The domestic influenza epidemic is heating up. (Schematic diagram/report photo)
As the season enters autumn and winter, the domestic influenza epidemic is heating up. Hong Weijie, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine at E-Da Hospital’s Department of Family Medicine, said that foreign studies have found that people who get influenza vaccinations reduce the risk of cardiovascular-related events by 34%, and those who have acute coronary heart disease (acute myocardial infarction and unstable coronary artery disease) within one year The risk of cardiovascular-related events (angina pectoris) was reduced by 45%, the risk of cardiovascular-related death was reduced by 26%, and the risk of stroke within six months was reduced.
Dr. Hong Weijie posted on Facebook that in a paper published in “JAMA Network Open” in 2022, he compiled 6 related studies and analyzed a total of 9,001 people’s data. The average age of these people are 65.5 years old, 42.5% of whom are women, and 52.3% have cardiovascular disease. The study results found that: those who have received influenza vaccination reduce the risk of cardiovascular-related events by 34%; those who have acute coronary heart disease (acute myocardial infarction and acute myocardial infarction) within one year Unstable angina), influenza vaccination reduces the risk of cardiovascular-related events by 45%; those who have influenza vaccination reduce the risk of cardiovascular-related death by 26%.
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Hong Weijie mentioned that a paper published in “LancetPublic Health” in 2022 studied and analyzed the health insurance data of Alberta, Canada, from September 30, 2009 to December 31, 2018. All data were included in the analysis. A total of 4,141,209 adults over the age of 18 were included in the study to analyze the relationship between influenza vaccination and stroke. Stroke includes ischemic, hemorrhagic and transient ischemic types. The results of the study found that within six months (182 days) after receiving the flu vaccine, the risk of stroke can be significantly reduced by 22.5%, and the risk of stroke can be reduced regardless of the type. At the same time, the benefits are greater for men than for women. Large, the risk of stroke was reduced by 27.8% in men and 16.7% in women.
The doctor explained that the study concluded that people who have received the influenza vaccine have a lower risk of cardiovascular-related diseases, and if people have had acute coronary heart disease within a year, the relationship between vaccination and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease is even greater. Obviously; people who have received the influenza vaccine can reduce the risk of stroke within six months after receiving the vaccine. This effect is effective for both men and women, but it has a stronger protective effect for men.
Hong Weijie pointed out that due to the aging of the immune system as we age, the response to general influenza vaccines will become worse. Countries have recommended vaccines with relatively high immune effects, including adjuvanted influenza vaccines, high-dose influenza vaccines, and recombinant influenza vaccines. The recommended projects will According to the products available in the country, there are slightly different recommendations. The basic principle is that older people are recommended to take vaccines with higher immune effects. This type of influenza vaccine currently available in Taiwan is adjuvanted.
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2023-11-06 07:03:49
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