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Please tell me, could a muscle become inflamed from a flu shot?

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Local Reaction: Yes you can have a local reaction at the site of flu shot, and cause littlr redness, swelling and pain.But it is self limiting and goes away by itself in couple of days and does not happen to everybody.

Answered 11/29/2013

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