Flu Jabs - Has Anyone Had One, But Had No 'Evidence' Whatsoever Of Having Had It?

[joko]

i mean, not feeling the needle go in - at all.
no dot of blood on the cotton wool,
no tiny red dot on my skin from where the needle went in
no bruise or even the tiniest bit soreness at the site,
& no feeling a bit fluey for a few hours.
Nothing

Normally I get all that stuff.

its so weird it even made me wonder if the pharmacist that did it, didnt actually give me the jab at all, but what possible reason would she have to fake it?

has anyone else had a flu jab like that?

thanks :)

[sanmac]

The OP mentioned blood after the injection. If the shot is given correctly there should be no sign of blood as it is an intradermal injection and the needle should not penetrate the muscle layer beneath the skin. The only effect I have is a slightly sore arm for a couple of days.

[Toorak]

That’s my experience, sanmac, my pharmacist declared that I was obviously not a bleeder :-)

[Buenchico]

I've only had one flu jab, which was last year. (I've got my one for this year coming up on Saturday). I didn't really notice it at all, either at the time or afterwards.

Injections generally don't seem to bother me though. Even when I had a regional anaesthetic injected into my spine for an op last year, I didn't even know that the anaesthetist had done it. (That doesn't mean that I never notice when I'm used as a pin cushion though. The anaesthetist who gave me a general anaesthetic last month bent the needle trying to get it into the back of my hand; I felt that all right!).

[Buenchico]

>>> If the shot is given correctly there should be no sign of blood as it is an intradermal injection and the needle should not penetrate the muscle layer beneath the skin

I think not!
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/influenza-vaccine.html

[sanmac]

Well, Buenchico, it seems as if we have a case of "dueling links":) I live in Ontario, and for years I've had intradermal shots: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350142/

[Buenchico]

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/vaccines-immunization/canadian-immunization-guide-statement-seasonal-influenza-vaccine-2020-2021.html#II6

Your service, Sanmac ;-)

[sanmac]

Obviously, Buenchico, I'm not about to completely read all these links we're serving back and forth. All I can say is that both the GP or pharmacy assistants that have given me the shot said that it's intradermal.

[jennyjoan]

my two covid jabs felt like that - it was incredible. Nurse was ushering me into another room (as I thought) - but she was throwing me out - cos she had "done" it. Incredible.

[sanmac]

From my link at 0000 (Hey, I posted at precisely midnight your time!): "Data from clinical trials performed in children, adults

[sanmac]

OK, let's try again: ata from clinical trials performed in children, adults

[sanmac]

Something is amiss here, my entire response is not being posted...Maybe try again tomorrow.

[Buenchico]

Clinical trials?

Ah, so you're a guinea pig then, Sanmac

. . . and very good you look too!
https://tinyurl.com/z3vbxt8x

[joko]

there is usually a little spot of blood - just a tiny dot - thats why the put a cotton wool ball on it and press
i guess some may not, but any breaking of skin will allow blood out - its got nothing to do with going down the the muscle!

my CV19 one hurt a bit, only for a few seconds, it seemed to go deep & felt like itd hit a nerve or something, kind of a weird twinge.

im not bothered about injections either really, but i was looking at a poster when she did it.

ive just never ever had one with literally ZERO evidence of it - theres just always 'something' to show for it.

if thats the new way now though, suits me fine :D

[jno]

yes, I've had two Covid jabs and a booster and one flu jab this year. The booster (today) was the only one I felt at all when it was happening, and the soreness afterwards rates about 1 out of 10 so far.

I imagine most of this is down to the skill of the person doing the injection, or just blind luck.

[Mozz71]

Had one on Thursday, and like the OP, felt little. Barely a scratch, certainly not painful.

[Musictv2019]

It's almost my birthday and haven't had any word on my flu jab I would have had it sorted by now.

[jno]

have you asked for one, Musictv? Try your chemist.

[Musictv2019]

Not yet me and my family would normally have received a letter in the post telling us to phone our doctor where we would get it free through the nhs I will ask my mummy to sort it out.

[Musictv2019]

Apparently they have already started I'm vulnerable so need the vaccine but no one in my family or doctor practice was notified.

[Peter Pedant]

No but it is common
these jabs are tested extensively for safety