The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 12/13/2012 2:43 PM, Han wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote in
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I would be inclined to go with the mist up my nose since that's where
I believe the flu virus enters the body anyway. I know there are
different vectors but a virus can get into you if you touch
contaminated surfaces then your mouth so the immune response is going
to start in the mucous membranes. Why not start there? O_o

So far I myself have always gone with the shot, but I believe the mist
is supposed to be better. While your idea has appeal - that is the
location where you get the infection, so immunizing there is better - I
don't think that is necessarily the most important reason. Immune cells
have a way to travel to the sites where they are needed anyway, so where
the immunization takes place isn't very important. I think the reason
inhaling the mist is working so well is the abundance of bloodvessels
near the surface of the nasal mucosa (design by Mother nature to get as
fast as possible at the bugs you breathe in). So entry of the vaccine
into the blood stream is easy and effective right there - no pain, all
gain. Addicts don't inject cocaine subcutaneously, they snort it. For
the anal retentive there is another route. In fact, suppositories are a
very effective way to introduce medications.


I'm no physician or medical expert, my field of study was physics not
medicine so I defer to the medical experts but I can read and comprehend
things scientific and from what I've read on the respiratory system, it
seems to me that a great deal of the body's immune response mechanism
is concentrated in the mouth and nose where most everything is being
taken into the body. I'm guessing that the mucous membranes of the nose,
mouth and lungs are going to produce things like histamine a lot quicker
than the skin. Is it not true that some things that you may breathe in or
swallow may be harmless but devastating if you got them in a cut or
puncture of your skin? I'm just assuming that the immune system has more
resources concentrated around openings in the body even though our
marvelous immune systems go after invaders no matter where they are. I
have an idea that breathing in a vaccine may be less likely to make me
ill than an injection. Every time I've ever received a flu shot, I have
become very ill. ^_^

TDD

I never became sick in getting shot. It would have to be so many days after
getting it, since it takes however long to start reacting to it. There are
the various chicken precautions. Since the virus can't multiply, it's not
suppose to make you sick.

Been getting shots for years. I still get sick. Can't tell if it's a cold
or flu. Sore throat, sniffles, then lung congestion, fever. Often in
september- October, or early in the year.

Greg