My baby has a mad cold after flu shot?

My baby has a mad cold after flu shot?
My baby just had her 6 month check up and her doctor offered the flu shot.. So i said yes.. Wel now she has a really bad cold.. She has been coughing pretty bad for the last 3 days.. It's the nasty kinda cough with mucus in ur throat.. And her nose started running today.. I know its normal to get sick affter a flu shot but should i make her a dr appt ne way.. Or is there ne good cough medicine for a 6 month old..?

Posted by Meggy M
Its normal. I got my flu shot for my first time last yr and i was sick for a whole day . They told mi that was normal. Evryones body reacts differently but they told me u get sick with ur first flu shot

Posted by Lanie
Its normal. she has just had a dose of the flu and is reacting to it, or it could be purely coincidence. You cannot give any child under 2 cold medicine. What helps is a cold mist humidifier, nasal aspirator after a warm bath and baby vicks on the chest and back. infant tylenol or advil for fever or pain.

Posted by SandraLAVixen
The cold virus and the flu are two entirely different types of viruses, you can not get one from the other.

A flu shot is a vaccine, it is NOT an active virus, it's a model molecule of the virus that is given to your body's immune system to study, train, and develop defenses for.

You can not get a cold from a flu shot any more than you can kiss a rock and turn it into a prince.

With that said, your baby most likely has either a cold or some other infection.

Monitor your infant's temperature, if it starts to go up, 101, 102, etc, then you need to bring the infant to the ER. Any high temperature is dangerous to infants.

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