Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Flu Vaccination

     Flu Vaccination                                                    

Influenza is an illness capable of affecting the entire respiratory tract from the nose and throat down to the bronchial tubes and lungs.  It is caused by a group of 3 viruses (influenza A, B or C).  Unfortunately these viruses keep changing from year to year, forming new outer coats which our immune system can’t recognize. This means that even if you or your child had influenza in the past, this year’s virus may be different enough to infect either of you again.

Influenza spreads very rapidly by direct contact with nasal mucus from an infected person or by inhaling droplets coughed or sneezed into the air.  The virus is fragile and does not survive for long in the air or on surfaces of furniture, kitchen or bathroom facilities.  Illness usually begins 1 to 3 days after exposure.

I recommend flu immunization for all children between the ages of six months and sixteen.

I have been offering annual flu immunization to all children that I see in my clinic now for over 5 years.

The reason for this is that the individuals that are particularly at risk from the complications of influenza are the very young and old. In the UK it is offered to the old but not young .In most other developed countries it is offered to both old and young for instance the USA.

Children over the age of six months may receive flu vaccine (though from ages 6 to 35 months it is given at a reduced dose).

For children under the age of 13 years, who have not been vaccinated previously, or who have never before been ill with flu, a second dose four weeks later is advised for full protection.
An annual immunization needs to be administered because the types of influenza most likely to cause an out break each year changes and so the vaccine has to be specially prepared every year to combat the most likely influenza types to cause an outbreak. The manufacturers have got better at doing this year on year.

 

If you would like to make an appointment for your family to be immunized this year then please contact us 0207 224 4668.

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