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Just got through taking an infection control class, part of my job is infection control.
First realize that the flu vaccine is not made with live virus, therefore it cannot make you ill. Secondly it takes three weeks for you to have immunity from flu, so you are able to become sick with the flu during those three weeks. Every year when I do flu shots at least one person tells me they don't take them because they make them sick, however the vaccine cannot make you ill. People who do come down with something after they have the flu shot make a casual connection to it being from the shot, but it is not true.
If you have further questions refer to the cdc website. http://www.cdc.gov
mcountry, I agree with your statement 100%. This issue has been thoroughly discussed in a previous thread. The flu virus IS indeed a killed vaccine. The usual side effects are a sore arm and perhaps a low-grade temp. This time of year there are many viruses out there.....any of which can make you feel pretty yukky. I hope you feel well soon!!
While a vaccine made of killed virii will not give one the disease, I am fairly certain these injections a associated with the Guillane-Barre Syndrome. So technically the shots can make a person sick.
I don't take the flu shots myself. And I have seldom had the flu. I just hate getting shots. :imbar Gary
I got my shot last week, didn't turn a hair x MILD tenderness @ injection site.
When babies get their shots these days, they get tylenol @ the time of injection and q4hx24hr after. I think adults should do the same.
When you REALLY get the "flu", it can be incredibly bad. We're not talking cold, here, we're talking intense myalgia, fever, headache, malaise/fatigue as in can't raise your head off the bed. It lasts a good week or 2, and takes FOREVER to totally recover. Some people wind up w/pneumonia, etc.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 KILLED hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
My point is: THIS IS NOT A DISEASE TO BE TRIFLED WITH!! If you take care of pts who are immunocompromised, and you get the flu, you can transmit the disease to them before you realize you are sick, and they can DIE from it.
Cynder
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Well, I got my Flu Shot on Friday. I hurt so bad! Have been in bed most of the day. What do you all think?
I feel like crying I feel so bad. I really thought it was all in my head and then my husband tells me how awful I look(just want I wanted to hear).