2006-11-12 05:16:48 · 6 answers · asked by sweet rosie 66 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
OF COURSE THEIR PUTTING THE FLU INTO THEIR BODIES AND BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE AND OTHER ILLNESSES, THIS COULD HAVE SERIOUS RAMIFICATION. IT'S IMPORTANT THEY HAVE THEM BUT YOU HAVE TO WAY OTHER FACTORS.
2006-11-12 05:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by silkieladyinthecity 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The risk is in not getting the vaccine. The elderly are not able to fight off pneumonia as easily as the rest of us. Before the vaccine was available, they used to die at an alarming rate from pneumonia.
2006-11-12 22:17:48 · answer #2 · answered by jodi g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALL elderly people should get the flu and pneumonia shot every year. No risk, only benfit.
2006-11-12 22:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by ღ♥ Cutie RRT ღ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pneumococcal pneumonia primarily causes illness in children younger than 2 years old and adults 65 years of age or older. The elderly are especially vulnerable to getting seriously ill and dying from this disease. In addition, people with certain medical conditions such as chronic heart, lung, or liver diseases or sickle cell anemia are also at increased risk for getting pneumococcal pneumonia as are people with HIV infection or AIDS or people who have had organ transplants and are taking medicines that lower their resistance to infection.
2006-11-12 13:27:33 · answer #4 · answered by xxilovepsr4evrxx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are kidding, right? Risk of living another year and you not getting your inheritance.
2006-11-12 13:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by jekin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO........THATS WHY THE SHOT IS GOOD FOR ELDERLY--TO LIVE LONGER BY NOT GETTING PNEU>
2006-11-12 15:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋