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Originally Posted by Vigilante
Same. I watch people get sick around me and I go about my life - not sick. It was different in college. Now, hardly ever.
Daniel, I think attenuated is the term. That's for the live, but weakened vaccines. The dead ones we always called "dead", but I'm sure there's a term for it I can't think of at 3AM.
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The attenuated is the live vaccine which has essentially had its potency reduced. I believe the term you are looking for is inactivated.
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Originally Posted by noodle
StellaLuna, my reaction every year includes a fever and general "yuck" feeling for about 48 hours. They say you don't get sick, but my body doesn't like foreign objects... I even break out in a rash when I get stuck with needles. The muscle soreness is pretty typical because of how/where they have to give the injection, but I agree that it sounds like a major stress reaction. One of my coworkers that gets it had a similar reaction the first year. Our whole team at work goes in together because Helga the Health Nurse is rather intimidating and stabs the needle into our upper shoulders. I usually bruise, as well. I'm so sorry you feel awful. But after seeing 17 cases of the flu in the last few months, I'm glad people I know are getting the shot. Embrace the nanobots.  |
You may want to consider an allergy to latex. The stoppers for the medication contain latex, as do a number of band-aids. Another consideration would be that you may be allergic to the adhesives used for band-aids. Lastly, some people have a stress reaction that causes hives.
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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
While you are likely right, I would suggest he mention the reaction to his doctor.
I'm far from an expert (but does that ever stop anyone these days?), but I believe that the speed of reaction to an allergy depends in part on the degree of sensitivity. My mother died within 2 hours of a shot of penicillin due to anaphylactic shock and total systemic collapse. Prior to that, she had taken penicillin with impunity, and exactly what was the sensitizing event is unknown. Granted such reactions are rare, but they can happen, and with substances that have previously been (apparently) innocuous.
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Yes, you are right in that allergies do have different rates and speeds of reaction. She still had the needle in her arm however and it takes less than one second to inject the flu vaccine. It is pretty unlikely that it was an allergy. I have seen vasovagal reactions on average probably 2-3 times a day over my last 14 years as a nurse, this is very classic.