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The Psychedelic Mango

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A week and a half ago I had a flu shot. I think I reacted to it. The
next day I was feeling nauseous and later in the even I puked a few
times. Then I started getting lung congestion. Yesterday I felt like
crap. My pulse was up over 100 and my temperature 102.5f.
 
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:16:19 -0500, Dave Smith
wrote:


Feel better soon, Dave. Have you contacted your Dr. yet? He may not
like that you're coughing and have a fever with your surgery so near
in the past. I hear about that getting sick after a flu shot thing
quite a bit. It happens so much that about.com had addressed the
issue. So far, I'm not one of the people it has happened to.
http://coldflu.about.com/od/fluvaccinequestions/f/illafterflushot.htm
Wondering if you got that multiple-flu shot with H1N1 etc this year?
My arm was sore for several days and I had redness in the area where
the injection was given. That's the most I've ever reacted to a flu
shot and AFAIWC, it was a real Duesy. I shouldn't have reacted to the
H1N1 part because I'd already had that particular vaccine last Spring,
so it was something else that did it.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
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Dave Smith wrote:


The flu shot does nothing to stop the flu if you've already been
exposed. In fact, it takes 14 days after the shot before you acquire
immunity to the strains that were injected. There is an incubation
period in your body after you are exposed to the live virus. If you got
exposed a week or two before the shot, it might have hit the day after
the shot. Or during the two weeks. Or you might be having a reaction
to the shot. Or you might have an infection related to your surgery.
Hard to tell. With your recent surgery, I would think that a temp of
102.5 would warrant a visit to the doctor, or at least a call.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
Dave Smith wrote:

Bummer, hope you feel better soon.

I got a flu shot back in November, when I was still getting over a cold
(supposed to be a contraindication), but I had absolutely no problems
with it.
 
On 24/01/2011 2:08 PM, Pete C. wrote:

I have had the shots every year for more than a decade, never had a
reaction and never got the flu.
Feeling a lot better today.
 
Dave Smith wrote:

One year when I didn't get a flu shot, I got the flu and it put me out
of action for a solid two weeks. Every year I've had a flu shot I
haven't had any reaction or the flu. There probably isn't much chance of
figuring out what you had, but there is a good chance it was entirely
unrelated.
 
Omelet wrote:

The directions for flu shot say don't take one if you have had a
reaction to them in the past. I thought there was a chance to build up
a reaction to the shot itself but I don't see how that would work in
your case. Do you react to other vaccinations as well?
 
On 24/01/2011 5:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:


I have a very mild egg allergy but have been getting flew shots for at
last 10 years, never had a reaction and never go the flu. My wife and a
former co-worker both said they got had the worst flu ever shortly after
getting the shots. My wife had one this year and her arm was really
sore for several days after the shot... but she didn't get the flu.
 
On 1/24/2011 1:06 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
I work with a guy whose brother got Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS)[1]
after a flu shot and since they're twins, he refuses them. I can
understand that. This is the first year I didn't get a flu shot in a
long time. I was a little wary about the addition of another dead virus
in it. Probably nothing to worry about since I've never reacted before.

[1] http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/guillainbarre.htm
 
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:06:01 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:


Same here. I don't have any experience with horrible outcomes, either
by friends or myself, but I don't see the point. But, then, I can
weather the flu just fine, unlike some of those who are encouraged to
get the shot(s). Which I just did a couple of weeks ago. Down pretty
hard for a couple of days, but that's about it. From what some people
have said about their reactions to it, I'd rather have the flu than
the aftermath of the shot. :-)
 
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:05:48 -0600, BlueBrooke
wrote:


I guess if you don't work with the public and use ordinary precautions
at work, you can avoid picking up a virus. I got a flu shot this year
because I babysit my (now 3 months old) grandchild three days a week
and see her even more often than that. The pediatrician suggested
that we get our shot for the baby's sake, not for us

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
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