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AIBU?

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To think I have a cold?

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Whatsnewwithyou · 04/11/2018 07:30

I got the flu jab and then a week later on Thursday I started feeling awful. Throbbing headache, aching muscles, felt like I'd been hit by a bus. Now it's Sunday and it's transformed into a sore throat with sneezing and runny nose. Still feel bad but nowhere near as bad as I did on Thursday and Friday.

DH thinks this is a reaction to my flu jab and is now refusing to get a jab himself. AIBU to think it's a cold because my flu jab was an entire week before I got ill (flu jab was the previous Thursday). DH hasn't caught this cold though which is odd as usually he gets ill much more easily than I do.

It doesn't matter much, I would just quite like to know if I'm likely to be contagious or not and also how long this is going to last for.

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Chottie · 04/11/2018 07:34

If you have a cold, believe me, you do not have to ask :) :) :) you will know.....

shiveringtimber · 04/11/2018 07:53

The flu jab takes 2-3 weeks before being effective.

littlemissalwaystired · 04/11/2018 08:20

When I had the flu jab I had that horrid reaction the day after, for 2/3 days. A week later I felt absolutely fine.

MIdgebabe · 04/11/2018 08:22

Many flu jab reactions are probably placebo effect. Lots of colds going round. Usually flu jab reaction will be quick, not a week later.

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Whatsnewwithyou · 04/11/2018 08:23

If I hadn't had the flu jab I'd know I had a bad cold...and if the reaction had happened 2-3 days after I'd think it was a reaction to the jab. It's the fact it started a full week later that has me puzzled.

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shiveringtimber · 04/11/2018 08:26

The virus that's injected against the flu is dead. It's not a live virus and won't give you flu. But if you get the jab when your immune system is weak, you'll obviously be more susceptible to other viruses.

Nettletheelf · 04/11/2018 08:29

You do know that there are loads of viruses, of which the flu (this year’s version) is only one, right? Having the flu jab isn’t going to protect you from every rhinovirus out there.

BGDino · 04/11/2018 08:35

You have a cold.

The flu jab does not give you the flu.

Your DH should go get his jab.

PattiStanger · 04/11/2018 08:35

What would you do differently if you had a cold? Why do you need to know?

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Whatsnewwithyou · 04/11/2018 09:07

Shiveringtimber, good point, and that would explain why I've caught this and DH hasn't which is the opposite from the way things usually happen with us.

Nettletheelf, obviously 🙄.

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MrsStrowman · 04/11/2018 09:13

It's not a live vaccination, you have a cold or a virus

Bluesheep8 · 04/11/2018 09:15

So many people say they get flu like symptoms after having the flu jab. It's pure coincidence imo

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Whatsnewwithyou · 04/11/2018 09:17

For those who arent aware that the flu vaccine can cause side effects (muscle aches, etc) even though it isn't a live vaccine: www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/general.htm

However I know these side effects if they appear at all usually do so after a couple days, not a week. I suspect I probably have a cold i.e DH is wrong and will probably catch it 🤨.

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Weedsnseeds1 · 04/11/2018 21:10

Probably just coincidence. I've only had flu once. I put myself to bed with a glass of water, that I managed to knock off the windowsill onto the bed at some point. It was far easier to just stay laying on broken glass for a couple of days than clear it up.
If you would have cleared the glass from the bed, it's a cold not flu!

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