If you are one of the people who they have not been vaccinated yet against the virus There is still time to do it, and so reduce the risk of contracting the disease and that evolve to a serious condition.
One of the additional advantages for go and apply this biologicalis that this year, for the first time in the country, there will be quadrivalent vaccine, that is, it provides protection against two different subtypes of influenza viruses of type “A”, and two of type “B”, coupled with the fact that this biological is applied free of charge in the public sector, and It is exactly the same as in the private sector.said Dr. Marta Avilés, pediatric infectious disease specialist.
In interview with Chroniclethe specialist and head of the Infectious Diseases Service at the Federico Gómez Children’s Hospital of Mexico, said that given the low temperatures that have been recorded in recent days, all those people who has not been vaccinatedit is in time to do itabove all and with special emphasis, for those who belong to vulnerable groups:
With the arrival of winter and the drop in temperatures, the risk of contracting respiratory diseases such as: common flu, Influenza and now COVID-19 is added.
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“Infants under 5 years of age, adults over 60 years of age, pregnant women, immunosuppressed people, people with a compromised respiratory system, patients with heart complications, diabetics, hypertensive patients, as well as oncology patients, people with lupus, chronic lung diseases “They shouldn’t take the risk. The call is to not let any more time pass and go and apply this biological.”
Getting vaccinated at this time is still ideal, since the seasonal influenza season for the period 2023-2024, ends until March next year and by the end of the winter season, it is still estimated that at least 35 cold fronts will be recorded in the country.
In this sense, it is important to mention that the national vaccination campaign against the influenza virus, which began last October, ends until March 31, 2024.
Dr. Martha Avilés Robles recalled that the vaccination must be annual, why the variants that circulate change and immunity is lost and if people get sick with everything and the vaccine, because it can happen, the risk of this evolving into a serious condition is lowerthat if they did not have the biological that can even trigger pneumonia and even death.
He remembered that Protection is achieved in about 12 to 15 days after vaccination “And if people are vaccinated late, it may happen that they do not have sufficient defenses, nor in the appropriate quantity, to defend the body.” in case of exposure to the virus and then They think it was the vaccine that made them sick, but it is not like that”.
He recognized that unfortunately today, there are still those who “They think that if you get vaccinated against the flu you will get this disease, that you are going to get the flu, but that is false. It is extremely important to share this message with society: let them know that this vaccine is made of a dead fragment of the virus and? is incubated in a chicken embryo, but it is impossible for that small fragment to cause the disease.”
It may happen that perhaps some people contract the virus, and it coincides with the vaccination, that is why they think they got sick, but in reality it is that the vaccine takes time to generate antibodies quickly and then, it is the disease that evolves and they blame the biological one, or it could even be any other virus and not exactly influenza, because in addition, other viruses co-circulate seasonally such as Coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus and many others. .
If you have not yet gotten vaccinated against the flu, you can still do so. The winter season ends in March next year
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He highlighted that Vaccination is an act of love and commitment to oneself and with people who love each other in the family and work environment “because if I get vaccinated I automatically protect myself and the community I love, thus preventing the spread of the virus.”
Vaccination is a call for everyone so that people have this commitment and obtain the greatest benefit that vaccines provide with the significant reduction in the risk of developing serious disease.
It is important to mention that in the current influenza season, the federal government through public health institutions contemplates applying a total of 56 million 400 thousand doses of vaccines, which is totally free.
Regarding people who are allergic to eggs and since it is a vaccine that It is incubated precisely in an eggDr. Avilés Robles, highlighted that the only contraindication to not apply this vaccine is when the individual has done an anaphylactic reactionin those cases there is a clear contraindication and it should be avoided.
An egg embryo is used for the influenza vaccine, but it is not contraindicated for people allergic to it, only in cases of anaphylaxis.
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If there are those who still have concerns about the vaccine “The most appropriate thing is to consult with the doctor, to verify whether or not there is a contraindication, because it could be that there has been anaphylaxis to some component of the vaccine, such as the excipient.”
2023-12-29 17:56:01
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