flu jab query

[Electricblue1]

does anyone know if you can have the flu jab if you have a cough and cold ?

[Tommyboy21]

Yes should be fine as long as it's not COVID.

[Electricblue1 in reply to Tommyboy21]

thank you , I’ve just done a covid test and it’s negative.

[Tommyboy21 in reply to Electricblue1]

I got both mines done at once with the sniffles. Told just to come down as long as I tested negative for COVID.

[CDreamer]

I was told no but that could be as I’m immune surpressed.

[javo123j]

I had a cough and cold when I went for my flu jab and asked nurse and she said it was fine. Had no ill effects afterwards. May be different if you have other illnesses

[DawnTX]

The instructions here is to not get it if you are feeling rundown etc. that includes having a cold. It may just be because of the fact that you already feel so bad they don’t want you to feel worse. My primary wanted to hold off giving me mine the other day because my afib is acting up. I am meeting with my new EP on the seventh and he prefers me to check with him. One thing I mentioned was the side effects most people get a day or two after the shot is not some thing my heart needs right now. He just doesn’t want anything to make me feel worse. I am lucky I have some good doctors I’m just avoiding everybody until I can get my shot

[Desanthony]

Usually here we are told no but that may depend on other things so best to ask at your GP surgery or wherever you go for your jab. If you are on antibiotics you should wait until 10 days to 2 weeks after having finished them and at the same time not take them for 10 days for 2 weeks after having the jab. Best to ask as this is what we have always been told.