I usually feel "not too good" for a few days after my annual flu jab. I think that, if you do get some reaction to the vaccine, it is a good indication that the vaccine will give you good immunity. I had my jab (Influensa Vaccination) yesterday. As I am on Apixaban anti-coagulant, I cannot take anti-inflammataries.
Flu vaccines are very safe. Most side effects are mild and only last for a day or so, such as:
slightly raised temperature
muscle aches
sore arm where the needle went in – this is more likely to happen with the vaccine for people aged 65 and over
Try these tips to help reduce the discomfort:
continue to move your arm regularly
take a painkiller, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen – some people, including those who are pregnant, should not take ibuprofen unless a doctor recommends it
I am not sure I trust or believe Public Health England or the Centre for Disease Control (or their "Magic Mathematics") but here is a video of Dr John Campbell re Flu Jab and Covid:
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Hi S11m, sorry I didn't get through all of that, because gosh, can't he bang on! And I always mistrust those who use far more words than are necessary in their explanations.
Leaving aside all thoughts of covid19 for a moment, this has been my experience of flu vaccinations.
I've had one annually for the past 10 years.
Happily I have never had a single side effect.
I have not had flu since having the vaccine, although it's clearly explained to me every year that having one only reduces the possibility of having it.
Until covid19, I danced in close proximity with a group of up to 16 people, and those who had had the vaccine each year didn't come down with flu either. The two who were against vaccination, did, three or four times over the ten years.
Therefore I can think of no really good reason (aside from the usual contra-indications of several known allergies or a doctor's advice) for not having it, particularly this season.
Sorry to hear that it does give you minor side-effects, but hopefully you'll soon be over those and back to normal, and, hopefully, robustly protected from flu! Stay well!
My weight and health have improved over the last few years, but, before I had annual flu jabs, I typically had chronic bronchitis etc all winter, and I have not had more than a snuffle since… so, a few days side-effects are worth it.
24 hours in, I had slightly swollen glands and a tight chest - my asthma inhaler fixed it.
Hello I had yearly vaccines as I had slight asthma and occasional inhaler I managed without it for quite awhile and they wouldn't let me have the flu jab until now I'm over 5o and had it Friday no pain on injection and no side effects my mam's had it for years and no side effects only one year many years ago it was a bad batch so I heard that year a lot were I'll with it, I hope you are ok with it 🤗
I agree the doc did pitch his talk above the heads of many non-medical folk, but I was able to follow it. What parts did you not agree with?
I reacted to my first 'flu jab in the 70s, but have never reacted since (I had to have it as I was nursing and it was important that the medical staff neither caught it or gave the flu to the patients.)
Back in the 50s, before there was a jab for the Flu, I caught it very badly and was hospitalised, which left me with a weak chest, so I'm not risking it, The doc described what happened to me perfectly!
As I'm now in the vulnerable group (for both age and co-morbitities) I get it automatically, as does my son, who is my carer.
In the second article, I was surprised that they gave both the influenza and the pneumonia together, It didn't always happen like that, and, as could be seen, it muddied the waters over which was responsible for the patients symptoms.
On the whole, they were both good articles.
Cheers, Midori
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