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Having had them without a problem for several years this is my only concern.
I'm due a corneal transplant in December and I'd heard that flu jabs (and presumably anything else that boosts your immune system) can cause rejection. After checking with my consultant, and considering that if I caught flu I would hope my immune system would kick in to fight it anyway, I decided to go ahead and risk it.
I've just read your post regarding the flu vaccination and agree that you certainly had an awful reaction to it. However, I take issue with the content of the highlighted Daily Mail link provided. I feel the content is unnecessarily alarmist and highly emotive.....and as such, may deter those most at risk from protecting themselves against a potentially deadly virus.
Ofcourse, everyone has the right to form their own opininion and decide whether or not to have the 'flu jab. However, I speak as a Crtitical Care Nurse who was working in an Intensive Care Unit when Swine Flu was at it's most virulent and deadly....witnessing first hand the often fatal consequences the virus had on patients.....and the resultant devastation their families and loved ones endured as a result.
I don't mean to be a doom and gloom monger.....I simply want to write in praise of the flu vaccine and raise awareness of it's efficacy and the potential it has to save lives.
Another common misconception is that the vaccine can cause the recipient to contract the flu virus. This is complete nonsense as there is no 'live' component in the virus. However, one may experience a slight local inflammatory reaction at the actual site of the jab....but that's about it.
I've already had my flu jab.....and hope I can persuade those of you who have doubts about it's usefulness to at least discuss it with your GP's or Practice Nurses.....raising any issues you may have about side effects. Good luck y'all. Here's wishing you a flu free winter!
Cathy x
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Has flu started this year yet and if so what animal does it come from.
I have had a jab but I don't think that counts as it was to have a tooth out.
So I have never had a flu jab and the jury is still out in my mind. I am gerry hatrick so I have been advised to have one but I also read that those who have the jab have not the high level of immunity to all flu as those who have caught swine\chicken\fish\ pasty flu.
I am wondering whether just to get it and earn that immunity while I am at the first year of retirement
Go for it Pusser, since having it for the last 10 years I have only had about 4 mild colds which prior to the jab would have flattened me for several days.
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