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Got the H1N1 shot today, pain in my arm?

I just received, about 2 hours ago, the H1N1 vaccine.  Now I am having this sharp pain thru my arm where I got the shot.  I received the regular flu shot about 2 weeks ago, and didn't have anything like this.  I did end up with a little bit of soreness in my arm for the days following, but now I am worried because I did not feel this at all after the regular flu.

 Anyone else experience any kind of pain in their arm after their H1N1 vaccine?

Re: Got the H1N1 shot today, pain in my arm?

  • I have not received it, however it is on order for the office I work at. It has to be refrigerated, so it may have just been colder than the seasonal vaccine you received, which would cause additional burning in the muscle tissue.
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  • I had this for the seasonal flu shot and not the H1N1.  Soreness at the injection site is super duper common.  You can have varying pain based simply on where the needle was injected. I'm sure you're fine.

     

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  • I was the exact opposite.  Seasonal really caused my arm to ache and the H1N1 didn't much if any.  Sorry:-(
  • imagecleigh11:
    I was the exact opposite.  Seasonal really caused my arm to ache and the H1N1 didn't much if any.  Sorry:-(

    This.  I was sore for days from the regular shot and nothing with the H1N1. 

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  • Yep, same here.  I got the seasonal flu shot a few weeks ago and felt nothing.  I just got the H1N1 today and my arm HURTS!
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  • They are two entirely different shots.  Just because this year's flu shot didn't make your arm sore, doesn't mean anything about this year's H1N1.  Just because they are prepared similiarly doesn't mean you won't get soreness, just like last year's flu shot might have given you soreness and this year's didn't or vice versa.
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  • My H1N1 shot hurt my arm for a couple days, to the point I couldn't sleep or lean on it. Icing the spot is supposed to help.
  • i just got mine a few hours ago too, my arm feels a little sore. not a sharp pain though, if you're worried call someone about it. i know that when i left the clinic they were doing they gave out an information sheet that had a 1800 number to call if you had any questions
  • My arm was so sore for 2 days after getting mine.  I felt like such a baby for complaining of a sore arm after a needle. 

    It was so sore that I couldn't sleep on it, or raise it more than half way.

  • Yep, my arm was sore.
  • It's good to keep forcing your arm to move a lot during the day after you get the shot... it seems to help lessen the stiffness, or at least make it go away quicker.
  • imagecleigh11:
    I was the exact opposite.  Seasonal really caused my arm to ache and the H1N1 didn't much if any.  Sorry:-(

     

    this also - never felt the h1n1

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