Flu jab

[Sylvia22]

This year I had for the first time the Flu jab. After that I had what I would call a bad cold and general lethargy . The fact is since then I have not felt fully well.Prior to this time I had been feeling the best I had felt I since being diagnosed with Hashimotos. .It feels as though I am fighting a virus. I have been to the Doctors who says it cannot be the flu jab. What do you think.

[Heloise]

Many alternative doctors are very much against flu shots. I personally have refused them for many years and probably only had two or three before that. I can't remember having the flu either. My friends took the flu shot a year ago before going on a cruise and were ill for a week during the vacation. I'll add that I am not in situations where I have to be around sick people very often.

[Sylvia22 in reply to Heloise]

Thanks. Don't think I'll have it again.

[Heloise in reply to Sylvia22]

I've been posting this man's videos on thyroid and adrenal but here is one on other remedies. I think he is brilliant.

[Marz]

healthunlocked.com/search/f...

Earlier threads on the topic. Not something I would subscribe to

[Sylvia22]

Thank you Marz

[Heloise]

youtube.com/watch?v=fYi59VJ...(Not working as expected?)

[shaws Administrator]

You could be right and your GP wrong. This is a link and this is an excerpt:

healthline.com/health/flu-s...

[shaws Administrator]

This is a recommendation:

Research Proves Vitamin D Is a Potent Weapon Against Influenza

Robert Edgar Hope-Simpson was one of the first to discover the link between a deficiency in solar radiation and seasonal influenza. Then, in 2006, the journal Epidemiology and Infection5 published Dr. John Cannell’s paper "Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D,"6 which presents the hypothesis that influenza is little more than a symptom of vitamin D deficiency.

Clearly, just because you’re exposed to a virus does not automatically mean that you will get sick. On the contrary, studies7 have shown that even in people without any antibodies against a particular virus, the majority do not develop any symptoms at all when directly exposed in experiments.

The fact of the matter is that if your immune system is operating optimally, your chances of contracting a cold or flu-like illness or influenza are very slim. Vitamin D is an important player in overall healthy immune function, but it’s also an effective antimicrobial agent in its own right, producing 200 to 300 different antimicrobial peptides in your body that kill bacteria, viruses and fungi. So optimizing your vitamin D levels will help combat viruses in more ways than one.

Dr. Cannell followed up on his hypothesis with another study published in the Virology Journal8 in 2008, and his findings were again confirmed in 2009—this time by the largest and most nationally representative study of its kind to date, involving about 19,000 Americans. That same year (2009), it was discovered that almost two-thirds of the children who died from H1N1 swine flu complications had underlying health problems such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or other neurodevelopmental disorders. Neurological and immune disorders have been associated with childhood vitamin D deficiency, which could also have made the children more susceptible to swine flu complications.

A 2010 study9 that didn't get any widespread attention also demonstrated the effectiveness of vitamin D as a preventive strategy against influenza. In fact, children taking just 1,200 IUs of vitamin D3 per day, which is considered a low dose, were shown to be 42 percent less likely to come down with the flu. I firmly believe that optimizing your vitamin D levels is the single most important and least expensive action you can take to help strengthen immune function and protect against getting sick during the flu season, and would STRONGLY urge you to have your vitamin D level monitored to confirm your levels are therapeutic at 50-70 ng/ml year-round.

The Best Way to Optimize Your Vitamin D Levels

Research on vitamin D is moving forward swiftly, so you’d be well advised to stay on top of the latest developments as recommendations are refined and updated. I will cover the latest developments here, so you may want to share this article with your peers.

Sun exposure is by far the best way to optimize your vitamin D levels as your body has built-in “fail-safe” mechanisms that help prevent detrimental side effects from occurring. Vitamin D from sunlight acts as a pro-hormone, rapidly converting in your skin into 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or vitamin D3. A viable alternative is to use a safe tanning bed, i.e. one that has an electronic ballast, opposed to a magnetic one.

Sun exposure may also be more beneficial due to the fact that when your skin is exposed to sunlight, it produces cholesterol sulfate, which is important for optimal brain and heart function. Cholesterol sulfate also appears to play an important role in reducing LDL cholesterol, which is associated with cardiovascular disease. So there’s more to gain by getting sun exposure than “just” protecting yourself against influenza and flu-like illness.

articles.mercola.com/sites/...

[Sylvia22 in reply to shaws]

This is very interesting . Thank you.

[polly3]

I always have the flu jab, I have asthma and havenever had a problem with the jab.

[Glynisrose]

The main problem for me is that if I have the flu jab whilst my body is trying to manufacture antibodies to the various flu viruses anything else can sneak in and make you ill. Doctors have the idea that because the flu virus in the injection is dead that its simple for the body to cope with - not true!

[Sylvia22]

Thanks. Never thought of that

[Rosy_Holly]

I have recently obtained my Thyroid readings from my Doctor going back to April 2004. My levels stayed around the l.mlU/L to0.5 mlU/L range until my Thyroid Test in Nov 2007 when it was 3.8. Since then my levels have been all over the place. Strange that on 22nd Nov. 2007 I went in the morning to have a flu jab. My husband and I went out for a pub lunch and during the meal I became very ill. ( I also have heart problems) The bar maid was a trained nurse and she called an ambulance. I spent the night in hospital, allowed to go home in morning saying everything was ok. I know I was very hot - not sure now might have been running a temperature. I have never had a flu jab since. I did recently look up long term side effects of the flu jab - very interesting reading. I believe last years flu jab - for the first time - did not have mercury in it!!

[Sylvia22]

Thanks. It must have been awful for you. I have read so many things about this when people have been ill afterwards.