{"id":192839,"date":"2025-10-11T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192839\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:14:09","slug":"i-get-flu-and-covid-jabs-every-year-and-i-stop-side-effects-with-1-common-item-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/192839\/","title":{"rendered":"I get flu and Covid jabs every year and I stop side effects with 1 common item | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

October is here and it\u2019s vaccine season once again, with various groups of people being called in to get their annual flu jabs, as well as Covid<\/a> and other common inoculations like whooping cough and pneumonia.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not just the elderly that will be getting dosed up this winter. I\u2019m only in my mid-30s, and I have to get flu and Covid<\/a> vaccines every year thanks to my weak immune system, brought on by Coeliac disease. And after about the 20th jab, you start to work out how to beat the side effects.<\/p>\n

Coeliac is a failing of the immune system relating to your digestive system. In short, the body attacks gluten, aka wheat and barley, mistaking the harmless wheat proteins for damaging invaders and in turn, damages the digestive system.<\/p>\n

My body basically attacks itself if I eat bread, flour, pasta, or anything with even a trace of gluten in it, which in turn makes my body weaker than average – I have poor nutritional absorption, lower than average bone density and a lower than average life expectancy.<\/p>\n

As such, because my immune system doesn\u2019t work properly, I\u2019m eligible for a free Covid<\/a> jab every year, as well as a free flu<\/a> jab, on the NHS. I also got given all sorts of vaccines for things I\u2019d never heard of, like Meningitis W.<\/p>\n

The trick, I\u2019ve discovered, to fighting side effects is good ol\u2019 paracetamol. The little drug seems to block side effects and instantly resolve any minor issues.<\/p>\n

If I get a sore arm, or any fever developing, I just take two paracetamol.<\/p>\n

The NHS guidance for Covid<\/a> vaccines says: \u201cIf you or your child get side effects, rest and take paracetamol or paracetamol for children to help you feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n

This lines up with what the NHS recommends for Meningitis B vaccines. It says that paracetamol can be given to a baby after a Meningitis B vaccine to reduce chances of fever.<\/p>\n

It says: \u201cGiving paracetamol soon after vaccination \u2013 and not waiting for a fever to develop \u2013 will reduce the risk of your child having a fever.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith paracetamol, fewer than 1 in 5 children will get a fever and nearly all of these are mild (below 39\u00b0C).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe paracetamol will also reduce the chance of your baby being irritable or suffering discomfort (such as pain at the site of the injection).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"October is here and it\u2019s vaccine season once again, with various groups of people being called in to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[84413,8447,84412,74738,59,102,104,84414,7301,26591,56,54,55,4884],"class_list":{"0":"post-192839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-coeliac-disease","9":"tag-flu","10":"tag-flu-and-covid-vaccines","11":"tag-flu-jab","12":"tag-gb","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-nhs","15":"tag-nhs-guidance","16":"tag-pain-relief","17":"tag-paracetamol","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom","21":"tag-vaccine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}