There has been a lot of publicity on the number of children that have died this winter from the flu virus. The news is advocating of having your child innoculated again the flu virus (flu shot). However, I don't feel this is enough. I have gotten the flu after I've had the flu shot before. What do you think?
2007-02-17 21:22:13 · 5 answers · asked by Jay S 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
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2007-02-17 21:23:59 · update #1
Unfortunately not. There is a reduced risk for some with flu shots, which give you a small dose of the flu, but it doesn't work for everyone. There is much less risk of having the flu be dangerous if it's checked by a doctor, so if your kids have high temperature, aches and pains, constant headaches or a severe cold, best to get them checked out, which will reduce the risk of having the flu become too serious.
2007-02-17 21:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there is no 100% effective way to protect anyone from the flu. The inoculation is really good but is only effective for one strand of the flu virus and will not work if your child comes in contact with a different strand. The next best thing is just to teach your children good hygiene. frequent hand-washing, even but them the small antibacterial hand-wash that doesn't require water and teach them to use that often especially after touching things that lots of other people my have touched.
2007-02-17 21:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by fireproof413 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say nothing is 100% preventable, the flu comes in many different forms, some vaccines don't treat certain strands and others do, The best way to try to prevent getting the flu is flu shot, wash your hands daily, and stay away from people who are sick..
2007-02-17 21:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by ompie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. The problem with influenza is there are so many strains which are constantly mutating - you might be innoculated against strain A, and catch a variation of strain B (i.e. Sydney flu, a nasty strain which killed in England some time back).
Just keep your kids warm and healthy. Good luck.
2007-02-17 23:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by itard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have them cover their nose and mouth with mask, not to get close to the ones having flu, not to share their lunch with any child as they are not sure if they have got the virus or no, keep them warm enough, however adjustable to the weather condition, as you keep the home atmosphere warm, you gotta wear them so warm cloth when going out, so that the change of weather inside and outside home dont be so heavy to get them ill. try giving them more liquides at their daily routine than giving them fried food.....these are primary helps other than flu shot.
2007-02-17 21:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by Alkahest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋