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There is no difference in how the shot feels for either type of vaccine. They are the exact same thing except for the difference in the strain of the flu that is included in the vaccine.
If you are between the ages of 2 and 49, and healthy and not pregnant, you may be a candidate for the nasal mist vaccination which does not involve any needles. There is a nasal mist vaccine approved for use in the US.
Or, if you are between the ages of 18 and 64, and healthy, you may be a candidate for the newest type of flu vaccine that is administered intradermally (ID ~ within the skin layers). This new type of vaccine which is available in the US and Northern Hemisphere for the 2011-2012 flu season hurts much less than the injection of IM vaccines. Some of the advantages of this inactive "dead" vaccine:
- Improved acceptance by needle-averse individuals
- Needle is not readily visible to the patient
- Needle size 90% smaller than IM needles, 30 gauge
- Needle depth 1.5 mm
- Smaller amount of vaccine solution injected 0.1 mL
- Less antigen per injection, 27 mcg compared to 45 mcg IM
- Trials indicate less pain with injections
- Can cause more local injection site symptoms of mild to moderate redness, swelling, and other site reactions than IM, for 3-7 days
- Fewer systemic reactions (fever, headaches, muscle aches, etc.)
- 75% of trial participants were very satisfied
- 96% of clinicians giving the ID vaccines would recommend
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If you get a swine flu shot will the swine flu disappear in a week?
The swine flu shot is used to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu if you already have it. To treat the flu, antiviral medications are more likely to be prescribed, such as Tamiflu.
If you have just received the seasonal flu shot and then exposed to Swine Flu are you more compromised to contract the virus?
I don't know what your trying to say but i heard in the news that if you receive the seasonal flu shot,your more likely to get the swine flu.
Is the Swine Flu shot really a shot?
They don't shoot you, and it isn't a 'shot' of a drink, it's a needle in the arm. In the 2009-2010 flu season there was a mist as well as a shot for the vaccination for swine flu. In the 2010-2011 flu season the vaccine for swine flu protection is included in the one vaccination for the seasonal flu.
How many people survived the Swine Flu by using taking the shot?
"The shot" is a vaccine for the swine flu. If you get the vaccine, then, in theory, you don't get the swine flu. If you didn't get it, then you didn't "survive" it, because "surviving" it means that you got the disease but didn't die from it. So, zero is the answer. On the other hand, the swine flu is no more deadly than the common flu, so the vast majority of the people who got the swine flu survived it.
Is the swine flu vaccine the same thing as the swine flu shot?
Yes, they are the same thing.
Does the swine flu shot help you?
Yes, it's a vaccination that helps you prevent the swine flu infection.
Is the Swine flu vaccine more dangerous than swine flu itself?
no, it is not, remeber, the vaccine is a dead or weakened version, of H1N1I was just given the shot and have had no reaction to this point.
What is the swine flu shot made out of?
egg base
Should you get a Swine Flu vaccination if you got a seasonal flu shot?
Last flu season, 2009-2010, you needed two shots. But this year the seasonal flu shot also protects against swine flu, so, in the US, you only need one flu shot for the 2010-2011 flu season.
Is it necessary to get the Swine Flu shot every year?
That will only be needed if a new mutation of the swine flu occurs that the current swine flu vaccine isn't able to prevent. In the 2009-2010 flu season in the US two shots were need, the regular seasonal flu shot and the H1N1/09 Swine flu shot. But in the current 2010-2011 flu season in the US, the seasonal flu vaccination contains the vaccine for swine flu in addition to the other varieties of flu that are expected to be circulating. So only one shot is needed this year for protection in the flu season.
What vaccine hurts more influenza or measles?
The MMR vaccine stings more than the flu shot.
What diseases are the wost to get?
Aids, swine flu, scarlet fever, cancer, and personally strep throat (it hurts and you can get it more than once).
