| The CDC's response to possible side effects and | | | | Anyone who gets this vaccine should pay close |
| safety concerns about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine | | | | attention to their health. Look for signs of fever, |
| states that the risks are likely to be similar to the | | | | changes in behavior, and other symptoms. Serious |
| usual seasonal flu vaccine. Hundreds of millions of | | | | allergic reactions are indicated by trouble breathing, |
| people in the US have received seasonal flu | | | | swelling around the lips and eyes, paleness or |
| vaccinations over the years, with few serious | | | | weakness, extreme dizziness, increased heart |
| health effects. | | | | rate and/or hives. If you see unusual signs affer |
| Most people experience only very mild | | | | vaccination, be sure to get medical treatment |
| symptoms, like swelling, tenderness, redness or | | | | immediately. |
| sore feelings in the area of the injection. The CDC | | | | Give your doctor information about time and date |
| and FDA are carefully monitoring administration of | | | | of the vaccination, as well as when you started |
| the vaccine to make sure that any side effects | | | | showing symptoms. Be sure to ask your local |
| remain mild. If anything unusual occurs, the CDC | | | | health care worker to report your reaction. This |
| will work with state and local health care | | | | should be done using a VAERS form (Vaccine |
| professionals to investigate. | | | | Adverse Event Reporting System). No matter |
| According to the CDC, side effects of the vaccine | | | | what people tell you - for or against the vaccine, |
| are expected to be mild and rare. Some people | | | | be sure you |
| may feel lightheaded, especially teenagers, and | | | | Remember that well meaning people can get |
| some may have very mild flu symptoms like | | | | things wrong. This means that you'll need to take |
| nausea, fever and muscle ache. These types of | | | | the time to consider all the facts, do your own |
| symptoms are likely to occur shortly after the | | | | research, and make your choice about the H1N1 |
| administration of the vaccine, and last only a day | | | | Swine Flu vaccine this year. Now that you know |
| or two. While it's true that some people have | | | | what the CDC is doing in terms of swine flu |
| dangerous allergic reactions to flu vaccinations, the | | | | vaccinations, click the link below to learn how to |
| chances of this happening are less than the | | | | keep your family safe from the H1N1 virus and |
| chance of dying from the disease itself. This type | | | | receive a FREE 45 page report on ways to |
| of reaction occurs within a few hours of receiving | | | | protect yourself. |
| the vaccination. | | | | |