It's sharp angled tip enters your body through the skin and subcutaneous tissue so the vaccine can be delivered into your muscle tissue and begin its work. That type of vaccine needs to be in the muscle. Unlike a sewing needle, the needle is a hollow "tube" with a sharp tip, the vaccine is pushed, using the plunger in the syringe, by the person giving you the shot through the needle and out the tip leaving the small amount of vaccine there so you can get an immune response.
If the reaction immediately follows from getting the shot, it may simply be a reaction to the shot itself - - not flu. An especially strong immune system or an allergy to egg products can cause a noticeable reaction. It requires two weeks to build up immunity from having the flu shot. If flu occurs after the two week period it's mere bad luck.
the flu shot was as painful as a bee sting.
A local reaction to the flu shot, like redness or a lump, is the most common side effect. It has no special meaning or clinical significance.
So you don't get the flu.
Yes, you can still get the flu shot. The flu shot should not be gotten if you are currently ill, but if you are on antibiotics, it is OK to get.
You have to wait until your better then you get the flu shot
They don't shoot you, and it isn't a 'shot' of a drink, it's a needle in the arm. In the 2009-2010 flu season there was a mist as well as a shot for the vaccination for swine flu. In the 2010-2011 flu season the vaccine for swine flu protection is included in the one vaccination for the seasonal flu.
Yes. In fact, now the seasonal flu shots are combined with the H1N1 Virus flu shot, so you don't have to get two.
The swine flu shot is used to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu if you already have it. To treat the flu, antiviral medications are more likely to be prescribed, such as Tamiflu.
it's not the law to not have your flu shot
A person with Sarcoidosis not get a seasonal flu shot
I bet it is to prevent the Flu.
If the flu is out there and you have not had the shot there is an increased chance you will get the flu. Kids have a smaller ability to resist the flu than adults