Why take the H1N1 vaccine?

Answer 1

When you get Swine Flu, several symptoms occur:

First you have a really bad cough, and some breathing problems

Some people experience nausea and vomiting

A few days after exposure you get a fever

Fatigue and aches and pains follow

Coughing worsens


This goes on for about a week

After a week, symptoms are relieved to some coughing and a fever

After 24 hours of no fever you are no longer contagious

Then your immune system defeats the virus and you are resistant

(I should know, I had it!)
Hope that helped

Answer 2

Some people get an allergic reaction but that is very rare. The incidence of reactions or side effects is very low for this vaccine. The vaccine is made with all the same ingredients and methods used to produce the "regular" flu vaccine over decades of safe use.

If anything, you may get a local reaction at the place where you got an injection of the vaccine which can make your arm sore, red or a little swollen or hot. If you do get that, then using the arm as usual to improve the circulation will help that get better much more quickly. It should only last a couple of days. There are also a very few people who get a mild headache, achy muscles or a very low fever but it is just your body reacting to the vaccine as if it were the real virus ... which is exactly how vaccinations work anyway, so it just means yours is working very well.

Answer 3

If the strain of H1N1 that you had with your infection was not the exact same as the strain in the vaccine, then you may have added protection by getting a vaccination. It will not hurt to get the vaccination if it is the same, and it might help protect you against other forms of flu. Also, the seasonal flu vaccines contain 3 different types of flu protection (called trivalent vaccines). A new vaccine in 2012 also has protection for 4 types of flu viruses (quadrivalent). Therefore, you have added protection against those as well as for H1N1, when you take these vaccines.

Answer 4

Adults who are otherwise healthy should not get the H1N1/09 influenza after taking the H1N1/09 vaccination unless they had the flu before getting the vaccine but had not noticed the symptoms yet. Or, they wouldn't get it unless they caught it after the vaccine but before their body could develop the immune response and antibodies which takes 8 to 10 days following the vaccine. In addition, the vaccination is not always 100% effective. Most claim around 98% effectiveness. Finally, people who have suppressed immune systems can be unable to get the immune response that is necessary to develop the immunity.

Children under 10 require a series of vaccinations to get the desired immune response to develop immunity. They get an initial dose followed in a month with a second dose and 10 to 14 days after the second dose, they usually have achieved the immunity. If a child were to be exposed any time after the first dose and before the 14 days following the second dose, there is a chance they could catch the flu before they achieve the immunity.

Answer 5

there is many branch offs of H1N1, right now i have it and i still have to get the vaccine to make sure i dont get any other type of it

Answer 6

no there are more side affects from the vaccin thenthe cold itself

Answer 7

Yes, as long as you do not have a high fever.

Answer 8

So you don't get swine, aka H1N1 flu!
Also, if you have very young children, less than 6 months, you protect them when you are protected.

Answer 9

You might get swine flu.