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Unless you have specific lab tests to identify the exact strain of the flu to which you were exposed, you would be better off to get the shot than assume you don't need the shot and risk getting exposed to it later. A better treatment for prevention of flu after exposure and/or reduction in severity and duration of symptoms, could be Tamiflu. Check with your health care professional if you think you have been exposed, to be most effective, the anti-viral medicines should be taken in the first 40 hours after exposure.
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If you have been exposed to the swine flu- would you be protected from getting it if you got the vaccine now?
no u were already exposed it might help cure
How long to wait between flu vaccine and shingles vaccine?
interval- flu vaccine and the shingles vaccine
Can flu vaccine be given at the same time as the varicella vaccine?
Yes, you can get flu vaccine and varicella vaccine at the same time.
How do you get exposed to the flu?
You get the Flu be generally being with people that are infected. You can also get them by being in a unclean atmosphere or house/bulding.
Avian flu vaccine?
Q-pan is the approved vaccine for Avian Flu or H5N1.
Will a flu shot help once you have been exposed to the flu?
It won't prevent that particular exposure from resulting in infection, but if the exposure was to a different type of flu virus than the types of flu the vaccine was made to prevent, then you will still have protection to the other type(s) by getting the shot. In healthy adults, the flu shot typically takes 2 weeks after injection to provide antibody protection against the flu, this is longer than the typical duration of most symptoms of the flu, so your body will likely have a stronger (and quicker) response to the full strength virus in the wild to which you were exposed and that will help before the shot can. It sure won't hurt and since you will likely not have a lab confirmation of the type of flu to which you were exposed, getting the flu shot is still important in case they are different types of flu viruses in the shot and in the exposure. The shot will not act to reduce the symptoms or duration of the flu from the environmental exposure like an anti-viral medicine might. Consult with your doctor or the pharmacist for advice on whether you might benefit from anti-viral medicines and for advice on whether the flu vaccination is still needed since you have had wild exposure (they may be able to determine if the type of flu in the shot is the same or different from the type to which you were exposed and offer some opinions on the continued need for the vaccine). Likely they will still recommend that you get the vaccine, however.
When can you stop flu shots?
The flu vaccine is recommended for children and the elderly but nobody is forced to get it. Whether or not to get a flu vaccine is a personal choice.
If flu vaccine is left out of refrigerator how long is it good for?
how long is flu vaccine good for if left out of the refrigerator
How many doses of H1N1 flu vaccine does each state in the US have?
In the US and Northern Hemisphere in the 2011-2012 flu season, the H1N1/09 (swine flu) vaccine is included in the "regular" seasonal flu vaccination. There is currently (fall 2011) no shortage of this vaccine and no shortage is expected this year. The states are no longer holding and distributing swine flu vaccine and the seasonal flu vaccinations are back to being provided by various private pharmacies and other locations, such as a doctor's office. States are no longer storing H1N1 vaccines.
How does a flu nasal spray work?
A nasal flu vaccine is a mist that is inhaled, rather than an injection. One gentle spray per nostril is enough to be effective. The vaccine delivers a live, but extremely weakened, virus which causes the recipient's immune system to develop antibodies to the virus. If that person is later exposed to the flu, those antibodies can help prevent the virus from causing an infection. Many people believe that the flu vaccine, whether inhaled or injected, can cause illness. It's true that it can cause some short term mild symptoms but it cannot cause illness. Also, it is still possible to get the flu, even after receiving the vaccine since new strains can develop at any time.
Why are vaccines for Swine Flu not available?
They are available now. In fact, in the 2010-2011 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, the regular seasonal flu vaccination includes the vaccine for H1N1/09 (swine flu). If you already had the vaccine in the 2009-2010 season, it will not harm you and might help you to get it again along with the vaccines for the other flu viruses expected in this flu season.
Can you give flu vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine together?
no
