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So my elderll father has had really bad shoulder pain since having the shot.
Primary doc has scheduled an mri.

Thoughts?



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I can't help. I've never had any pain from flu shots. But this thread ought to be posted in The Lounge.



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Just guessing here, but has he been evaluated for possibly adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)? Maybe the flu shot was some sort of triggering event? I am not a doctor.



 
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Several of the guys at the gun club have been complaining about this after getting their flu shots. Yet another reason to avoid the damn things.
 
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Is the pain in the same shoulder where the shot was given?



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I've always had a slightly sore arm for a day or so after a flu shot but that's it. This doesn't sound right, he's right to get looked at.


 
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My arm is sore for a day or two also but not longer than that.
 
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No pain whatsoever this year. Forgot about it until I saw the bandaid.
 
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Yeah, on the occasions when I gotten flu shots my arm would be just a little sore for a day or two. The last time I got a tetanus update it was very sore for over a week.
 
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See if his doc reported it through VAERS. Complications are rare but they happen and can be severe or even life threatening. In the unlikely event that it results in a permanent disability or condition, there is a government compensation program for it.
 
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This year I got a flu shot for the first time in 4 or 5 years. It didn't hurt the day of, but it felt like they shot concrete in there the next day, and for a week after! I ever had a slight lump at the ejection sight.

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Yea, me too on the sore shoulder. It lasted about a week. This is the first time this happened and I get a flu shot every year.


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Fairly severe, and long lasting, shoulder damage can result from a poorly placed flu shot.

We have been going through this for a year. We've had to get lawyers involved. Don't assume it's nothing. Keep detailed records.

Look up SIRVA.


Good luck
 
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Originally posted by zingo:
Fairly severe, and long lasting, shoulder damage can result from a poorly placed flu shot.

We have been going through this for a year. We've had to get lawyers involved. Don't assume it's nothing. Keep detailed records.

Look up SIRVA.


Good luck


Yes! There is a syndrome of the shoulder from poorly placed injections. A lady I know had a really hard time from it. It was also a flu shot


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Thank you guys and gals. Very helpful.



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May not be related to the immunization.




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