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Flu jab - does it knock you out for a few days?

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supersupersupershock · 18/12/2014 09:18

MW recommended get flu jab. I am sure I have heard it makes you ill for few days so am thinking how to time it!

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NaiceNickname · 18/12/2014 09:32

It's not a live virus, any illness after it is purely coincidental your arm may ache but thats about it.

WingsClipped · 18/12/2014 09:33

I just had a bit of a sore arm for a day afterwards. No illness luckily

GingerbreadPudding · 18/12/2014 09:33

Didn't affect me at all. Bit of a sore arm but nothing awful. Just had whooping cough jab and effects were exactly the same - sore arm, but everything else fine.

ProbablyMe · 18/12/2014 09:34

I was fine, just a slightly sore arm although this years didn't make it as sore as last years.

Alyx80 · 18/12/2014 09:37

I was fine too, just felt like a bruise on my arm for a few days

juneavrile · 18/12/2014 09:43

Totally fine other than tiny ache in arm, which only lasted same evening

JennyBlueWren · 18/12/2014 09:46

No problem at all with the flu jab but I think the whooping cough may have affected me -6 days later and arm is still sore and I'm really run down.

ChocolateBiscuitCake · 18/12/2014 12:35

I felt terrible for 48 hours after - mostly headache/migraine but bed ridden.

m33r · 18/12/2014 12:37

totally fine for me too.

smokedgarlic · 18/12/2014 12:38

Just an achy arm nothing else

applecore0317 · 18/12/2014 13:41

yep I was also fine, just a sore arm. The nurse said it's rubbish about feeling ill afterwards, and if you aren't well then it's due to something already in your system and not the jab, also the flu jab doesn't protect you straight away, it can take a couple of weeks to kick in, so you can still catch flu during that time

Kundry · 18/12/2014 13:42

Didn't even notice this year's one, not even a sore arm. It cannot give you flu so any flu-like illness at the same time is a coincidence.

MuddyWellyNelly · 18/12/2014 17:06

Not a live virus, yet I was told I couldn't have it as I have a cold (Different virus). I'm not sure why, the nurse muttered something about first time, pregnant, the jab could make it all worse.

MsDeedles · 18/12/2014 17:37

Sore arm is only here too. As others have said, it's not a live vax, so you can still contract the strains of flu it is meant to prevent for up to two weeks until full immunity is achieved. Some people do have an abnormal reaction and can feel achey and sore for a few days, com monkish side effect. It doesn't make you sick though.

purplefeathers · 18/12/2014 17:46

Nothing but a sore arm here either.

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supersupersupershock · 18/12/2014 18:53

Guess I better get it booked then :(

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bubalou · 18/12/2014 19:41

Super you don't have to have it - it's your choice hun.

Obviously if it's for medical reasons your mw has recommended it then that's different but it's your decision.

I'm not having the flu or whooping cough jabs.

I'm not a hippy, I have a good immune system and don't believe inputting things into my body it doesn't need - if I catch flu I will fight it.

Please don't people now comment on my decision - I have made my mind up with a lot of research plus speaking to a lot of medical professionals due to having a doctor and a nurse in the family.

houseofstark · 18/12/2014 19:45

Only a sore arm here too.

jaggythistle · 18/12/2014 19:54

bubalou i won't comment on your flu jab decision, but the whooping cough one is not for you really, it's intended to offer some protection to newborns until they are old enough to get their own vaccinations.

TarkaTheOtter · 18/12/2014 19:54

Of course the midwife is recommending it for medical reasons. What other sort of reasons would she recommend it for? I'm guessing she want to help protect the OP from dying from flu.

Ive been getting it for years because of asthma and never felt ill afterwards.

KittyandTeal · 18/12/2014 20:00

I was fine and I normally react really badly to jabs.

I was fully prepared to feel rough and cold-y for a few days but nothing. Apart from a surprisingly sore bit of my arm at the injection site which I've not had before, was only sore when I touched it and only lasted a couple of days.

Definitely worth it to avoid flu.

bubalou · 18/12/2014 20:11

Ok talks.

What I meant was that obviously it is recommended for some people in particular who have extra medical conditions etc.

No need to be snipey.

Also it is unlikely she will 'die from flu' that's a bit extreme.

I m not against people getting it done at all. I completely understand it. My midwife doesn't seem to think I need it but I can have it if I want and I've decided not to.

bubalou · 18/12/2014 20:14

Also has nobody come across people who opt not to have it?

On our antenatal thread I asked the question about people having it and was one of many who wasn't having its done.

People shouldn't judge my decision when I'm know alot of people just blindly go and have whatever jabs etc are 'recommended' without doing any research into it.

Caterina99 · 18/12/2014 20:48

I've had it for years as I have asthma. I have never had any problems except for a sore arm for a day.

This year I got it when about 7 weeks and the same, just a sore arm.

It's not compulsory but flu can be very dangerous, even to normal healthy people. People do die from it.

TheScenicRoute · 18/12/2014 21:01

In the olden days it made you ill, but they are much more sophisticated than they used to be when the flu jab first came out, but the old timers will still tell you how it put them on deaths door and never again.

I had mine 2 weeks ago, no illness but did have an achy arm for 3 days.

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