Flu Jab after effects

[Tortina]

Hello

Has anyone been poorly after their flu jab ?

o have had an upset stomach , been very tired and have had headaches for a week .

wondering if that is the cause ?

I had an SCT 15 months ago .

Thanks

Tortina

[Mazcd Partner MPNVoice]

hi Tortina, sorry you have been unwell, suggest you speak to your GP about these symptoms. I hope you feel better soon. Best wishes, Maz

[Tortina in reply to Mazcd]

Thankyou Maz. I have spoken to my GP and my MPN consultant and currently having a test done to check .

Just wondering though if anyone had anything similar .

Tortina

[Spanelmad]

I had an upset stomach after the flu jab

[Tortina in reply to Spanelmad]

Hi

How long did it last for ?

Thanks

Tortina

[Spanelmad in reply to Tortina]

Couple of days

[hunter5582]

I typically do not have a strong reaction to the flu vaccine; however, when I combined it with the pneumonia vaccine I felt awful. It was like have a very bad case of flu for about 24 hours and both arms hurt. Will not ever combine vaccines moving forward.

[Tortina in reply to hunter5582]

Hello Hunter

Thanks for your reply .

I agree . I always have a 2 week gap between jabs .

In my case I just had the flu jab . I am due to have my covid jab at the end of this week but i will postpone it now until I feel completely better .

Tortina

[EPguy]

Do you know which exact flu shot it was? Some are more potent than others. I have a very bad story with mine.

What test is your GP doing? Watch for any neurological symptoms too.

[JP1952]

I'm obviously one of the lucky ones, no problem at all with flu jab.

[Bronchiectasislady69]

Hi Tortina I have more lung problems than anything but having had my flu jab on Thursday morning I had the most terrible night Thursday night with agonising pain in my back and tummy. It was like trapped wind indigestion pain. Friday I felt terrible all day due to lack of sleep and stomach pains and feeling sick. Today Saturday still not right. I messaged my health centre and I have to speak to the doc about my reaction. My covid jab is due Thursday and I do feel like waiting now a bit longer now for it as do not want to feel like this so soon again? Most people I know including my husband absolutely fine with both injections. I do hate the covid one as Inalways suffer with that but not the flu one? So I do wonder if the doc can throw a light on why?

Hope you feel better soon

Mona x

[Tortina]

Hello Mona

Thanks for your reply . That is interesting as the same happened to me without the back pain . I had terrible wind and felt sick .

In fact I felt poorly for 8 days . My symptoms were a really upset tummy , nausea , couldn’t eat and struggled to drink even water . I felt very tired and cold especially at night when I was tired . I also had some headaches . I didn’t actually have any sickness or diaorhea but I felt like I wanted to go to the toilet often at the beginning .

After a few days of barely eating , drinking peppermint tea and sparkling water i started to make myself eat little and often . That seemed to help . I ate cream crackers , plain boiled potatoes and the odd fish finger . Not like me at all .

Ive never had a reaction to a flu jab before so it was really strange . It started 24-48 hours after my jab .

I have delayed my Covid jab now as advised by my consultant haematologist and am having it a good 2 weeks after my recovery …. I just don’t want to feel ill again after that episode .

I hope you are ok and you don’t experience what I did . It was certainly not very pleasant .

Let me know how you get on .

Tortina