Hubby and i got flu shots today-why does he have the shivers?!
Question: Hubby and i got flu shots today-why does he have the shivers.?
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Because the virus was injected into your body,even though it is not live it is your body building up the anti-bodies to fight the virus if you come in contact with it. In 2 days he will be feeling fine, although sometimes it can become the flu although this tends to be rare.Health Question & Answer
You can get a mild case of whatever inoculation you have received, it just wont be as bad of a case as you would if you caught the entire "bug". They do something to the influenza virus to alter it into a state that it's dormant or something. You're getting the actually virus, but altered injected into your system. He also could be having an allergic reaction to the inoculation.Health Question & Answer
Some people don't react well to shots. I got chicken pox when I got my second chicken pox shot.Health Question & Answer