Influenza vaccination in adults with asthma: safety of an inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine. J Asthma 2007;44:817--22.196. Groothuis JR, Levin MJ, Rabalais GP, et al. Immunization of high-risk infants younger than 18 months of age with split- product influenza vaccine. Pediatrics 1991;...
A sudden increase in the number of school-aged children sick at home with flu-like illness may indicate the arrival of flu season. Similar infections in other age groups, especially among adults, soon follow this outbreak. What Are the Flu Symptoms in Adults? Flu symptoms and signs usually ...
—either due to the way your immune response affects other systems in your body or because your condition makes a certain organ or system especially vulnerable to issues. Since flu is a respiratory virus, if you haveasthma, for example, it could makeasthma symptomsworse or lead to asthma ...
H1N1 influenza A 2009 virus-associated acute severe respiratory symptoms in children with asthma: Response to early treatment with a combination of an antiviral drug and systemic corticosteroidsT., MatsuiT., IwataM., NanbuT., KatsunumaN., Kondo...
asthmaThis pilot study was undertaken to examine whether killed influenza vaccine causes exacerbations in asthmatic adults. Thirty-three stable asthmatics recorded peak expiratory flow (PEF), asthma symptoms, and use of asthma medication for 2 weeks, and then received killed influenza vaccine. ...
Influenza vaccination in patients with asthma: effect on peak expiratory flow, asthma symptoms and use of medication This pilot study was undertaken to examine whether killed influenza vaccine causes exacerbations in asthmatic adults. Thirty-three stable asthmatics record... AH Ahmed,KG Nicholson,VS...
VE was also observed against asthma attacks. No increased risk of vaccine-induced asthma symptoms and attacks was identified. The quality of the body of evidence was considered very low for all outcomes. Conclusions Evidence on VE in people with asthma against influenza, asthma exacerbations, and ...
The clinical presentation of influenza infection is asymptomatic or mild in 75% of cases. Influenza presents with very characteristic features, hence the term “flu-like symptoms”. Incubation period: a few hours to several days Sudden onset of high fever, chills, headache, arthralgia, myalgia, ...
Influenza symptoms can last for as few as 24 hours or for a week or more. A typical case lasts four or five days. As long as you have symptoms, you are contagious.PreventionOptions for heading off an attack of influenza have increased in recent years....
Abnormalities of pulmonary function are frequently demonstrated in otherwise healthy, nonasthmatic young adults with uncomplicated (non-pneumonic) acute influenza. Demonstrated defects include diminished forced expiratory flow rates, increased total pulmonary resistance, and decreased density-dependent forced expi...