Question About the Whooping Cough Vaccine 2010 - Columbus,OH

It sounds like you may have got the shot from someone(s)
who were not as competent with shots as you prefer.
So perhaps it wasn't the solution but the technique,
or location, of the shot that made you sore.

I had the pertussus shot last week.
The nurse put it very high on my upper arm,
just below the shoulder.
I had a little bit of tenderness but nothing else.

As for fatigue while driving . . . .
I hope if that ever happens again that you will pull over.
Please do not put yourself and dd at risk
when you are too tired to drive.
I can't imagine the tiredness being connected with the shot.
Perhaps with anxiety or tension about the shot and the trip?

So many variables here. You don't know if maybe the shot was not given in the perfect spot for you. You don't know if you would have had fatigue anyway. You should know that you will be fine very quickly and your arm will stop hurting from this shot. You should also know that pertussis lasts around 100 days. If you had that instead, you would cough until every single muscle in your abdomen was so sore that you wanted to die, and then you would cough some more, pee your pants, vomit, choke, cough some more, not sleep well for 100 days in a row (labor like fatige) and will probably pass this bad boy on to someone else who is unvaccinated or undervaccinated before you even realize how dangerous you are. Babie die from pertussis, and I am sure that if you knew that you passed it to a baby who then died, you would be more than happy, in hindsight, to have had what ever pain you have now, even if the person who "told" you that all you would have was a bruse was wrong. I think that every shot you get comes with the understanding that you could have pain if they hit a muscle wrong, just like everytime you eat shell fish you should understand that there could be a piece of shell in there, and they don't have to warn you about it.

Don't regret what you did. I am glad that you are protected from what is a horrible, horrible illness.

M.

Vaccines, like any medical procedure, can have side effects. Sorry this one was so bad for you. In the future you can alwasy pull titers (blood test) to see if you are already immune to anything for which you may be vaccinated.

We've had the shot but have had no side effects.

My arm hurt so bad that i couldnt lift it or even move it. then it went dead and i had chest pains. this was in 97 though.

I had the Tdap shot in July, which includes whooping cough. No side effects at all - it was just like a flu shot.

I agree with Martha and Shira.