I had the flu bad this year and I was wondering if it would be worth while to get the flu shot next year? I don't want to get the shot and still get the flu! Any advice?
2007-01-17 06:10:22 · 6 answers · asked by Tammy T 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
You can take a flu shot and still get the flu for a couple of reasons:
A: Either your body hasn't had time to process the antibodies from the flu shot.
or
B: You could contract a strain of flu that wasn't included in the vaccine.
All in all, if you have the flu one year it gives you an immunity that is unequalled to that of a flu shot...even different strains due to the protein phage around the virus itself...the weakened or dead viruses they inject into you negates the casing or phage around the DNA and it's not as powerful of an immunity than if you actually contract the virus itself with the living form of the casing. Most influenza viruses have the same protein casing but with different variations of DNA inside. That's why one strain of the live flu that you contract and fight off will grant you immunity to other strains for a few years.
Ever notice that when you have the flu that you usually don't catch it again for two to five years after having it?
2007-01-17 06:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by Chick-A- Deedle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every time I had the flu shot I either didn't catch the flu or I got a less ill that others around me. I remember the time about 4 or 5 years ago when it was real bad and everyone around me missed about a week or more of work and I was out only 3 days. Before I started getting the flu shot I was hit hard each time I got sick.
2007-01-17 06:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flu shot is for a very specific virus, that generally has somewhere along the line been proven to threaten one's life. There are many different strains of virus, so it's possible to get the flu, but not the one you were immunized against. So yes, people have gotten the flu despite gettiong the shot, it really is reccommended if you are pregnant, have chronic diseases, work in healthcare, or are elderly. Hope this helps!
2007-01-17 06:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by SleeplessInMilwaukee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possible, there are alot of types of flu out there and the flu shot will only cover a certain strain. I don't get sick after a flu shot but my mom does almost every time.
2007-01-17 09:21:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i did about two years ago and still ended up with a bad case of the flu. Stay away from people that are sick and take some foods that have vitamin c.
2007-01-17 06:21:44 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not imagine all and sundry "has to" get it regardless of the indisputable fact that the physician feels it really is interior the perfect interest of the toddler's well-being. What a flu shot is is basically an noticeably weak yet nonetheless residing rigidity of a 'flu malicious program'. This shot enters the 'flu malicious program' into you or the toddler, and your body responds through creating its own resistance to this rigidity of 'flu malicious program'. accordingly if interior the destiny your toddler will develop into uncovered to one of those type of 'flu malicious program' the body has a a lot a lot less complicated time battling it through what it has equipped. The capture with flu images is that there are literally 1000's of sorts of 'flu insects' so one flu shot received't make you proof against each and each and every style of flu interior the international:) As a to blame confirm, you're sensible to ask because it is your baby and your correct to attraction to close the options. even if you wish it or not is only as a lot as you. a superb healthful foodstuff routine, ecosystem, alternatives etc. can help you dodge flu insects as well as being risky and uncovered to insects regardless of a flu shot... best of needs to you and the newborn:)
2016-10-17 01:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by sicilia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋