in the vaccine - what part of the vaccine is irrelevant as your statement "poor flu shot - it is being blamed for symptoms that have little do with the shot itself" is categorically false. In this and many other documented cases, the flu shot provoked symptoms that, though vague and indiscriminate, began initially after time of administration so the chances that something else, like a certain food, etc produced the response is near zero. Even her physician suggested it was flu shot related, do you claim to know better than the physician??
But I guess since you've received numerous vaccinations and never reacted badly to any of them means that nobody else will ever have a reaction. Right. So I guess since I've never been hit by a car means nobody else will ever be hit by a car. See how lame that argument is?
I'm a little bothered by this comment though:
"I also have suffered sore arms and localized reactions. Not once have either I or my physician ever blamed it on the numerous vaccines I've received."
You got a shot, your arm got sore and reacted, but the doctor said the soreness etc, had nothing to do with the shot you just got? Yikes, don't need a medical degree to figure that one out, I'd say it's time to find a new doc.