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Had flu shot friday starting having body aches, fever and chilling now i'm having a sore throat with hoarseness and it hurts bad when i swallow?

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Dr. Roy Arnold answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Pharyngitis: Unrelated to flu shot. See your doctor or visit urgent care.Thanks for trusting HealthTap!

Answered 10/1/2014

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Vaccine causing FLS: The flu vaccine can cause flu-like symptoms (but NOT the actual flu) for a few days after the injection. However, the vaccine is NOT as bad as getting the actual flu. What u r describing sounds like the flu. Hopefully, u r not catching something else (like pnuemonia) by chance (all resp infections have similar symptoms). If u r not getting better in 2-3 days, see a doctor about another diagnosis.

Dr Smith agreed

Answered 3/13/2019

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A member asked:

Had flu shot friday starting having body aches, fever and chilling now i'm having a sore throat with hoarseness and it hurts bad when i swallow?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Roy Arnold answered

Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Dr Smith agreed

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