Flumist (intranasal, influenza Vaccine Live) is a brand of flu vaccine which is given through nasal spray. Compared to flu shot there are no needles required, appealing to kids parents alike. This is made from live a virus which is weakened which reproduces inside a nose of a person and also produces viruses that immune system learn to hit or attack.
Flumist stimulates the production of flu fighting antibodies in human blood and nose. This is sprayed into persons nostrils with needle less small syringe. It’s better to get this vaccine from September up to mid of November since it takes 2 weeks for antibodies to fully develop.
Introduction of Flumist
The Food and Drugs Administration approved this product to be use by healthy people ranging between the ages of 2-49. This group normally receives their first vaccine of influenza and will need to take their second dose after four weeks. Its first dose does not trigger enough of the antibodies for preventing the flue, two doses of this will do the job.
Warnings
The following types of individuals should not take Flumist.
- Children under 2 years old.
- Pregnant women.
- People above 50 years of age.
- Children below 5 years old with asthma or wheezing.
- Adolescents or children receiving or taking aspirins.
- People with allergies to ingredients found in Flumist.
- People with allergies to Anaphylaxis or Eggs.
Individuals who suffer from the following conditions should not take Flumist.
- Chronic lung disease.
- Heart disease like restrictive airways disease or asthma.
- Diabetes.
- Kidney failure.
- People with low or weak immune system or any medication that might weakened their immune system.
- People who has history of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Side Effects with Flumist
1: Most Common: Cough chills, decreased appetite, fever, muscle aches, headache, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, weakness or tiredness, irritability, loss of appetite and irritability.
2: Least Common: tightness of chest or wheezing, sneezing, earache, tenderness or pain around the eyes and check bones, swelling or redness in the air, trouble or shortness in breathing.
3: Rare: Hives, difficulty in swallowing or breathing, itching most especially around the area of ears, tiredness, weakness, reddening of skin especially around the ears.
4: Very Rare Side Effects: bloody nose, anxiety, pale or blue skin, confusion, diarrhea, chest pain possibly by moving from right or left arm, shoulder or neck, drowsiness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, hoarseness, feeling of illness, irritation, inability to move the legs and arms, stiffness, swelling or join pain, severe headache, nausea, skin rash, stiff neck or back, swelling or puffiness of eyelids, lips, face, tongue and eyes, dullness, feeling sluggishness, weakness, tiredness, weakness of face muscle and vomiting.
Physical Side Effects
Nervous System: side effects including Bell’s Palsy, meningitis, Guilain-Bare syndrome, vaccine associated encephalitis and eosinophilic meningitis.
Respiratory: rhinitis, sinusitis, epistaxis and otitis media was reported.
Get and consult a medical expert once these side effects occurred. Keep a track or any side effects that you experience from vaccines as reference of your doctor to avoid the same effect when you’re going or planning of getting nasal influenza virus vaccine in the future.
Still, the need of getting Flumist nasal spray or flu shot vaccine is yearly needed, since immunity weakens as times pass by and as the flu virus changes every years, the previous vaccine become ineffective.
