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Could you have sick from a flu shot?
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The flu shot will: Not cause you to have the flu but you could have an achy arm or feel slightly under the weather.
Answered 1/19/2014
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Side effects and...: Flu shots often cause side effects like muscle/ joint aches, fever,headaches,fatigue and irritability and rarely Guillan-Barre syndrome which causes paralysis (see https://www.drugs.com/pro/fluarix.html). While you can't get flu directly from it,flu shots appear to lower immunity to other viruses including 4.4x risk of viruses that cause sinusitis,colds and bronchitis! https://tinyurl.com/jjmqtvp
Answered 1/2/2018
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