COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
Don't Let Influenza Complicate Your Illness
Influenza can make existing medical conditions much worse. If you have a chronic medical condition such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, or heart disease, influenza could cause you serious complications and sometimes even death.1
Getting a flu shot every year can lower those risks. An analysis by the American Lung Association found that if 100% of people with asthma were immunized, up to 136,000 hospitalizations could be prevented each year.5
If you or someone you know has one of the following conditions, influenza vaccination is especially important because these groups are at higher risk of complications associated with the disease:1
Asthma
COPD
Heart disease
Lung disease
Kidney disease
Metabolic diseases, such as diabetes
Anemia and other blood disorders
Weakened immune system
It also is important for caregivers and household contacts of the chronically ill to get a flu shot every year. These include parents, grandparents, siblings, babysitters, and child-care providers.1
Make sure you have had your flu shot, if you haven't had it yet please do, it could save your life.
Stay well,
Love,
Holly
Influenza can make existing medical conditions much worse. If you have a chronic medical condition such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, or heart disease, influenza could cause you serious complications and sometimes even death.1
Getting a flu shot every year can lower those risks. An analysis by the American Lung Association found that if 100% of people with asthma were immunized, up to 136,000 hospitalizations could be prevented each year.5
If you or someone you know has one of the following conditions, influenza vaccination is especially important because these groups are at higher risk of complications associated with the disease:1
Asthma
COPD
Heart disease
Lung disease
Kidney disease
Metabolic diseases, such as diabetes
Anemia and other blood disorders
Weakened immune system
It also is important for caregivers and household contacts of the chronically ill to get a flu shot every year. These include parents, grandparents, siblings, babysitters, and child-care providers.1
Make sure you have had your flu shot, if you haven't had it yet please do, it could save your life.
Stay well,
Love,
Holly
Its still not too late for those to get protected.
Keep well this winter all.
Have not had flu for years but realise that every winter the odds are becoming shorter,I am undecided,help please.
Hugs, Sue
Sounds silly I know but the old brain just doesnt work so sharply these days.