Influenza and pneumonia vaccinations?
I have a very physically demanding job that requires heavy lifting and continous use of my arms.
Last year I received a flu shot in my arm and it became so sore that I had problems doing my job for a couple days.
What I am wondering is; can both the pneumonia and flu shot be given in my buttocks instead of my arms and if so,can both shots go into one buttock cheek or would they have to go into seperate buttock cheeks ie one in each side?
Or will they have to go into my arms?
Answer:
I think they will have to go in your arms. I've been having flu shots for 10 years and sometimes they've made me really sore and others have hurt hardly at all. One thing you can do is ask them to inject the shot a little lower on your arm. Some of the medical personnel inject way too high on the arm and it causes the whole shoulder area to hurt. I hate when they do that.
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