What happens if you are sick and have the flu mist?

Answer 1

Being sick with a cold or other mild illness will usually not stop you from being able to be vaccinated for the flu, unless you have a high fever. However, being out in public with an infectious disease is not advised, so you may want to wait until your symptoms are gone if you can. If you are sick from an infectious organism, then your immune system would have to do "double duty" to work on fighting that at the same time as it is busy producing antibodies from the flu vaccine. In a normal healthy adult this usually doesn't prevent vaccination, however, unless, as mentioned above, the symptoms include fever which indicates a battle is already going on between your immune system and an infectious organism. In that case, seek advice from your health care professional. Always tell the clinician who gives you the vaccination if you have been recently ill, or have underlying health issues, before they administer the vaccine.

Answer 2

Physically, yes. It is physically possible. But, it is highly recommended that you are not sick when you get a flu shot. Note, that's for a flu shot which is way less risky than a flu mist. A doctor would tell you to wait before getting the flu shot, and usually would not administer it to you if they have the chance to prevent it. The flu shot is a dead pathogen of the influenza strain, so when it enters the body it builds up antibody. These antibodies are the same as those that would be fighting the flu if u had it, but you don't actually get flu like symptoms. The flu mist, though, is a weakened version of the strain, not dead. If you get this weakened strain while you are already weak and sick, the weakened pathogen may be able to over come your weak immune system. Thus, it is highly not recommended to get the flu mist while sick. If you are an asthmatic, it is even more so recommended to stay away from the flu mist, and instead get the flu shot if you must. Seeing as it is an orally inhaled pathogen, being an asthmatic is in my opinion to much of a risk. Over all, it is recommended not to get the flu mist or any flu shot while sick.