After all, every nurse in here tells me there are no side effects. Of course since I've had the shot I'm strangely attracted to my cat. Meeeow back at ya. When I was a kid, and all through high school, I would get the shot and still get really sick. Two months later I would be throwing up like er someone who throws up a lot.
Many people think it is, along with diarrhea.
But those are generally caused by a stomach virus. It begins suddenly with high fever, chills, muscle and headaches, fatigue and dry cough. You may also get a runny nose and a sore throat. Most symptoms last for 7-10 days, but coughing and fatigue may last several weeks. You may get a fever, or your arm may be sore as a side effect from the shot, but you won't get the flu, because they inject you with a dead version of the flu virus.