Flu Vaccination Is Needed For Cancer Patients

Flu Vaccination Is Needed For Cancer Patients.
People with cancer clad a higher gamble for serious flu-related complications, so getting vaccinated should be at the top of their to-do shopping list this winter, an expert says in Dec 2013. "The flu shot is recommended annually for cancer patients, as it is the most moving way to prevent influenza and its complications," Dr Mollie deShazo, an confidant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a front-page news release. "The flu vaccine significantly lowers the risk of acquiring the flu.

It is not 100 percent effective, but it is the best cut we have". Pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus infections and ear 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. Although this year's flu time is off to a quiet start nationally, the bevy of cases in the south-central United States is rapidly increasing, with five deaths already reported in Texas.