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Does The Flu Vaccine Give You The Flu? Find Out!

Flu season is upon us which means it’s a very good time to dispel a lot of misinformation you may have about the virus and the vaccine; its treatment and recovery.<br><br>Let’s set the record straight: Nobody catches the flu from the flu vaccine. The vaccine cannot transmit the virus because it is made from an inactivated virus. <br>

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Does The Flu Vaccine Give You The Flu? Find Out!

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  1. LOS GATOS, CA | CAMPBELL, CA | SAN JOSE, CA

  2. Does The Flu Vaccine Give You The Flu? Find Out!

  3. Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine • Flu season is upon us which means it’s a very good time to dispel a lot of misinformation you may have about the virus and the vaccine; its treatment and recovery. • Let’s set the record straight: Nobody catches the flu from the flu vaccine. The vaccine cannot transmit the virus because it is made from an inactivated virus. • What you are getting injected with is a ‘killed virus’. There are some proteins that are taken from the surface of the dead virus and these proteins prompt your immune system, but they will not be enough to become the flu. • Sometimes after getting the vaccine, the site of the injection can become a little sore. Other times the patient may come down with a cold around the same time and mistakenly believe that it was caused by the vaccine. • Talk to the doctors at your Urgent Care Clinic in Los Gatos so that they can ease your mind.

  4. Symptoms You May Feel After Your Flu Shot One of the best things you can do to keep healthy during flu season is to go to your Best Urgent Care Center and get yourself and everyone in your family vaccinated. Symptoms you may feel after the flu shot: • There are a small percentage of people who will feel soreness in the arm that got the shot. This may last a few hours to a day, but it will go away. • Some people may feel fatigued or even get a little headache. This is NOT the flu. Your Primary Care Physician will assure you that it’s just your body’s immune system reacting to the vaccine. This is nothing to worry about. • You may have already had the virus if you were exposed to it from in infected person without realizing it. Your shot won’t reach full effectiveness until about 2- 3 weeks after the vaccination and your body needs time to adjust.

  5. Conclusion Everyone, every year should get a flu shot. Even if every time you get one, you have a mild reaction. Some people are happy to brag that they have never had the flu nor have they ever gotten a flu shot but this is taking a gamble. Completely healthy young adults with no medical risks can catch the flu and get so sick they have to go the hospital. In some rare cases flu can even become fatal. It’s better to just take the time to go to your Urgent Care Clinic in Los Gatos, get vaccinated and be healthy!

  6. OUR KEY PHILOSOPHY “ Take the time to listen. What I try and do with every patient I see, in the first few minutes, is just let them say what’s on their mind and there’s a lot of study that show we don’t do that enough in medicine. These are small things that you can’t pick up really from just filling out a form. That’s why it’s really important to spend time, talking and listening and building that relationship. ~ Dr. Arun Villivalam, M.D. ”

  7. SERVICES WE PROVIDE 01 05 Physicals – All Ages Blood Work A regular physical provides a record of your overall health and can be a useful tool in identifying any changes in your health.  Blood work is an important resource to help determine any conditions that could be causing the symptoms that are bringing a patient to the doctor, 02 06 Chronic Care Management Lifestyle / Stress Management Get medical care for preexisting or long term illnesses, such as asthma, hypertension, depression and cirrhosis.  Learn to manage stress by scheduling a wellness checkup and learn preventive strategies. 03 07 Wellness Visits / School Physicals Urgent Care & Walk-Ins Urgent Care centers provide services to care for patients who are suffering from an injury or condition that needs to be seen quickly, but is not life threatening.  A regular check up provides the opportunity to monitor your child’s growth and development and to safeguard against any potential issues.  04 08 Men’s Health Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Men’s health screenings will catch any conditions in early stages where preventative medicine can be used to treat or manage a condition before it progresses. Medicare encourages its members to review their health annually, and to take care of any potential medical concerns before they develop into something more serious. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque enim nisl, vulputate quis mi sed, dapibus hendrerit turpis. Praesent at volutpat neque, ut rutrum odio. Sed quis tincidunt dui, in vulputate arcu.

  8. MEET DR. ARUN VILLIVALAM Dr. Arun Villivalam is a concerned and caring family physician and primary care doctor serving the community of Los Gatos, CA. Dr. Villivalam attended Thomas Jefferson University, where he received his medical degree, and completed his residency in family medicine at Cook County Hospital.

  9. Los Gatos Doc: Arun Villivalam, MD, Los Gatos, CA Contact Us Phone (appointments): 408-502-6040 | Phone (general inquiries): 408-502-6040 Address: 15195 National Avenue, Suite 205, Los Gatos, CA-95032 https://www.losgatosdoc.com/

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