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Flu & shot
I got the flu shot again this year... however I feel awful I had it about a month or two ago. But I woke up and my nose was really runy, my body hurts I am cold and shaking... this is the exact symptoms I had when I had the flu a couple years ago.... but I had the shot???
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There are thousands of different strains of the flu. Each year scientists at the Center for Disease Control have to decide which strain of the flu is most likely to become an epidemic and then create vaccines for THAT particular strain. Its sort of a guessing game. So if you get the flu shot, you're protected against the most common type of flu for the season, but not against ALL types. There are so many, its impossible to be vaccinated for all. So you are protected against the most common type, but you seem to have lucked out and got a different strain ; ) It sucks, but its not uncommon. Hope you feel better soon!
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By the time scientists and doctors isolate the flu strain, create a vaccine, mass produce it, and inject it into your system, the flu has already mutated. The vaccine is then much less effective at fighting it.
This is why I don't get flu shots. Actually, this is the fake reason I cook up to make it seem like I have a good reason... in reality I'm just too lazy.
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When you get a flu shot, they inject the dead virus cells so your white blood cells and antibodies can, you could say, become accustomed to the virus. This lowers your chance of becoming sick when the actual virus comes into play.
You're feeling this way because the white blood cells are "fighting" the virus. I don't know if this can happen a month later, though. Flu shots don't guarantee that you are flu-free.
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