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A nasal flu vaccine is a mist that is inhaled, rather than an injection. One gentle spray per nostril is enough to be effective. The vaccine delivers a live, but extremely weakened, virus which causes the recipient's immune system to develop antibodies to the virus. If that person is later exposed to the flu, those antibodies can help prevent the virus from causing an infection. Many people believe that the flu vaccine, whether inhaled or injected, can cause illness. It's true that it can cause some short term mild symptoms but it cannot cause illness. Also, it is still possible to get the flu, even after receiving the vaccine since new strains can develop at any time.
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Is there anything that fights off the flu besides flu shots?
There is a drug called Tamiflu that is an anti-viral drug that is used to help your immune system fight the flu. Flu vaccinations prevent the flu but they do not fight the flu if you already have it. The vaccines can be administered either by injection as a flu shot or can be given by intra-nasal route with a nasal spray preparation.
Does the swine flu nasal spray hurt?
No it does not hurt. It is not much different than using a saline or nasal spray. The sensation is about the same, it can have some slight burning, but nothing that one would call "hurt" or "pain".
What is a vaccine made with live weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu?
In the US, that would be the vaccine used in the H1N1/09 nasal spray vaccinations. These weakened viruses used to make that nasal vaccine are called attenuated, which means weakened. The weakening is usually done with chemicals. People aged 2 to 49 can use this nasal spray vaccine. Those younger or older should use the flu shots which are made with inactivated ("dead") viruses.
Do people make meth with fluticasone propionate nasal spray?
not sure about any of that but vicks nasal spray is the only thing you can make meth with none of the others work
Can nasal spray effect a breathalyzer?
No, nasal spray isn't alchol
Can Swine Flu vaccination be taken during pregnancy?
In the US, pregnant women can get the injection but not the nasal spray vaccine. The virus in the vaccine that is made to be used in a shot is dead/deactivated. The virus in the vaccine that is made to be used as a nasal spray is weakened (attenuated), it is not strong enough to make you sick, but there have not been clinical trials or approval for use of nasal spray vaccinations for swine flu in pregnant women yet. See also the related questions below and the related links section for information about flu vaccinations in pregnancy from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Do nose bleeds have anything to do with having a cold or flu?
it can. If your sick sometimes your nasal passages get to dry, and that can cause them to bleed. Use saline nasal spray and see if it improves.
What is nasal insulin?
Nasal insulin is insulin given by nasal spray (spray into the nose) instead of by injection.
How long after exhibiting symptoms of the flu or swine flu does the nasal swab rapid flu test work?
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Does the Flu Nasal Spray Flu mist hurt?
No. The mist vaccine isn't supposed to hurt, and it didn't hurt when I got it. However, it will catch you off guard, even when they tell you they are about to spray it. It took my breath away when it went in, and it feels funky. There definitely was no pain, though.
What happens if you get flu shot and H1N1 shot less than one month apart?
According to the CDC, it will not be a problem. In fact you could take the two shots at the same time. It is the A-H1N1/09 nasal spray that can't be taken at the same time as the seasonal nasal spray.
Should you take the regular flu vaccine before the H1N1 vaccine?
You cannot take the nasal spray simultaneously, but you can take the injections at the same time. The nasal spray should be 6 weeks apart. The injections can be done together or at any interval. It doesn't matter which is first.
