Flu Jabs - 2012

[Hanmillmum]

Millie had hers last week and has just been in hospital with chest infection - really laboured breathing 😱, home now but px steroids, inhaler and anti-biotics not much fun, no idea if related to the jab.

 

[Northerner]

Millie had hers last week and has just been in hospital with chest infection - really laboured breathing 😱, home now but px steroids, inhaler and anti-biotics not much fun, no idea if related to the jab.

Hope she is feeling much better very soon 🙂

 

[Amanda102]

I was wondering if this is something Hannah should have, but nobody has mentioned anything?

 

[Northerner]

I was wondering if this is something Hannah should have, but nobody has mentioned anything?

I'd ask at your surgery 🙂 I'm pretty sure children can get them too.

 

[Hanmillmum]

I was wondering if this is something Hannah should have, but nobody has mentioned anything?

Yes, your surgery should be inviting Hannah for hers, I would contact them if you haven't heard. Please don't be put off with my earlier post - I think it has been coincidental, this is my little one's third year with flu jab and usually been ok. It hasn't put me off taking her next year 🙂

 

[StephenM]

The flu like symptoms came back at work this morning and I was sent home at lunchtime. On the off chance I called in at the GP practice on the way home. Instead of the usual can?t have an appointment for two weeks I got to see the new one in half-an-hour. He is standing in for one of the partners who is taking a year out ? more a busman?s holiday than a gap year ? and working in a medical centre in Africa. After listening to my chest he gave me a prescription for anti-biotics as he felt that I was on the verge of a chest infection and that as I had diabetes it was better to be safe than sorry. He asked a few questions diabetes wise and sounded well informed. When I tackled him on this he said that part of his previous job was working in a diabetic clinic one day a week. I think I will make another appointment when I feel a bit better as out practice?s DSN seems weak on Type I and insulin treatment in general! Off for an early night.

 

[Northerner]

Hope you are feeling better soon Stephen 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Just read this in Pulse (free registration required):

MHRA recalls 160,000 doses of flu vaccine after ?quality defects?

The UK drugs regulator has asked Novartis to recall two batches of flu vaccine after the company reported ?quality defects?.

The move follows a halt on use of Agrippal vaccine by several EU countries including Italy, France and Germany.

A spokesman for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told Pulse there were no current safety concerns for anyone who had already received the vaccine but they would continue to monitor the situation.

It means the removal of around 160,000 doses from the supply chain, which the MHRA said would have minimal impact on flu vaccine supplies in the UK, but was a ?worrying? development according to GP experts.

An MHRA spokesperson told Pulse: ?We have asked Novartis to issue a precautionary recall of two batches of Agrippal vaccine.

?The decision was made after the company reported quality defects with the vaccine which do not currently indicate a safety issue for those who received the vaccine.

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinica...quality-defects/20000712.article#.UJEQgcUxqAg

 

[grufflybear]

Too young?

When I 'phoned my surgery to ask about the flu jab they told me that as I am ( Only) 56 I would have to wait until people more at risk had been vaccinated; I am on a waiting list of some kind all those people have been done. I understand the principle of priority but just wonder how will they actually know that all those eligible have decided to come in for their jabs, or not. Still, it's very nice to be too young for something 🙂

 

[Northerner]

When I 'phoned my surgery to ask about the flu jab they told me that as I am ( Only) 56 I would have to wait until people more at risk had been vaccinated; I am on a waiting list of some kind all those people have been done. I understand the principle of priority but just wonder how will they actually know that all those eligible have decided to come in for their jabs, or not. Still, it's very nice to be too young for something 🙂

Don't understand that unless their supplies are running down As you have diabetes you fall into the 'at risk' category and should have priority - age doesn't enter into it. I'm a couple of years younger than you and there was no question of me having to wait.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

When I 'phoned my surgery to ask about the flu jab they told me that as I am ( Only) 56 I would have to wait until people more at risk had been vaccinated; I am on a waiting list of some kind all those people have been done. I understand the principle of priority but just wonder how will they actually know that all those eligible have decided to come in for their jabs, or not. Still, it's very nice to be too young for something 🙂

You need to ring them again and say you have type 2 diabetes so that makes you entittled the vaccine as you are already classed as at risk.

 

[grufflybear]

Don't understand that unless their supplies are running down As you have diabetes you fall into the 'at risk' category and should have priority - age doesn't enter into it. I'm a couple of years younger than you and there was no question of me having to wait.

Yes I thought the age thing was a bit odd - I will call again tomorrow (it has been some weeks since my call ) and ask if I am moving up the list and query the situation.