Family Tips

There are several categories which should not get a flu shot: people who are severely allergic to eggs and subproducts, kids under 6 months, anyone who has ever had reaction to a flu vaccination, ill people with a fever
For your information: the vaccine contains killed flu viruses that will not cause the desease, but will prepare the body to keep off infection.
Even if you, your child or anyone from your family have gotten the vaccine last year, it won’t protect you from getting the flu this year because the protection can not last for such a long time and viruses constantly change. That’s why the vaccine is changed (updated) each year to include the current strains of the virus.
Vaccine prevents infection with only a few of the viruses that can cause similar symptoms, so it doesn’t guarantee against getting sick. Everyone can get flu, but if you are vaccinated, symptoms usually are fewer and milder.
Most people do not experience any side effects from the vaccine and it causes serious harm seldom. Possible side effects include soreness or swelling at the site of the injection or such side effects as headache or low fever.
If your kid does have some symptoms after getting the flu vaccine, put a warm compress on the injection area to ease soreness or swelling, and give ibuprofen for headache or fever. But do not give your child aspirin unless your doctor instructs you to do so.