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Flu vaccine in pregnancy
Good noon sir/madam, am 23 weeks 4 days pregnant , my gynaecologist suggested me to take flu vaccine and TT injection but am little afraid to take flu vaccine as I already took flu , pneumococcal vaccine in the year 2020 October and covid vaccine in 2021 end in December after taking covid vaccine couple of months were good and then i started having left side chest pain radiating to left arm ,underarm & shoulder blade until neck , right now in on and off I get these pain followed with dizziness so am afraid to take flu vaccine now is that okay If i take bcz my heart is also palpitating sometimes with skipping beats in a day done ecg , echo , troponin I in 2022 everything came normal except had trivial TR , thank you please suggest me
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Left hand pain and dizziness are not due to any vaccine. It may be have some different cause. So it must be evaluated. U can take flu vaccine as it has short duration of immunity.
Any vaccine doesn't cause any major harm to body.
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Dr. Gunjan Agrawal
Obstetrician
16 yrs exp
Jaipur
Please consult for proper discussion.
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Dr. Prakruthi Mahamani
Obstetrician
4 yrs exp
Bangalore
It's safe to take flu vaccine
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Dr. Pendekanti Malleswari
Obstetrician
24 yrs exp
Bangalore
You took Flu Vaccine in 2020,it should be taken yearly by at risk groups.So in pregnancy it's adviced ,it's safe. Your symptoms looks to be ,are not related to vaccination .Pl get evaluated.
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Dr. Vijaya Gupta
Gynecologist
20 yrs exp
Chandigarh
Flu vaccine is given to pregnant women so that the immunity is passed to the fetus as well
It's safe
The flu vaccine u took in 2020 has no significance today
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