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Anonymous

Do you get shingles from a flu shot?

ASKED by Anonymous on November 27, 2008 - 1:51am

I got shingles after getting a flu shot? i read where there were others that got the shingles after getting a flu shot

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Latest Comment by Alison Beaver on March 11, 2010 - 1:58pm View Comments
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Pain in arm after flu shot

ASKED by ouch2 on September 16, 2009 - 8:00pm

I had a flu shot Sept. 2008 and remember it hurt when given. Since then I have pain in my upper arm and shoulder (it's now been a year). I believe it is nerve damage from the needle going to deep.

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on March 10, 2010 - 10:01am View Comments
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Is it normal for my arm muscle in my shoulder to hurt 2 weeks after flu shot?

ASKED by Free2Bme on December 7, 2008 - 7:32am

I was happy to receive the flu shot this year, as I feel like it's "doing my part" to stop the spread of the influenza virus.

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on March 2, 2010 - 9:40pm View Comments
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momdi

Recd flu shot in December and two months later still experiencing pain at the site of injection; could muscle or tendon or nerve been damaged from flu shot administration

ASKED by momdi on February 3, 2009 - 3:56pm

The pain I am experiencing is preventing me from reaaching my arms above my head; putting my jacket on and off; twisting or turning. The pain is wincing at times. I cannot sleep on that arm.

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on February 4, 2010 - 2:00pm View Comments
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Editorial: WHO's Over-reacting to H1N1?

Written by Christine Jeffries on January 27, 2010 - 2:55pm

Did the World Health Organization (WHO) over-react? Any parent knows that you can either over-react or under-react in the face of danger to your children’s welfare.

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on February 1, 2010 - 2:23pm View Comments
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Anonymous

My mom had a flu shot 6 weeks ago.

ASKED by Anonymous on December 15, 2009 - 7:29pm

The shot did not hurt but she has sharp pains in her shoulder,arm,and hand

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Latest Comment by Anonymous on January 22, 2010 - 5:56pm View Comments
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H1N1 swine flu by the numbers: 39-80 million infected, 13,000-16,000 dead, 1 in 5 Americans vaccinated

Written by Diane Porter on January 18, 2010 - 6:58am

It’s January. February is just around the corner. And the traditional flu season is yet to come.

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Year in review: H1N1 swine flu, mammography, health care and the octomom are 4 of the top health stories. Name the 5th.

Written by Diane Porter on December 28, 2009 - 7:49am

Who can forget the moment they learned that the mother pregnant with octuplets was single and had six more kids at home, all very young?

Or the moment when they learned that despite years of passionate and thoughtful education about mammograms, a federal panel was now recommending that women get them later, and less often?

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H1N1 swine flu symptoms are still brutal, but vaccine supply has improved

Written by Diane Porter on December 23, 2009 - 5:46am

We waited. And waited. We watched those around us get sick. Emergency rooms were overflowing.

It was just a few weeks ago that we all went through a bit of a panic together.

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Latest Comment by Diane Porter on December 24, 2009 - 10:06am View Comments

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