I never have had any reaction to the flu shot over god knows how many years.
But I had one Thursday and I've been feeling washed out just like you do when you're just getting over a flu bug or something like that.

Anybody else had a similar reaction?

bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 9:07am:



Flu like symptoms are common.

bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 9:07am:


Was one of the symptoms an intense desire to climb into a wooden box?

"Flu like symptoms" are common when you get a shot of the flu.

Who woulda thunk it?

... wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 2:45pm:

bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 9:07am:



What is a      fluvac      ?

[Yadda being factitious.]


'Influenza' ?

It does not touch me.

I eat mostly 'light', healthy foods.

It makes a difference.



68 kg
180 cm

bogarde73 wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 9:07am:



You can get a slight temperature the next day - say 37.5 C
& you might also get a headache.
It's nothing that 2 panadols won't fix.

... wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 2:45pm:



Anti vaxxers?

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 10:19pm:


That's what Sir Booby said.

Cold & Flu are good for you (long term).
It's a 'natural' immunity build-up that keeps nastier things away.
Why people want to 'sterilise' themselves for the convenience of not having a few days off work is beyond me.
Remember that 2/3rds of the Aboriginals, North and South Americans were 'wiped' out by Cold/Flu because of their lack of being 'up to date' so to speak.
Sydney Olympics showed how easily it is for people to get really sick - even people in the Medical Industry were hit hard from the influx of many  people from around the world visiting. Australia's isolation is a problem from that to begin with.

Flu = rest
Cold = get active and sweat it out

The only reason I would suggest a 'shot' is if a person had to go into hospital for an Operation - not a good time to have Cold or Flu when you are trying to recover from something else.

The 'over-achieving' approach of 'western' Medicine to STERILISE their population will breed only a 'fragility' in people. Bad enough that Western peoples have become so susceptible to 'allergies' because they killed off a 'bacteria' in the stomach that prevents such. Hell, Western Medicine still gives birth the wrong way (on the back, where the weight of the baby is upon the spine and hence the need for more 'pain relief) and thus the increase of 'convenient' caesarean births.

1. You mean pneumococcal, not pneumonia.
2. Many organisms other than influenza or S.pneumonia cause RTIs.

Fuzzball wrote on Aug 24^th, 2017 at 2:30pm:




Then your doctor is wrong. Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung and the alveoli caused by any number of organisms. There is no pneumonia vaccine. It is the pneumococcal vaccine, against Streptococcus pneumoniae.


I didnt get my qualis in medicine, but I do have them in immunology and pharmacology.

Fuzzball wrote on Aug 24^th, 2017 at 2:38pm:




You mean lecturer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia#Viral

No I said what I meant........now bugger off arsehole....

See Bojack.
At least I'm smart enough to know when I'm wrong. 

Jasin wrote on Aug 24^th, 2017 at 1:50pm:


The one I have now is similar to a strain I had in high school and early adulthood. I think the first time I got this bad case of influenza I was about 7 years old and could not get out of bed. My mother was demanding that we head to the Yeppoon Show for the day. But I did not want to move. In high school, some feral thought it fun to spread his disease around. I don't recall getting this type of influenza again until more recently. That is, probably 2 years ago when I got over the strain quite quickly.

Last night, I could not fall asleep until 3am because I was too worried about suffocating from the mucous in my lungs. Apparently, Codral sore throat lozengers (honey and lemon) are great for cutting the cough down really well. I just need to unblock my ears, and I should be right for Monday.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 28^th, 2017 at 8:55am:


I think he is on the right track. I had a severe strain of some virus when I was a child. Took me a month to get over it. Every year I had the same sort of virus. I was better able to handle it every year. Eventually, it got to a point where people would cough and splutter their influenza during outbreaks, and I would be immune. Maybe a day or two of tiredness, but not more.

When stress hits people, their immunity is down. I turned down a go kart participation yesterday because I knew that I would have a coughing fit and relapse into some runny nosed man-child. You just need to build up your immunity every year, and not allow those stupid flu vaccinations to let your own immune system get lazy.

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 28^th, 2017 at 1:18pm:


I think he is on the right track. I had a severe strain of some virus when I was a child. Took me a month to get over it. Every year I had the same sort of virus. I was better able to handle it every year. Eventually, it got to a point where people would cough and splutter their influenza during outbreaks, and I would be immune. Maybe a day or two of tiredness, but not more.

When stress hits people, their immunity is down. I turned down a go kart participation yesterday because I knew that I would have a coughing fit and relapse into some runny nosed man-child. You just need to build up your immunity every year, and not allow those stupid flu vaccinations to let your own immune system get lazy.[/quote]

You got that in a nutshell Unsubrocky.

I totally support vaccination if one had to go into hospital for a major operation, etc. Last thing you need is a cold or flu when trying to recover from something else. But these vaccinations should be used like an 'Ace up the sleeve' - when needed. Not a convenience upon a whim.

I get a cold/flu ever year - as if to adjust to the hot and cold climate change of season. They are very minimal experiences of less than a week thankfully. Going overseas, does have me experience a more severe version that could last a few weeks - but that's just my system getting up to date with the latest 'global' fad of cold/flu's.

Yes - people do suffer really really severe versions of Cold/Flu ...but I do wonder why?
Is it because they haven't had one or both for a few years or longer?
Is it because they suddenly find themselves unable to get another year's worth of jabs?
Is it because they are biologically stressed and run-down, that makes them more susceptible and fragile?
I'm sure there is more.
Yes - I do know that some people have died from such.
I do know that 'elderly' can be prone from dying from such.
But I'm sure there are many reasons why.

So in all - the cold & flu are 'short term' pain, so to speak - for long term gain. To take a 'short cut' and 'sterilise' people from ever getting such is just ...well, insane.

Jasin wrote on Aug 28^th, 2017 at 9:32pm:



Flu vaccinations dont make your immune system lazy. Flu is not short term pain for everyone.
Still committing the same errors JaSinner.

Backed up with zero evidence

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 30^th, 2017 at 4:23am:



No, we may well not for several reasons.
1. Many respiratory tract infections occur, and their symptoms are similar to the flu. People usually self-diagnose with the flu when it could be something else.
2. The flu changes its antigens (shift and drift) thereby evading the immune system. Australias vaccination program is based on the Northern Hemispheres winter flu antigen types. So its possible that you were vaccinated against the most common flu type at the moment, but encountered a new strain.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 30^th, 2017 at 8:42am:


I have never been vaccinated against influenza. I don't intend on doing so in the future.

I am currently feeling like my flu is in its death throes. But food tastes funny. It is like I need to digest my stomach mucous in order to get passed the last hurdle.

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 30^th, 2017 at 11:49pm:




So this bollocks about your immune system weakening is just bullshit you know right?

Bobby. wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 10:10pm:


yes, I think that is a normal sort of reaction

... wrote on May 8^th, 2017 at 2:45pm:


Nonsense. I've had 'flu shots for yonkers but never once felt any backwash from them.

Quote:


http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/influenza_factsheet.asp...

Had all those symptoms. From one day to the next. Apart from this cough, I am symptom-free, now. Perhaps a little more tired than usual, though.