I get sick when I take a flu shot. does anyone else do this?
2006-10-26 14:15:21 · 8 answers · asked by Ginnykitty 7 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
YES ! but BABY GIRL you'll be 10 times as sick if you catch the flu. I get one just before winter"EVERY YEAR" what a flu shot does is gives you the flu bug (a very very tiny amount) along with enzymes that gets your body to make "anti-bodies" that kills off that bug and makes you immune to that and most other flu bugs going around.(AND THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF FLU'S OUT THERE) So its better to" take it and not need it, then to need it and didn't take it" "YOU FEEL ME?"
2006-10-26 14:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're not getting the flu; you're having some muscle aches, maybe some pain. A shot is only good for one year. Each year, they rotate the shots given. You won't get the same immunization that you got last year, you'll get a different strain as dictated by the CDC big-wigs. So here's some advice, take a couple of tylenol before taking your flu shot. Trust me, you don't want the flu. Godloveya.
2006-10-26 21:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The influeza shots does'nt cause the flu, two years ago the injection was a live virus its no longer a live virus so it its impossible for the shot to cause the flu but its no gurantee you still will not get the flu. It;s also important not to get the flu shot if your not feeling well like having a cold or cough.
2006-10-26 21:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by tdddmdt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't get the flu shot. The flu shot only helps with the one type of flu not all of them. It's just a waste of money.
2006-10-26 21:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by Lacey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the flu shot protects against more than one flu.It protects againts all known strains at the time of production.
The reason it makes you fell sick for a few days is that it revs up the immune system just like catching anything else but is does not last long and is nothing like catching the flu bug itself and a lot less dangerous
2006-10-26 21:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by bethed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Flu shot cannot cause the Flu. However; it does cause a reaction in the immune system and if your immune system is already weak, you could get sick.
2006-10-26 21:19:19 · answer #6 · answered by phoenix 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good for 1 year only
2006-10-26 21:52:00 · answer #7 · answered by amberharris20022000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, y wud u want to do that
2006-10-26 21:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by harry rav 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋