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Originally Posted by My kids are cool
I keep hearing things like that, about the flu shot being important and saving people. It is just my personal experience with four years running of fevers of 104-106 F and being violently ill makes me very adverse to getting the shot. One doctor said it must be an allergic reaction, because there is no way to catch the flu from the vaccine. However, I have never run a fever or vomited for three days to a week from an allergic reaction to anything else.
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I got a high fever from my tetanus booster a few years ago. It could be a vaccine reaction, like your immune system just going crazy. Or...you aren't allergic to eggs by any chance, are you? I think the vaccine is normally grown in something involving eggs. But I totally get why you don't want to get the shot (I initially didn't want to get it because of my tetanus reaction--also had trouble raising that arm for like a week), but then I got the flu and decided I'd rather chance the shot. But for you, it sounds like the flu would be preferable to your reaction...