can getting the flu shot raise blood pressure? . i have been monitoring my blood pressure for about 3 weeks now and the readings have been normal (110/75) but i noticed ever since i received my flu shot from a few days ago my blood pressure has been reading higher (140-150 range/85). is this a side effect of the flu shot?
the standard answer that we have seen is "no". however after the experience of my wife last year we will not be getting flu shots again. my wife a 50 something rn got a flu shot in our gp's office during the first session of a standard 2 session annual check up. her blood pressure was checked during that visit and it registered her typical lifelong pressure of 110/70. three days later for the completion of the annual physical she was in the same doctors office and her blood pressure was 180/. first time it was ever recorded at anything over 120/. it has continued to be an issue since at 130-150/.