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Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine

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6 years 2 weeks ago #67554 by meyes
Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine was created by meyes
I am worried about getting the yearly flu vaccine: will it drop my counts?
I finished 4 rituxin treatments 8 weeks ago. (responded well)...my hematologist said it is likely that the immune response to the vaccine will be little or late (because of the rituxin) but suggested I do the vaccine anyway.
Does anyone have experience with vaccines dropping counts or "reactivating" ITP ? or maybe causing ITP?
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6 years 2 weeks ago #67555 by CindyL
Replied by CindyL on topic Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine
I don't miss my flu shot and I don't have any issues with it.
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  • ITP since 2014. Retired nurse. My belief is empower patients to be involved as much as possible in their care. Read, read, read & ALWAYS question medics about the evidence base they use.
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6 years 2 weeks ago #67556 by mrsb04
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Get mine every year. No effect on my platelet count
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6 years 2 weeks ago #67558 by MelA
Replied by MelA on topic Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine
You are going to get so many replies it won't be funny ;)
There are those totally against the flu shot or any type of vaccine, period.

I have been getting a flu shot every year since 1992 [diagnosed in 1989] and have never had my count go down [or up] from it.
"Instead of wasting your time worrying about symptoms, just get it checked out" -Nieca Goldberg, MD
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6 years 2 weeks ago #67564 by Hal9000
Replied by Hal9000 on topic Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine

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Does anyone have experience with vaccines dropping counts or "reactivating" ITP ? or maybe causing ITP?

There are reports here that the Flu vaccine has triggered their ITP (user 'mjocusa') and has reactivated ITP (user 'Ann'). In addition, some have reported the Flu itself as triggering ITP (user 'tacmom'). So with the Flu, the Flu vaccine, and ITP, one is screwed if you do and screwed if you don't vaccinate.
ITP Types and Treatments by HAL
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  • Diagnosed in 2000, at 59, after being on moderately high doses of NSAIDs for arthritis. Splenectomy and rituxan both failed (2004). Did well on prednisone till summer 2018--then terrible reactions. Promacta since 11-19.
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6 years 2 weeks ago #67570 by karenr
Replied by karenr on topic Flu season coming: question re flu vaccine
I'm another person who has never noticed any change in platelets due to flu vaccine. I've had ITP since 2000, and I've had countless flu shots.
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