Flu shot for the elderly

Old age is a time when the immune system gradually weakens, chronic diseases and metabolic disorders are acquired, which makes patients more vulnerable to various infections. This is especially true in relation to severe complications after the flu, which can lead to hospitalization, and in some cases to death.

Many elderly people believe that the flu is not dangerous for them due to the fact that they rarely leave the house, rarely visit crowded places. But you can get infected even in the nearest store, when visiting children or grandchildren, as well as in a polyclinic.

The flu virus causes all organs to work "in tension". The work of healthy organs is restored a few months after the flu. But the work of organs that were affected before the flu occurred may not recover. An elderly person with coronary heart disease after the flu can go to the hospital with a heart attack, and a patient with hypertension, even against the background of taking effective drugs, can die from a stroke.

Given the fact that elderly patients are at risk, they are vaccinated among the first. But it is important that they get vaccinated before the start of the epidemic season, so that the body has time to form immunity to infection. The optimal period of vaccination against influenza is the period from September to November. Special preparation for vaccination is not necessary. Vaccination is carried out against the background of ongoing treatment outside the stage of exacerbation of a chronic disease. Vaccination against influenza is recommended to be carried out simultaneously with immunization against pneumococcal infection. Then the protection is even higher and the risk of getting complications in the form of pneumonia is reduced to zero.

Timely vaccination will help to maintain your health, and therefore leave more time for a full life and communication with your loved ones!

Source: http://www.uzalo48.lipetsk.ru/