Vaccine Side Effects

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Vaccine Side Effects and Why do you have to stay for about 5 – 15 minutes? Flu vaccines contain flu viruses that have been ‘inactivated’ or ‘killed’ and are not infectious. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that flu vaccines cannot cause flu illness. Serious side effects of the vaccine rarely occur, but it may cause some minor side effects. Some of these minor side effects are soreness, redness, or swelling at the injection site. Soreness, redness and swelling in the injection site are the most common side effects, but usually disappear within two days (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). Apart from the needle stick itself causing the soreness, these minor side effects also occur because as a response of the body’s immune system that produces antibodies to fight off the dead virus presented into the body through the vaccine. Feelings of discomfort and weakness, low grade fever and muscle aches are some of the rare symptoms that appear after one to two days after getting vaccinated (CDC, 2012). Severe allergic reactions, such as breathing problems, hoarseness or wheezing, hives, paleness, weakness, a fast heartbeat, or dizziness happen on rare occasions. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), if these severe reactions occur, it appears within a few minutes to a few hours after the shot. Hens’ eggs are used to grow the viruses used in the vaccine; therefore these serious reactions usually arise among persons with severe allergy to eggs (CDC, 2012). It is also recommended that individuals who have had serious reactions in the past after getting immunized see a physician before getting the shot. Since some of the vaccine’s side effects show up a few minutes after getting the shot, we ask and recommend everyone who was just immunized to stay for about 5-15 minutes to ensure that we are there to respond immediately to any side effects and serious reactions felt by the clients.

Reference: Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Seasonal influenza (flu). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/flushot.htm#useof

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