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Is Abdominal Pain A Side Effect Of The Flu Shot?
Each year as flu season approaches, fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome patients ask me if they should get a flu shot. Since no research has been done on the subject, there is no clear-cut answer to that question. While most conventional doctors recommend flu vaccinations across the board, many FM and ME/CFS specialists advise their patients against getting the shot.
Because of reports of severe relapses following immunization, Charles Lapp, MD, Director of...
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Abdominal Pain
Source: Breastcancer.org
Abdominal pain can happen along with other treatment side effects: cramping or bloating diarrhea nausea vomiting constipation Abdominal pain can be... Read more »
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