Flu Vaccines In Diabetics
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Viral Influenza
Influenza, commonly called the flu, is always caused by a virus.
There are different strains of influenza:
- Influenza A is the most widespread and most severe strain. It can affect both animals and humans. Influenza A is the cause of the worldwide epidemics (pandemics) of the flu that have occurred. An estimated 142,000 hospitalizations per year are due to this strain of the flu. Influenza A is usually further categorized by two ...
Expert & Community Posts
FAQs on Flu Season 2008-2009
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert...Many parents and patients have questions about the flu vaccine that warrant further address. ... Read more »
How NOT to Win Friends and InFLUence People
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart or lung disease, people who... Read more »
Don't Forget About Your Seasonal Flu Vaccine
By Beth McNamara , Health Expert...which is, in reality, almost anyone, whether managing diabetes or not. Here is our Q&A:Q. Does... Read more »
Winter Flu Season 2009-10: A New Approach for a New Flu Virus
By James Thompson MD , Health Expert...with chronic medical problems (for example, asthma, diabetes, heart and kidney disease) have... Read more »
Should You Get a Shot for H1N1 (Swine Flu)?
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...vaccine. One of these groups includes people with diabetes. This makes sense. Those of us who... Read more »
Health Guide
Time for a Flu Shot?
...supplies of the flu vaccine wherever you get vaccinated. The importance of vaccines in patients with diabetes cannot be underscored due to the impact on your overall health and blood sugars. To... Read more »Flu Shots for Chronic Pain Patients: Pros & Cons
...the past and tolerated them well.Patients who have a serious chronic illness (such as emphysema, diabetes or heart disease) in addition to FM or ME/CFS. Charles Shepherd, MD, a U.K.... Read more »Colds and the Flu: Medications
...medical care or who has been hospitalized for a serious illness (particularly lung or kidney disease, diabetes, sickle-cell, or immune deficiencies). If parents are concerned about vaccines that... Read more »Pneumonia: Prevention
...medical care or who has been hospitalized for a serious illness (particularly lung or kidney disease, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, or immune deficiencies) should also receive a flu shot. Children... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Travel Precautions
...greater heights. Being physically stronger is not protective. Certain common conditions (heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, mild emphysema, and pregnancy) play no role in a person's risk for... Read more »Images
Medications
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