2006-11-05 15:32:45 · 9 answers · asked by jicour 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
No, if you do it is merely a coincidence. The flus virus innoculates are dead in the vaccine. They merely stimulate the body's immune system to formulate antibodies to the virus if the body sees it again...
2006-11-05 15:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, DrDave166 is correct. If you get the flu, it means you were already getting it when you got the shot, and therefore it is mere coincidence that you got the flu when you got the shot. The flu shot is only a mere sampling of the worst cases of flu virus going around that year, so if you were to get something from the shot, you would be pretty sick. Viruses are not living organisms, so it is not likely that it will infect you the way you are thinking.
2006-11-05 15:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by bloomquist324 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid that it depends. There are two types of flu shot avaliable to health authorities: a live reduced one and a "dead" one. The live virus has its most of its virulence removed, so it is still infectious, but not greatly so. It is possible to become ill from this, but it is very rare and it will not be as bad as normal flu. The deactivated vaccine is an ordinary virus, but with the genetic material removed. It can still infect one of your cells, but when it does thast nothing will happen. This means that you cannot get ill from it.
It is important that if you are offered a flu shot to take it. Flu can kill healthy individuals, although it is mostly old and very young who come off the worst.
Hope this helps
EDIT: just to correct the above answer, flu vaccines are not for the worst flu's around, they are predicitions of what will be the worst flu. If they didnt predict, but only made vaccines when they knew what the worst was, they could never make enough vaccine in time. The prime example of this is in the UK this year; they made one vaccine, but it turned out that a different flu emerged, so they had to switch production. We are still short of vaccine this year.
2006-11-05 19:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK direct from my doc--- the answer is yes-- but in a much less severe way. Best thing is to take 2 tylenol every 4 hrs for the 1st 2 days after the shot..minor headaches and fever (very minor) maybe a scratchy throat but not a full blown flu...remember you are getting a strain of the virus to make you immune..
2006-11-05 15:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Chuck C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because you are putting the flu into your body. It is a weak strand but it helps build immunity for your body
2006-11-05 15:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it somewhat is available to journey particularly some the indications of the flu, albeit much less intense, after receiving the vaccination. danger is that's what the difficulty is yet once you sense uncertain or get any worse then you definately would desire to truly see a everyday care physician.
2016-10-21 08:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-11-05 15:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you could actually be sicked.
2006-11-05 15:39:56 · answer #8 · answered by linda c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is but they will be minimal.
2006-11-05 15:41:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋