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It's almost flu jab time again, and as this forum is full of people who've had them lots of times I thought to ask here.
I had my first flu jab last year and it gave me a swollen red hot sore spot on my arm that lasted a week. It was about as big as the palm of my hand, and looked and felt much like a bee sting.
I meant to ask my GP about it but of course I forgot, as it disappeared, so I never thought about it again until now that it's flu jab season.
So my obvious question: Normal reaction or something to ask about before I let them jab me again?
I don't usually have skin reactions to anything really, and having a bee sting like thing on my arm doesn't really bother me either, although I'll request the other arm this time because sleeping on it didn't go very well.
I had my first flu jab last year and it gave me a swollen red hot sore spot on my arm that lasted a week. It was about as big as the palm of my hand, and looked and felt much like a bee sting.
I meant to ask my GP about it but of course I forgot, as it disappeared, so I never thought about it again until now that it's flu jab season.
So my obvious question: Normal reaction or something to ask about before I let them jab me again?
I don't usually have skin reactions to anything really, and having a bee sting like thing on my arm doesn't really bother me either, although I'll request the other arm this time because sleeping on it didn't go very well.