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Flu jab
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I had a flu jab ( as I'm asthmatic) 10 years ago and got really bad flu as a result- the worst I have ever had. The cough that I got that year still comes back to haunt me every year. I haven't had a flu jab since. However, I've just had the flu/cold/chest infection/bad cough for THREE weeks and it's still not gone. Should I give the flu jab another go next year? I believe they have honed the concoction now so it may affect me differently?
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This year's flu jab is using a 'dead' version of the virus - it can't actually infect you.
The worst I've heard of is some people having a sore arm for a day or two - I didn't even get that.
They won't give you the jab until your current infection is cleared - but it may still be worth having it this winter to protect you against a further bout of flu. Talk to your GP and/or Practice Nurse.
The worst I've heard of is some people having a sore arm for a day or two - I didn't even get that.
They won't give you the jab until your current infection is cleared - but it may still be worth having it this winter to protect you against a further bout of flu. Talk to your GP and/or Practice Nurse.
True at the moment gingejbee - but some previous vaccines have used 'attenuated live virus' (I believe one of the current nasal spray versions in the US still does) and there is a possibility that this may be used again in the future if it is the most effective vaccine to be quickly available in a pandemic.
Hmmm. The Trivalent Inactivated Vaccine (TIV) is the only type of flu vaccine that has been offered for the seasonal vaccination programmes since at least the mid 70s. Use of a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) is only used for a very specific set of recipients, principally because of the risk of transmission, the difficulties in the logistics and storage (it has to be stored at -15degrees C), and cost. Use of LAIV has always been confined to an intranasal spray - flumist in the US and fluenz in the UK.
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As to Scarletts post - cannot comment on specifics, except to say that it should be considered impossible for an inactivated vaccine to infect a recipient with flu.So, if Scarlett had received the flu vaccine intramuscularly, then it would have been the TIV, and it is impossible for an inactivated vaccine to transmit the flu. A more likely scenario is that Scarlett was already infected at the time of the vaccination.
As to the value of the flu vaccination - it has a place for those within the population at a higher risk of contracting the infection or suffering more as a consequence of becoming infected. On balance, if you are offered the vaccination, I would recommend it - but its your choice :)
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As to Scarletts post - cannot comment on specifics, except to say that it should be considered impossible for an inactivated vaccine to infect a recipient with flu.So, if Scarlett had received the flu vaccine intramuscularly, then it would have been the TIV, and it is impossible for an inactivated vaccine to transmit the flu. A more likely scenario is that Scarlett was already infected at the time of the vaccination.
As to the value of the flu vaccination - it has a place for those within the population at a higher risk of contracting the infection or suffering more as a consequence of becoming infected. On balance, if you are offered the vaccination, I would recommend it - but its your choice :)
It seems "every man and his dog" have really heavy colds at the moment in our town (including us) I know they say it can't be the flu jab, but everyone I have spoken to, had the flu jab two weeks ago ..... surely can't be coincidence, can it? I got a heavy cold last year too after the jab, and my horrendous cough lasted until February, I was in despair ... <says she choking with coughing>
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