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A member asked:
My arm did not hurt at all this year after my flu shot, first time ever that it didnt. does this mean that something went wrong?
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No: Sometimes pain occurs from certain tissues getting injured or inflamed from the trauma of a needle stick and sometimes no sensitive tissues are touched or no inflammation occurs. Antibodies still form from the vaccine either way.
Answered 11/17/2019
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