Achiness and flu-ish feeling after flu shot yesterday

[Anonymous]

DW and I got ours at the beginning of September. No reaction. Not even a sore arm.

[Anonymous]

I had general “I feel like I’m coming down with something” blah the day after the flu shot too. It’s pretty common for me, so I didn’t worry too much. Went away. Arm hurt for 2-3 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DW and I got ours at the beginning of September. No reaction. Not even a sore arm.

I got mine yesterday and my arm isn’t sore either. It’s a little weird. I was expecting a sore arm. It was the preservative free version, so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. I don’t usually pay attention.

[Anonymous]

DH and a 95 year old relative have already gotten it. Neither had a reaction beyond a slight sore arm.

[Anonymous]

A few years ago my DD had a reaction...the evening of the shot she was suddenly feverish with body aches. Doc told us this is a common reaction and should subside within 48 hours...which it did, like clockwork - disappeared as quickly as it arose.

[Anonymous]

Is it true that we shouldn’t take anything to soothe the aches, like Advil or Tylenol? When my DD has her reaction, I gave her Advil to enable her to sleep comfortably. Does that really detract from the efficacy of the shot??

[Anonymous]

I Know many people who had a reaction. That’s weird.

[Anonymous]

I got one this week. Sore arm for about 24 hours. And I felt a little achy about 12 hours after the shot. Went to sleep and felt much better the next morning.

[Anonymous]

My husband, my 4 year old and I got our shots Friday and the only complaint was from me- a slightly sore shoulder for 24 hrs or so.

[Anonymous]

Once before I had a very minor sick feeling the night of the vaccine, but otherwise never had a bad reaction until this year. I got the shot last Monday and had fatigue, soreness, and a headache for five days. My DH, who got his with me at my workplace, felt pretty sick for a day or so. It just seems like this year's seems to be causing worse reactions than usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that we shouldn’t take anything to soothe the aches, like Advil or Tylenol? When my DD has her reaction, I gave her Advil to enable her to sleep comfortably. Does that really detract from the efficacy of the shot??

The current advice is not to give it pre-vaccine. There is some evidence that it can blunt the immune response. There is no evidence that it does that if given after the vaccine if the child has symptoms.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027726/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH is the only one who had gotten it so far and he was miserable. Slightly elevated temp (99.8ish)
Super sore shoulder. Body aches for several days.

https://www.parent.com/a-womans-guide-to-dealing-with-the-man-cold/

Thoughts and prayers.

I needed those it was terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that we shouldn’t take anything to soothe the aches, like Advil or Tylenol? When my DD has her reaction, I gave her Advil to enable her to sleep comfortably. Does that really detract from the efficacy of the shot??

The current advice is not to give it pre-vaccine. There is some evidence that it can blunt the immune response. There is no evidence that it does that if given after the vaccine if the child has symptoms.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027726/

There is evidence that NSAIDS impact the production of antibodies after vaccination

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20050331/

[Anonymous]

Yes, I felt flu-ish a day after! Very odd; this seems to happen to me every other year.

[Anonymous]

No reactions here. Just sore arms