flu jab

[Flrchrs]

Had my flu jab last Wednesday. Since then been in bed with flu symptoms aching legs headaches and congested chest.. The doctor says can’t be the flu jab but seems a bit of a coincidence. Just wondered if having GCA now down to 10mg would have any effect on the injection .

[lawli56]

Have you tested for covid? I have 3 friends with the same symptoms all positive and currently isolating. One gave it to the others.

[Flrchrs in reply to lawli56]

yes tested a couple of times both negative.

[piglette]

It seems you can get mild flu-like symptoms as a side effect of the flu jab that will pass after a few days. It sounds like your symptoms are a bit more than mild!

[Seacat30]

My former colleague has a couple of friends who reacted to the flu jab like that. They don't have GCA or PMR and are not on steroids.

[Flrchrs in reply to Seacat30]

wonder if being on steroids affects how the immune system reacts to the jab. I’ve reported it under the Yellow card.

[lawli56]

Steroids reduce your natural immunity so that could be why your side-effects, if that's what they are, feel worse.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Whatever you have - it isn't flu due to the jab, it isn't a "live" jab so it cannot give you flu.

If you are on pred it is likely to reduce the response not make it greater. Sometimes people have coincidentally been infected with flu or a cold and it appears soon aftre the jab, definitely not due to the jab! My grandson had his first Covid jab and came down with Covid a few hours later - just really bad timing.

[Broseley]

Both my parents and my hubby feel really ill after their flu jabs. They get feverish, achy and just generally feel unwell for about a week afterwards.

[Myfoe]

2 people at work also came down with flu like symptoms after the flu jab both were negative for Covid but felt horrible for several days were told one can have some “mild” reactions to the jab… scared me right out of taking it I already swore of the 4th booster

[EggAndBacon]

I have had a flu jab for the last seven years and ever since, after having the jab, I have suffered from flu like symptoms similar to yours. I have only had PMR for three years, so this started years before PMR. I have been told by doctors that it is just a coincidence, it can't be caused by the flu vaccine as it is not a live vaccine. Well, there are just too many people with similar stories to rule out there being a connection to the flu jab. When I initially had PMR symptoms, the doctors at my surgery and the rheumatologists at my local hospital all said it could not be PMR as my blood markers were normal; I was then diagnosed with PMR after seeing rheumatologist Professor Rod Hughes. My doctors and the rheumatologists now accept that you can have PMR even if blood markers are normal. As my rheumatologists said to me not so long ago, "I no longer believe everything I was taught at medical school".

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to EggAndBacon]

Good - pleased to hear that!!! Things change - that's why they need to look things up now and again!

[Flrchrs in reply to EggAndBacon]

I’m getting jab scepticism now . Having got over PMR last September then going for a Covid jab in December then January terrible headaches leading to a diagnosis of GCA. Did the Jab send the immune system into overdrive causing GCA.

I know they could be coincidental but . So I’m passing on the 5 Covid jab . Having been on a cycle tour where everyone caught Covid except me and we were sharing rooms think having had Covid and 4jabs is enough. Even the AstraZeneca boss thinks so .

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Flrchrs]

Mmmm - but AZ isn't in use is it?

My view is that if the jab did that, what might the real virus do?

[Flrchrs in reply to PMRpro]

just thought you may like to read. month. A review of the literature revealed several case reports of giant cell arteritis following influenza vaccination. However, no large-scale studies have demonstrated a causal relationship between GCA and immunization. Our case demonstrates the first instance of GCA following a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. We propose that the upregulated immune response to the vaccine acted as a trigger for GCA in this patient with predisposing factors. While causation cannot be determined based on one case alone, our case demonstrates an opportunity for further research into the relationship between vasculitis and immunizations. Despite this isolated case, the proven benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly outweigh any theoretical risk of immune dysregulation following administration.

From the month. A review of the literature revealed several case reports of giant cell arteritis following influenza vaccination. However, no large-scale studies have demonstrated a causal relationship between GCA and immunization. Our case demonstrates the first instance of GCA following a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. We propose that the upregulated immune response to the vaccine acted as a trigger for GCA in this patient with predisposing factors. While causation cannot be determined based on one case alone, our case demonstrates an opportunity for further research into the relationship between vasculitis and immunizations. Despite this isolated case, the proven benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly outweigh any theoretical risk of immune dysregulation following administration.month. A review of the literature revealed several case reports of giant cell arteritis following influenza vaccination. However, no large-scale studies have demonstrated a causal relationship between GCA and immunization. Our case demonstrates the first instance of GCA following a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. We propose that the upregulated immune response to the vaccine acted as a trigger for GCA in this patient with predisposing factors. While causation cannot be determined based on one case alone, our case demonstrates an opportunity for further research into the relationship between vasculitis and immunizations. Despite this isolated case, the proven benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly outweigh any theoretical risk of immune dysregulation following administration. month. A review of the literature revealed several case reports of giant cell arteritis following influenza vaccination. However, no large-scale studies have demonstrated a causal relationship between GCA and immunization. Our case demonstrates the first instance of GCA following a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. We propose that the upregulated immune response to the vaccine acted as a trigger for GCA in this patient with predisposing factors. While causation cannot be determined based on one case alone, our case demonstrates an opportunity for further research into the relationship between vasculitis and immunizations. Despite this isolated case, the proven benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly outweigh any theoretical risk of immune dysregulation following administration.

From the ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

[Gary1310]

I am convinced my PMR was caused by my Senior dose flu vaccine. Never again!

[Persevere99]

Hi

I had the flu jab yesterday and my run today was not good at all, because of very achy legs.

Hopefully better in a few days.

Persevere99