Although this illness only hard between 3 and 7 days, some persons can have complications that need hospitalization for the respiratory complications or of another type that they produce to themselves in chronic patients (diabetes, chronic bronchitis, renal insufficiency, etc...).

The types of virus of the Influenza are named A, B and C. The guy A generally is responsible for big sprouts of the illness and it is a virus that constantly is changing, regularly developing new vines and caused new epidemics for every certain period of years. The type B causes small sprouts and the type C generally causes a light illness.

All the viruses of the vaccine are dead, so it is not possible to be contagious of flu with the vaccine. Since the immunity that provides the vaccine decreases after some months, it is given at the beginning of the "station of the flu", normally at the end of September or beginning of October in Europe.

The persons who travel to other countries should know that the flu happens during the whole year in the tropical countries and that the "station of the flu" in the moderate countries of the South hemisphere is from April until September.

PROGRAM OF IMMUNIZATION

The vaccine becomes intramuscular, generally in the area of the shoulder, on a muscle that is called Deltoides.

• Major than 65 years.
• Adults or children with pulmonary or cardiac problems.
• Residents in asylums.
• Residents of any institution who live together with persons with chronic problems of health.
• Persons treated as the severe year of quística fibrosis, problems of kidney, anemia, asthma, or chronic metabolic illnesses (diabetes...).
• Persons inmunodeprimidas (patients treated with chemotherapy and persons positive VIH)
• Children and adolescents treated with aspirin during a long period.

The vaccine also recommends to itself groups who attend to persons of high risk:

• Sanitary ware of hospitals, clinics or citizens.
• Persons who attend to the familiar needs for high risk in his houses.

BENEFITS

Most of the people acquire protection from the flu approximately 2 weeks after receiving the immunization. The immunization of the persons of high risk avoids many potential deaths for flu or his complications. The immunization of those persons who take care of the patients of high risk diminishes the expansion of the flu on these.

RISKS

Most of the people do not present the side effects of the vaccine. Sometimes a light pain appears in the place of the injection or a little of fever for some days.

As in all the cases of capture of medicines and vaccines, there is a remote possibility that allergic reactions appear or even death after receiving the vaccine.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

There exists a group of persons who must consult a doctor before receiving the anti-flu vaccine:

• You present yourself with allergy to the egg.
• Persons with a running temperature or illnesses that are more important than a simple cold.
• Pregnant women or with a possible pregnancy.

It must not be administered to:

• Persons who have had a moderate or severe reaction after the administration of the vaccine.
• Persons who have suffered one day palsy due to the Guillain-Barre syndrome.

SYMPTOMS AND CARE AFTER THE IMMUNIZATION

To observe and to treat the possible effects minor caused by the immunization like light pain in the place of the injection, or light fever

TO CALL HIS DOCTOR IN CASE OF...

• Doubts about the administration of the vaccine to someone that this patient.
• Moderate or serious adverse effects that appear after the injection.
• Doubts related to the vaccine.

TO SEE ALSO

• Flu
• Anti-flu medicines
• Fever in children
• Immunization. You vaccinate. General information
• Immunization against the Hepatitis B
• Immunization against the Polio
• Immunization against Measles - German measles - Mumps (Triple Viral)
• Immunization against Diphtheria - Lockjaw - Tosferina (DPT)

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