Ever Have A Bad Reaction To Flu Shot?

[Karen]

Karen, may I ask why you had the Tdap update shot? Does it have
anything to do with your Asthma? I thought people got those in preparation
for a overseas trip.


p.s. I said yesterday, the shot area did not hurt, but this morning I absent
mindedly scratched the spot & it hurt like heck. It throbbed for 1/2
a hour. I know, I'm a big baby.

I got the Tdap because my doc said it was time for my tetanus update, and with the resurgence of pertussis - whooping cough - of some college campuses - our area if just rife with colleges and the accompanying students - I might as well get the "whole package." After this shot, I'll only need a tetanus update every ten years.

[ChrisH]

I've had my shot a few weeks ago and have had no problem whatsoever. Don't know if the vaccine content is different for us Brits though.


K9Karen, I've had a pneumonia shot but it was a number of years ago when I was first diagnosed with COPD. Don't remember it giving me any problem.