Beware of the complication diseases of Influenza could kill you slowly

News24xx.com - Do you often have influenza or flu? Many people think that influenza can heal by itself. Though if not handled properly, complications can cause death.

"Influenza is a mild disease, but the level of deaths from influenza according to WHO increases every year" said dr. Iris Rengganis, SpPD, K-AI, FINASIM, Monday, July 16th 2018.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 500,000 deaths from influenza happened every year. Everyone could be exposed to influenza and complications can occur especially in high-risk groups such as children, elderly, individuals with chronic diseases and pregnant women.

Influenza complications can include pneumonia, ear infections, sinus infections and may aggravate media conditions such as heart failure, asthma or diabetes.

Immunity obtained through influenza vaccination can last up to one year, therefore vaccination is considered to be given repeatedly in each year. The effectiveness of vaccination depends on the similarity of the vaccine strain with the circulating virus and the age and health status of the immunized individual or vaccine.

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