Can getting a flu shot actually BRING ON the flu?

[Diz_knee62]

DH has been getting yearly flu shots from his employer for the past 10 years.

And for the past ten years, like clockwork, he get the full blown flu about 7-10 days immediately following the shot.

I can only conclude that
a - he perhaps has the beginnings of the flu when he gets the shot, and the shot basically brings it on or cannot fight it.
b - the shot itself somehow gives him the flu (which sounds crazy).

Of course, he waits until he's totally bed-ridden before he calls his doctor. Then the doctor can't see him for a week because he's totally booked up, so we usually just pump him up with fluids and Robitussen until he is better. Then, as usual, I end up getting the flu as a pre-Christmas gift from DH. EVERY YEAR.

Do any of you have any knowledge about this? Can the shot actually bring on the flu?

 

[gina2000]

Supposedly not because the injection is a dead virus.

I have to say, though, that both my DH and DS had very flu-like symptoms about a week/10 days after getting their shots. High temps and "crazy tired" as my son put it. It took a week (which is definitely not as long as the flu) to get over.

My husband (the scientist) swears it was a mild form of flu brought on by the flu shot. Whatever it was.....it was.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

The flu shot is a "killed" virus and cannot give you the flu, it takes about 2 weeks for you to get imunity from the shot. So if you were exposed before you got your shot(or even in those 2 weeks) it would not protect you.
The flu mist(nasal spray) is a "live" virus and might give you minor symptoms of the flu. If you have a weekend imune system or are around others who are you should not get the mist unless your DR recomends it.
If you think you have the flu, you need to be seen by a medical professional ASAP. Confirmed cases of the flu, if caught early on(diagnosed by nasal swab) can be treated with meds that will shorten your missery.
The flu is miserable and usually comes on very quickly(not like a cold that just comes in slowly,runny nose today, sore throat tomorrow ect). It feels like you have been hit by a truck.

 

[tiggerlover]

The flu shot is a killed virus like previously stated, to the best of my knowledge you can not get the flu from getting the shot. However, if you are doing the nose mist, that is a live virus and you can get the flu from that. I have been getting fly shots for years and have never gotten the flu from the shot. DH on the other hand prefers the flu mist and he generally gets a day or two that he isn't feeling quite right, but he doesn't get the full blown flu.