Flu Jab

[Bobsy]

How long does it take for the flu jab to kick in ,please ?

[Arksided]

Had mine a couple of months back unusually this time my arm ached the next day this time and I wasn't alone. It usually takes about two weeks to take effect.

[Hopkirk]

You sometimes can feel a bit grotty about a week after the jab.

As Arky says, full protection comes after about two weeks.

[Baldric]

No idea, had the jab, didn't even feel it, walked out, got on with life.

[Theland]

Strange. This year arm was a bit hot and itchy for a week, then OK.
Like Superman now.

[Peter Pedant]

what the feeling crap - from get go for a few days less than a week
or start of immunity ? the usual answer is ten days

[New Judge]

I had a flu jab when I was nineteen. I worked for an employer who thought it would be a good wheeze to get all hist staff jabbed to cut down on winter sick leave so he paid a private outfit to come in and do us all.

I had the jab just after lunch - about 2pm. By 4:30 could hardly stand, had to get a colleague to run me home and was off work for about ten days. So it took a little over two hours to "kick in". I haven't even thought about having a flu jab since.

[murraymints]

I was told 21 days when given it last month

[diddlydo]

I would never have a flu jab in a million years (even though I could have a free one) - my mother and mother-in-law were really ill each time they had them. I've never in my fairly long life had flu.

[New Judge]

I've had 'flu three times. Once as above and twice since. Neither of the later episodes were anything like as bad as the one inflicted upon me by the medics.

[kvalidir]

There is no live flu in the flu vaccine so no-one can catch flu from having a flu jab. They could already have flu, or they could have a flu like virus afterwards but they didn't get flu from the vaccine, all that can do is give you a mild fever, a sore arm or full blown anaphylaxis, or most usually absolutely nothing. I never notice anything when I have mine.

[diddlydo]

I didn't say they had flu - only that they were really ill for about 2 weeks after having had the jab.

[Arksided]

Apart from the extended arm ache this time no other symptoms, a few years ago after one I did feel groggy for about five days but they obviously have to keep changing the strain they give you. I've being having it for *about ten years now.

* I don't think amnesia is due to the flu jab ;-)

[chrissa1]

Like, Baldric. Had it, walked out, never felt a thing.

[woofgang]

I had a bad reaction this year for the first time. 3 days flat on my back apart from staggering to the loo and then about 5 days of poor appetite and tiredness. I have had real flu twice in my life, once as a fit healthy teenager and the second time in my 40's still fit and healthy. The reaction I had this year was a walk in the park with tea and cake compared to the real thing. I will deffo be having mine next year as usual. I live alone with two dogs and would be in a real bind if I got proper flu.

[woofgang]

I do suspect that the reason that I had a reaction this year was because it was an adjuvant vaccine designed to trigger a more vigorous reaction from the immune system....well it sure worked for me!

[Mamyalynne]

This year for the first time ever, I felt grotty for a few days after but nothing bad - previous to that all I've had has been a sore arm at the injection site.

[Toorak]

I tend to have a slightly stiff/painful arm for a day or two but consider it worth it compared to flu which I have had a couple of times and which left me bedridden for a few days both times

[david small]

Sore arm, hot arm. That’s been there two days now. Getting less noticeable slowly.

[Toorak]

I had a slighty raised red circle around it this time - but it went in a few days

[Tilly2]

Since having my flu jab, two weeks ago, I have been very sniffly. Now, I seem to have sinusitis and accompanying headaches and frequent high temperature.

I hope it settles soon, as I feel under par.