The Flu Jab / myLot

December 4, 2015 2:41am CST

I am just trying to find out if anyone else has suffered since having the flu jab. Ever since my flu jab I have had an on off cold. Sometimes really bunged up and sneezing other times fine. Now is this just a coincidence or maybe I just keep getting little colds. Has the flu jab affected you ?

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

4 Dec 15

It is most likely that it is a coincidence. The flu jab will affect a few people by giving them some flu-like symptoms (aching, headaches and raised temperature). Treatment is usually to take paracetamol/tylenol and to keep warm. The symptoms will disappear in a day or so. The symptoms of a head cold are different and are not likely to be caused by the flu jab.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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4 Dec 15

Thanks for explaining things for me. I will continue to get the flu jab next year then. I will follow your instructions. I must just be open to colds.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

4 Dec 15

@suzzy3 Colds are about all the time, of course. I can't help feeling that the flu jab does put a small strain on the immune system so that, although the common cold is a different virus entirely, the body's defences may be a little low for a few days after the flu jab and so one may be more likely to catch a cold. Plenty of vitamin C, warm drinks, fresh air and, maybe, a few doses of paracetamol/tylenol are in order. I usually treat a cold with a hot drink of lemon, sugar and whisky before bed.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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6 Dec 15

@owlwings Thanks for the advise

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Shannon

@fawkes62 (1276)

• United States

4 Dec 15

All I ever get with the flu jab is just a sore arm for a day or so.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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4 Dec 15

My arm hurt like mad for a couple of days but that seems to be normal. I am hoping this head cold soon clears up.

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Janet Anderson

@Auntylou (4264)

• Oxford, England

9 Dec 15

I am lucky that my arm is fine too

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472060)

• Switzerland

4 Dec 15

I never had a flu jab and I had no colds for 40 years, this year I am having cough and I know it's one of my guests who was sick when they visited.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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4 Dec 15

You lucky thing it must be the clean air in Switzerland . I do hope your cough clears up soon.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472060)

• Switzerland

4 Dec 15

@suzzy3 We cannot complain, there is not a problem of pollution here. I feel better today, I should be fine by Sunday.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

4 Dec 15

I never get the flu jab, but my husband does. There's been no difference in the incidence of our getting colds or flu - neither of us have suffered in the last few years.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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4 Dec 15

I had the flu so bad three years ago it nearly finished me off.

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Janet Anderson

@Auntylou (4264)

• Oxford, England

9 Dec 15

I have never had flu, my husband thinks he has, but to him a heavy cold/cough is influenza!

seren3

@seren3 (387)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Dec 15

Working in a healthcare office I hear many complaints from folks who suffer from the jab - "worst flu I ever had". I've heard this for years and I don't think it's a coincidence.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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6 Dec 15

Normally with the flu jab I am ok,not this year. I suppose it effects everyone differently. Shame if the flu jabs really makes you ill.

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j2401

@j20161 (42)

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4 Dec 15

Yes me and my husband have suffered since having the jab, same as you sneezing, cold symptoms. I did wonder if it was just us but we spoke to a friend who was also the same. Seems to have affected people this year, we have never been like this other years.

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suzzy3

@suzzy3 (8341)

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4 Dec 15

I have never had this before. It must be the flu jab then.

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