What are the side effects of a flu shot?
Like all medical products, yes – vaccines can cause side effects. Typically, side effects of the flu shot are mild, but they can include soreness, headache, fever, nausea and muscle aches.
Like all medical products, yes – vaccines can cause side effects. Typically, side effects of the flu shot are mild, but they can include soreness, headache, fever, nausea and muscle aches.
Health screenings can give you a snapshot of what’s happening inside your body at a given time and can provide additional pieces of information on the state of your health. While doctors can help keep patients on track and up to date with their health screenings, it's also important that patients are empowered to play an active role in their healthcare and can advocate for the tests and screenings they need.
As we enter fall, you and your family may have concerns about the flu (influenza) and how its symptoms differ from those of COVID-19. Here are some ways to identify and prevent the flu and COVID-19.
It takes a few more days, but after a about week of feeling “the worst you’ve ever felt,” the symptoms begin to ease, and you feel like you could once again join the human race. But just as suddenly as the flu first came on, your symptoms rapidly take a drastic turn for the worse. Your fever, coughing, and fatigue are even worse than what you thought was the worst days of the flu. Most likely, you have what is known as a “Secondary Infection,” and it can be more dangerous to you than the flu itself.
You may be wondering what steps you can take to protect yourself from COVID-19 and the flu this fall. Dr. Mia, senior medical director at Amwell Medical Group, shares tips for you and your family.
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It takes about two weeks after receiving the flu vaccination for those antibodies to develop in the body. For this reason, experts believe you should get the vaccine as soon as possible. So the question remains – is it too late to get a flu shot?
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