started the flu vaccination campaign 2023 throughout the Argentine Republic. This campaign has aim provide more protection from the flu groups considered prioritized.
Who are considered prioritized groups? health personnel, boys and girls from six to 24 months, boys and girls from two to three years with risk factors, older adults 65 years old, pregnant in all quarters and postpartum women up to 10 days postpartum and people from three to 64 years with risk factor’s (they must prove the risk condition, either with a prescription, medical indication or physical evidence).
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About the flu, doctor Jorge Tartaglione explained that the flu “increases six times the risk of heart attack and stroke (cerebrovascular accident) … A person with the flu is hospitalized much more, between the first and seventh day of the infection”.
In that line, in the air of Family doctorwe received the doctor Eduardo López, infectious disease doctor (MN37,586), to delve into the importance of being vaccinated against all types of viruses and conditions. “Argentina has an excellent vaccination program. There are many incorporated vaccines. Today we already have vaccines against cancer,” said the specialist.
“Vaccination is a social good, because it prevents the patient from entering. Prevent the sick person from dying. It prevents the sick person from having a very serious illness. I give you a examplethe meningitis, in Argentina, leaves 30 percent of sequelae and has a mortality of 10 percent. There is a vaccine, actually two, that prevents the disease,” López added.
