Health experts Recommends Influenza vaccines for children before the monsoon season

 

Health experts are strongly recommending to get Influenza vaccine for the children above 6 months. It is necessary to get vaccinated for Influenza and flu as the symptoms are similar to COVID. Experts say that vaccines for flu will only protect children and reduce stress for parents.

All you need to know about Influenza:

Influenza or most commonly known as flu is a viral contagious disease which affects the respirator systaem of a person. Common cold and cough has become a daily job for parents but when this turns to fever it may be a sign of children catching flu. The Influenza outbreaks happen every year because the virus keep on changing.

 Who’s at high risk?

Anyone can get a flu as it is a viral disease but them also there are group of individuals who are at mote risk of catching flu, children above 6 months old to 5-year-old, pregnant women and healthcare workers and elderly people of age 65 and above have a higher risk to catch a cold. Apart form it people who are suffering from decease like Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma etc. are also in danger of catching Influenza virus. The spread of virus is fast and can affect more than one person at a time if they are near a contaminated person.

Prevention

There are many other ways to prevent yourself from flu by medical treatment but why wait to get infected in the first place. Just by taking simple prevention tips you can stay always from flu. Which involves-

Washing your hand regularly or use sanitizer outside home, teach healthy habits to you children like cover the mouth during sneezing, follow social distancing from ill patients, wear mask outside and get annual vaccinations shots for flu and other diseases.

Make sure you consult to a doctor first before taking and vaccination.

Global and Indian health authorities say that it is necessary to get the vaccine but babies under 6 months should not get the short as it won’t work on them and if your child has some kind of serious allergy to thimerosal then a thimerosal-free vaccine to them.

But for pregnant women it is safe to get vaccination as it will increase their immunity and infants born during flu season to mothers who got a flu shot are usually protected against the flu for a few months.

Is the Influenza Vaccine safe?

The vaccine is safe and it can not cause the Flu, it may have some mild side effects like arm pain for a day or two, a mild fever or aching for the first day.

Parents should not give pain/fever relief medicine before or after the vaccination. One must wait at least for 6 hours after vaccination.

Why should parents get their children vaccinated before monsoon?

Monsoon season is a season that brings numinous, one of which is flu and due to the increase of corona virus in India it is suggested by the health experts to get vaccines for common diseases.

Before monsoon season hit India make sure that you and for family is vaccinated and protected from diseases.