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If you had a flu vaccination and soon or immediately after getting it you had a mild fever and other mild flu symptoms caused by the vaccination, then the fever you have would not be due to contagious disease but, rather, due to the immune response that the vaccination caused in your body (which is how the shots give us immunity) and it would not be from infectious disease or the flu. These mild reactions to the flu shot usually only cause a low grade fever under 100F and last only a few days.
However, there is also always the possibility that you actually have the flu, since it takes about two weeks to develop full immunity from an inoculation and if you caught the flu before the vaccination, it could be what is causing a fever. Use careful hand washing technique to protect others in case it is actually the flu and until you have gone 24 hours without a fever.
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If someone is sick with the flu but no has a fever are they still contagious?
YES!
Should you be around your son if you have the flu?
no you shouldn't the flu is contagious you wouldn't want to get your child sick unless he has the shot for that flu
Are you contagious if you are not running a fever?
At the beginning of a viral infection, like the cold and flu, you can be contagious while showing no symptoms at all for a day or even two. However, the rule of thumb is that after having a fever with the flu and then it subsides, once you have gone a full 24 hours after that without a fever (when taking no fever-reducing medicines), you are considered no longer contagious and can go back into public again.
When are you no longer contagious when you have the flu?
When you have been fever free for 24 hours.
How long when they are fever free with the flu are they contagious?
The US CDC has indicated that after 24 straight hours without a fever measured with a thermometer (while not taking any fever reducers) people can return to work and school and are considered no longer contagious. See the related question below about the incubation period and stages of a flu infection.
Can you get H1N1 flu shot if you have a cold?
Most people can, because most people don't get a fever from a cold. If you have a fever, you should not get a flu shot, but if you only have a mild cold without fever, it is okay to go ahead and get the vaccination, if you are an otherwise healthy person.
If someone is sick with a cold or flu but no fever are they still contagious?
Still Contagious Yes, fever is a sign of being contagious. The medication is most likely an antibiotic and it takes a few days before it actually starts working.Actually if it is a cold or flu it is viral and antibiotics should NEVER be given for these as they have no effect on viruses, can cause increased antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and are a complete waste of money.
Is the Swine Flu only contagious when you have a fever?
It appears to be generally accepted that a person infected with swine flu may be contagious for one day prior to the appearance of any symptoms; you will be infectious before you know that you are ill.See the related question below for additional information.
Should you get the flu shot if you have mono?
Typically, if you have a fever or any other sign of infection you should not get the flu shot. Wait until you are fever free [without using fever reducing medication]. Ask the doctor treating the mono what he recommends about the flu. I have had mono for the last three months, I was just starting to recover when my doctor gave me a flu shot. By the next day I was so sick I had to be driven home from work, still sick. Don't do it!
Why is it recommended not to get a flu shot when there's a high fever?
the shot is to prevent infection not to treat it When you're sick with a fever, you may not mount as good of an immune response to the vaccine.
Is the flu with a 99.8 temperature contagious?
Temperature doesn't matter. The flu is very contagious.
What are some reasons why aids isn't contagious?
This is all a bit of a technicality. AIDS is a result of HIV, much like a fever is the result of the flu. A fever is not contagious, but the flu is. AIDS is not contagious, but HIV is.AIDS is a syndrome, not the actual virus. The actual virus is HIV, which is contagious. HIV is what is passed from person to person through blood, unprotected sex, sharing needles, and a few other routes. Once a person has HIV, they will develop AIDS as an effect of the virus.
