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It won't prevent that particular exposure from resulting in infection, but if the exposure was to a different type of flu virus than the types of flu the vaccine was made to prevent, then you will still have protection to the other type(s) by getting the shot.
In healthy adults, the flu shot typically takes 2 weeks after injection to provide antibody protection against the flu, this is longer than the typical duration of most symptoms of the flu, so your body will likely have a stronger (and quicker) response to the full strength virus in the wild to which you were exposed and that will help before the shot can. It sure won't hurt and since you will likely not have a lab confirmation of the type of flu to which you were exposed, getting the flu shot is still important in case they are different types of flu viruses in the shot and in the exposure.
The shot will not act to reduce the symptoms or duration of the flu from the environmental exposure like an anti-viral medicine might. Consult with your doctor or the pharmacist for advice on whether you might benefit from anti-viral medicines and for advice on whether the flu vaccination is still needed since you have had wild exposure (they may be able to determine if the type of flu in the shot is the same or different from the type to which you were exposed and offer some opinions on the continued need for the vaccine). Likely they will still recommend that you get the vaccine, however.
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What if you have been exposed and did not have a flu shot?
You may get the flu. Next year get the flu vaccination.
What is the difference between a tb shot and tb testing?
tb testing is to determine if you have been exposed to the tb virus. The shot would be the vaccination for it.
Will a flu vaccine help after being exposed to it?
Unless you have specific lab tests to identify the exact strain of the flu to which you were exposed, you would be better off to get the shot than assume you don't need the shot and risk getting exposed to it later. A better treatment for prevention of flu after exposure and/or reduction in severity and duration of symptoms, could be Tamiflu. Check with your health care professional if you think you have been exposed, to be most effective, the anti-viral medicines should be taken in the first 40 hours after exposure.
If you don't get tetanus shot within a day what should you do?
See your doctor as soon as possible, if you believe you may have been exposed to tetanus.
You were exposed to swine flu but you had the shot can you carry it to someone else?
yes you can still transmit the illness even though you have been vaccinated.
How many tims has lil Wayne been shot?
He only shot himself once in the chest on accident when he was 12 years old
What do soldiers get in battle when they have been shot?
they get help and are sent to medics to save them
Only President to have been shot and wouned in office and recovered?
Ronald Reagan in 1981. Teddy Roosevelt was shot once and survived, but he was out of office by then.
How can i tell if the gun has ever been shot?
You inspect the parts to see if they look worn. If a gun has been shot once or twice, or a very few times and then cleaned, it may be hard to tell if it's been shot, but if it hasn't been cleaned, there will probably be fouling inside the barrel.
Why does an Rh negative person not have a reaction to the first exposure to Rh positive blood but does have a reaction on the second exposure?
It takes a person time to build a "memory" response to something it has been exposed to. Just like in a "new mom" who is Rh negative, once there has been some fetal back wash in birth (of an Rh positive baby), the mother's system has then been exposed to the Rh positive blood. It begins to build an immune response, and when the next baby is carried, the immune response's "memory" remembers it and fights it, which causes the next fetus danger. That is why you get a shot to help prevent this during your next pregnancy. It protects the fetus. This type of immunity is called "Active" immunity....you have actually had the illness and built a response to it. It is the same type of response you get when you get the chickenpox. Once you have had it, your system then builds a response to it. It you just get the shot, it is called a "passive immunity".
Where had John F. Kennedy been assassinated?
He was in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was shot once in the throat, but the fatal shot that killed him was the bullet through his head
How many times had the tattered man been shot in the red bage of courage?
The tattered man in "The Red Badge of Courage" had been shot once. The bullet had grazed his head, causing a superficial wound.
