Got the flu shot yesterday and

[soocool]

both DD and I feel a little achy right now. DD has a temp just under a 100.

Could this be a side effect of the shot? Anyone with a similar experience??

 

[Mara]

this happened to me when i got it... i never get it but i got the shot this year and the next day i had a temp at 99.7 for a day and was really tired and headachy. they told me your arm would hurt and it did. but i slept early that night and just rested and the next day i was totally fine.

 

[Girlrocks]

This is common, I do consulting work for nursing homes and was required to have one yesterday. It''s not unusual to be achy, have a mild fever and mild flu-like symptoms right after a flu shot. The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it''s your bodies way of buidling up it''t antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it.

 

[Munchkin]

" The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it''s your bodies way of buidling up it''t antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it."
Not really. The shot isn''t a live vaccine, so you can not get the virus from it. It would be like saying you got tetanus from a tetanus shot. The flu mist is a live form of the flu to induce response.

Some people can have low grade temps and aches with vaccines.

The vaccine takes about two weeks to work, so you may have been exposed to a virus prior to be vaccinated. I hope not, though! Hopefully you''re just having a reaction to the vaccine and it will pass in a day or so.

 

[lulu]

Yep, that''s what happens to me. One of my cats always ran a temp after vaccines

 

[honey22]

yes, totally normal and a good thing in fact!

A vaccine works by triggering an immune response so it remembers it, and can fight the infection if it encounters it later.

What are are describing (and other symptoms can include aches, run down fluey feeling) is not the flu but your own immune system reacting to the vaccine.

So, basically your body and the vaccine are doing their jobs!!!!

 

[D&T]

every year I get the the flu shot, I get the Flu!... so whenever I don''t get it I don''t get the flu

coincidence maybe but usually it happens about two - three weeks after I get it.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

I usually get the mist, but they were out this year so I got the shot. I had the soreness at the site of injection, but that was about it.

 

[kittybean]

Date: 10/8/2009 9:14:00 PM
Author: Munchkin
'' The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it''s your bodies way of buidling up it''t antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it.''
Not really. The shot isn''t a live vaccine, so you can not get the virus from it. It would be like saying you got tetanus from a tetanus shot. The flu mist is a live form of the flu to induce response.

Some people can have low grade temps and aches with vaccines.

The vaccine takes about two weeks to work, so you may have been exposed to a virus prior to be vaccinated. I hope not, though! Hopefully you''re just having a reaction to the vaccine and it will pass in a day or so.

For some reason, I thought this was not the case with the H1N1 vaccine--I had heard somewhere that the swine flu shot was the live virus, although the normal seasonal flu shot is not. I thought I also heard that the nasal spray does contain a live virus . . . but I may be way off base. Anyone know?

Soocool, I hope you and your DD are feeling better soon!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 10/8/2009 10:25:14 PM
Author: D&T
every year I get the the flu shot, I get the Flu!... so whenever I don''t get it I don''t get the flu

coincidence maybe but usually it happens about two - three weeks after I get it.

that''s why i never take them flu shots. all they do is give you the flu.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

Date: 10/9/2009 12:05:01 AM
Author: kittybean

Date: 10/8/2009 9:14:00 PM

Author: Munchkin

' The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it's your bodies way of buidling up it't antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it.'

Not really. The shot isn't a live vaccine, so you can not get the virus from it. It would be like saying you got tetanus from a tetanus shot. The flu mist is a live form of the flu to induce response.


Some people can have low grade temps and aches with vaccines.


The vaccine takes about two weeks to work, so you may have been exposed to a virus prior to be vaccinated. I hope not, though! Hopefully you're just having a reaction to the vaccine and it will pass in a day or so.

For some reason, I thought this was not the case with the H1N1 vaccine--I had heard somewhere that the swine flu shot was the live virus, although the normal seasonal flu shot is not. I thought I also heard that the nasal spray does contain a live virus . . . but I may be way off base. Anyone know?


Soocool, I hope you and your DD are feeling better soon!

For the regular flu immunization: Injection = killed virus, nasal spray = live virus

I just looked up the H1N1 immunization to double check myself before I just assumed it is the same and it is. So the injection is the killed virus and the nasal spray is live.

The killed virus is usually reserved for a select group of patients (pregnant, under the age of 2, people with chronic illnesses, the list goes on).

 

[Girlrocks]

Date: 10/8/2009 9:10:01 PM
Author: Girlrocks
This is common, I do consulting work for nursing homes and was required to have one yesterday. It''s not unusual to be achy, have a mild fever and mild flu-like symptoms right after a flu shot. The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it''s your bodies way of buidling up it''t antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it.

I should have clarified myself, the vaccine is inactivated flu virus (killed virus) so your body reacts to it to build up antibodies.

I just pulled out my pamphlet from Wednesday and it states:

"Mild Problems:
Soreness, redness or swelling where the shot was given
Hoarseness; sore, red or itchy eyes; cough
Fever
Aches
If these problems occur, they usually begin soon after the shot and last 1-2 days."

For what it''s worth, I never voluntarily get the flu shot; I feel like I fall into the group that only gets the flu on the years when I''ve had the shot! I only did this year because I was required to.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[dragonfly411]

Actually munchkin, some doctors offices ARE giving a live form of the vaccine at this time. Mine is.

 

[soocool]

I''m feeling like my old self today, but DD stayed home from school (a big no-no when you''re in high school). She still had a temp of 100 at 6 am and I told her that the nurse would end up calling me and I would have to go over to the school and pick you up anyway. And just in case it isn''t from the flu shot then think about all the people you could be infecting.

I think all she heard was "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah" and went back to bed... Oh, the teen years!

 

[soocool]

Date: 10/9/2009 2:06:36 AM
Author: LtlFirecracker

Date: 10/9/2009 12:05:01 AM
Author: kittybean

Date: 10/8/2009 9:14:00 PM

Author: Munchkin

'' The shot is actually flu virus, a mild form, so it''s your bodies way of buidling up it''t antibodies to fight the real thing, should you need it.''

Not really. The shot isn''t a live vaccine, so you can not get the virus from it. It would be like saying you got tetanus from a tetanus shot. The flu mist is a live form of the flu to induce response.


Some people can have low grade temps and aches with vaccines.


The vaccine takes about two weeks to work, so you may have been exposed to a virus prior to be vaccinated. I hope not, though! Hopefully you''re just having a reaction to the vaccine and it will pass in a day or so.

For some reason, I thought this was not the case with the H1N1 vaccine--I had heard somewhere that the swine flu shot was the live virus, although the normal seasonal flu shot is not. I thought I also heard that the nasal spray does contain a live virus . . . but I may be way off base. Anyone know?


Soocool, I hope you and your DD are feeling better soon!

For the regular flu immunization: Injection = killed virus, nasal spray = live virus

I just looked up the H1N1 immunization to double check myself before I just assumed it is the same and it is. So the injection is the killed virus and the nasal spray is live.

The killed virus is usually reserved for a select group of patients (pregnant, under the age of 2, people with chronic illnesses, the list goes on).

Regarding the H1N1 flu shot. It may not be available to everyone. It seems that they are targeting kids from age 6 months to adults up to age 24. This is apparently the age group that can be seriously ill from the virus. Also, included of course are at risk groups. Apparently people born in the 1950s and earlier may have some immunity to the virus from a previous outbreak.

I do remember a swine flu vaccine in 1976? that had some extreme side effects...

 

[packrat]

It''s just a myth that you can get the flu from the flu shot. It''s no different than my kids having soreness and fevers after getting their regular immunizations.

Public Health got a batch of H1N1 mist in yesterday, so our office got an email Wednesday about letting them know if we wanted to come up, but I''d had the seasonal flu mist a couple weeks ago and have to wait..what, a month from having that or something, before I could have the H1N1 mist..if I choose to-I haven''t decided yet.

Our office ordered the same amount of seasonal flu vaccines that we always do this year, and we''ve been out for 2 weeks already. Normally that amount lasts us until March!

 

[MonkeyPie]

The regular flu shot takes 5 days to become "active" - meaning your body is learning to remember this virus. The shot itself is not live, though, so if you get a reaction the day of or after your shot, it''s simply the way your body reacts to vaccines. You cannot actually catch the flu from the flu shot.

 

[dendon]

I got the shot and felt that way for about 3-4 days. Felt like I was a getting a cold, had a fever and my arm hurt. But now back to normal!!