Exercise after vaccination
The other day you refreshed your vaccination protection or you got a flu vaccination. However, you are not sure if you can exercise after a vaccination. How should you behave properly after a vaccination?
What you need:
- Rest for 1 to 2 days
A vaccination is used to prevent infectious diseases and each vaccination causes the body's immune system to react differently. A distinction is made between an active and a passive vaccination. In the case of active or live vaccination, functional, but weakened and sometimes killed Pathogens in the body smuggled in. They should then encourage your body to produce antibodies that can fight off an impending serious infection. With passive vaccination, a prepared serum that already contains highly concentrated antibodies is injected into the body. But it is better not to do any sport immediately after a vaccination.
Post-injection pathogens - it is better not to do sports
- Interactions may occur when administering the vaccine when taking different medications. This can, for example, be an amplification or else a weakening of the desired effect of the Medication or vaccination protection.
- Your body has to deal with the pathogens that have been injected into it. Therefore, for a few days he is fully occupied with developing the antibodies. Some side effects after vaccination can be: fatigue, easy fever, pains at the injection site, redness at the injection site, general exhaustion or head, muscle and Joint pain.
- Exercising after the vaccination would put too much strain on your body and possibly lead to increased vaccination reactions.
Let the vaccination work
- The vaccination reactions described are usually very low. The body usually "digests" a vaccination very quickly and you will soon be able to start exercising again. Nevertheless, vaccination complications and vaccination reactions must be expected.
- A vaccination is usually a special procedure for people, which is why all body signs are carefully observed in self-study in anticipation of possible vaccine reactions. Random, otherwise occurring abnormal sensations are then incorrectly attributed to the vaccination. This human process is called the "nocebo effect".
- So-called live vaccines, for example, in rare cases lead to the outbreak of the disease against which one actually wanted to vaccinate, which would then be a serious vaccination complication.
- However, this only happens if the body is immunocompromised or too "otherwise", for example with frequent, is engaged in prolonged exercise or competitive sport and has not been given enough time to calm down his antibodies to train.
- However, light walking and light moderate exercise can be resumed after a day or two.
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