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Auto immune Thyroiditis and the Flu Jab

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Has anyone any advice about having the flu jab when you have Auto Immune Thyroiditis? I am very uneasy about having it.

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SeasideSusieRemembering

You'll get mixed opinions.

Check out previous posts healthunlocked.com/search/f...

I'm in the against camp.

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floraD in reply to SeasideSusie

Thank you. Have checked the previous posts as you suggested. Very conflicting views there. I'm still very undecided. I am in my 70s and have the added complication of Lupus.

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SeasideSusieRemembering in reply to floraD

It has to be your decision. I'm 69 and have a progressive lung disease so I'm in two 'at risk' groups, but I prefer to boost my immune system and take basic precautions like frequent hand washing than accept a dubious jab that has a minute chance of covering the strain of flu that might be about this year.

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Lynneypin in reply to SeasideSusie

I’m in the same boat as you, with lung disease. It’s a difficult decision but I don’t have it either.

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Pixielula

I have only ever had the flue once in my 54 years, once was enough for me I honestly thought I was dying and this was pre hashimoto's pre T2 diabetes and pre Crohns when I was young and healthy. It took me months to fully recover and it's not an experience I would relish now being older and more vulnerable. I have been having my yearly flu jab for as many years as they have offered it. "I've got the flu" is a phrase often heard coming from someone with the sniffles, but rarely true!!

Conflicting advice indeed

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Barb1949

There is some newly published (this year) research which shows the flu jab is something like 5% effective overall and less so as you get older. That means it is 95% ineffective. And it can have some pretty horrible side effects.

It is, of course, entirely your decision. I will not be having it again.

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Skyhawk

I would not have any vaccine shots eber’ Theses a lot of undesirable elements in them.

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