Preparation Before Receiving Flu Vaccine and Thimerosal Preservative
Health Lav89 - Preparation Before Receiving Flu Vaccine and Thimerosal Preservative. The best time to get a flu vaccine is in September or October so you are protected before the flu season begins. But if you do not have time to get it, you still need to get the vaccine even late because flu season will continue.
Some of these things must be considered before receiving flu vaccine:
Some flu vaccines contain thimerosal preservatives, but some are not. Thimerosal contains small amounts of mercury and is used as a preservative in some vaccines.
Vaccines for children, in addition to some flu vaccines, do not contain thimerosal. The manufacturer has stopped using thimerosal in childhood vaccines since 1999.
Thimerosal is still considered safe for pregnant women and babies conceived, but due to public concern about preservatives, thimerosal-free flu vaccines have been produced in the form of single dose syringes for pregnant women and young children.
If you want to get a dose that is free from preservatives, talk to your doctor or flu vaccine provider.
There is no scientific evidence that the results of exposure to these chemicals are harmful to the vaccine, in fact the benefits of flu vaccine far outweigh the theoretical risk of thimerosal.
Indeed thimerosal-free flu vaccines are hard to come by, but now you can still find them more easily than in the past.
The flu vaccine also prevents you from swine flu (H1N1). Swine flu vaccine is packaged in multi-dose vials containing thimerosal. Flu vaccines for the 2012-2013 flu season can protect you from swine flu (H1N1) and two other seasonal influenza viruses.
Some of these things must be considered before receiving flu vaccine:
- If you are sick and have a fever, wait until symptoms disappear to get the flu vaccine.
- Tell your doctor if you are allergic to eggs. Once the doctor knows what kind of reaction you are having after exposure to the egg, he will decide whether you can receive the vaccine with special precautions or you should not get the flu vaccine at all.
- Do not accept flu vaccine if you have ever experienced a serious allergic reaction to a flu vaccine.
- Tell your doctor if you have experienced a condition called Guillain-Barré syndrome. If this happens within 6 weeks of receiving a flu vaccine, your doctor will consider whether the benefits of the flu vaccine outweigh the potential risks that will occur to your body.
Some flu vaccines contain thimerosal preservatives, but some are not. Thimerosal contains small amounts of mercury and is used as a preservative in some vaccines.
Vaccines for children, in addition to some flu vaccines, do not contain thimerosal. The manufacturer has stopped using thimerosal in childhood vaccines since 1999.
Thimerosal is still considered safe for pregnant women and babies conceived, but due to public concern about preservatives, thimerosal-free flu vaccines have been produced in the form of single dose syringes for pregnant women and young children.
If you want to get a dose that is free from preservatives, talk to your doctor or flu vaccine provider.
There is no scientific evidence that the results of exposure to these chemicals are harmful to the vaccine, in fact the benefits of flu vaccine far outweigh the theoretical risk of thimerosal.
Indeed thimerosal-free flu vaccines are hard to come by, but now you can still find them more easily than in the past.
The flu vaccine also prevents you from swine flu (H1N1). Swine flu vaccine is packaged in multi-dose vials containing thimerosal. Flu vaccines for the 2012-2013 flu season can protect you from swine flu (H1N1) and two other seasonal influenza viruses.
