RSV vaccine

My neighbour told me she has also been contacted about this. Hadn’t heard of it til yesterday.

My dh has had a letter about this. He’ll take up the offer. Our GD was hospitalised as a baby with RSV, it’s a horrible illness.

I had it on Monday, no ill effects

We've both had messages from our surgery but still haven't made a decision yet as to whether to have it or not. The flu jab is coming up, also another COVID which we shall have. This RSV vaccination has rather come out of the blue hasn't it?

What does rsv stand for Sue?

Just looked it up. A respiratory virus which can last for a couple of weeks.

I hadn't heard about this either until my appointment came in. I will go ahead and have it as RSV is not something I want to get.

I am in the right age group, so will see if I hear anything.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccination-for-older-adults/your-guide-to-the-rsv-vaccine-for-older-adults

Thank you for the link, Have just read it and we'll both be getting it!

Thank you for that. I had never heard of RSV (certainly nothing from the surgery) and I have COPD.

Like the shingles jab I think it's regularly given in America.

We were contacted by our surgery to arrange the RSV vaccination, as we are between 75 & 80. It wasn’t a virus I’d heard of, so did some research, and subsequently have booked appointments.

We both had RSV jab last week with no ill effects.

Just had an Email offering it to me!

There’s another thread currently running about this or rather any possible side effects from having the jab.

I had the RSV vaccination in August and I have had cold like symptoms since. I start sneezing in the morning and it clears about mid day. It’s a nuisance and I can’t seem to get rid of it. I contacted the yellow Card symptoms by telephone who were more than useless. They were supposed to email me back but have heard nothing. I have checked online and can find nothing about this side effect. I wish I knew more about it before having it. I’m sure it’s important for people with asthma, COPD and lung conditions of which I don’t have. Just wish I knew why I have this side effect and when it will go away. The person on the phone for Yellow Card gave me a telephone number which was closed down in November 2023 and didn’t know about it. I am left feeling frustrated. Does anyone who have had this vaccine experience these after effects?

I personally think this offer from the NHS is a no-brainer and I will certainly look to have it done when I fit the criteria. I was always scared of needles but over the past five years with self-administered immunoglobulin injections, covid and B12 jabs and recently shingles I’m now a registered pin cushion!

You can easily report yellow card online.
I have done so for my anticoagulant.

There appears to be a small increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and there were more cases with one manufacturer than another. However, that may be a coincidental association and may not necessarily be a causal link. www.statnews.com/2024/02/29/rsv-vaccines-may-be-linked-to-small-increased-risk-of-developing-guillain-barre-syndrome/. It's being investigated by the Centre for Disease Control in USA, and they have noted the apparent increase, but it will probably take years to get a better 'signal' in the data. I had pneumonia due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus and it was not fun! However, I'm not keen to lay myself open to a serious neurological disease either! Decisions, decisions - it's yours to make!

I would certainly have it. There are very few vaccines (if any) not worth having.
Go for it!

i've been contacted and my appointment is booked. i have no qualms about having an injection if it is protecting me.
my flu jab has also been booked and i'll certainly get another covid jab when it's offered.

Looks as if it's for 75-79 year olds, so that's me out. Too old!!

I remember how ill my 3 month old granddaughter was with RSV, in hospital and on oxygen. I sat with her to give her exhausted parents a chance to sleep and I got it too. It was a nasty and long lasting virus, I’m asthmatic now and wish I was old enough to have the vaccination.

I will have whatever the GP wants me to have. The government would not be spending all this money on vaccinations if they didn't work. They have never let me down yet. I never get the 'flu, I never had Covid (so fingers crossed and touching wood) let's hope it continues,