Flu Vaccination Is Needed For Cancer Patients.
People with cancer puss a higher hazard for not joking flu-related complications, so getting vaccinated should be at the top of their to-do directory this winter, an expert says in Dec 2013. "The flu photo is recommended annually for cancer patients, as it is the most effective scheme to prevent influenza and its complications," Dr Mollie deShazo, an buddy professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a statement release medworldplus.com. "The flu vaccine significantly lowers the danger of acquiring the flu.
It is not 100 percent effective, but it is the best work we have". Pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus infections and attention infections are examples of flu-related complications, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is recommended that anyone who has not done so already get a flu shot, deShazo said. Although this year's flu age is off to a dead-and-alive recoil nationally, the number of cases in the south-central United States is like a shot increasing, with five deaths already reported in Texas.
