Jakarta , Is in adulthood , you never get a flu shot ? If so , blessed are you . However , if you have not been vaccinated against the flu in adulthood , should you ought to be worried . Why ?
A recent study stated , human adolescence and adults who have never been at all getting a flu shot is believed to be at high risk of serious illness .
Doctors at Duke University Medical Center , USA , conducted a study of 55 patients admitted to hospitals when they contracted the flu in the month of November to the first week in January , in other words during the winter . The mean age of patients was 28.5 years .
" Indeed , it is difficult to obtain highly precise results if the study involves only the object with the least amount , " said Dr. Cameron R. Wolfe , an assistant professor of medicine at Duke , USA , commented on his research , as reported by the New York Daily, Friday ( 21/02/2014 ) .
Of the 55 patients, 33 of whom claimed to receive hospice care , where 11 of them admitted to intensive care . However , from the number of patients receiving intensive care , only 2 of them had been vaccinated previously . While others do not . Patients who did not get a flu shot , one of them contracted leukemia , while the remaining contracted hepatitis C.
Many say that the flu vaccination for adolescence to adulthood is no longer needed . Yet look at the research that has been conducted by Dr. Wolfe , a flu shot is very useful for the human body to avoid the risk of serious disease .
" From this study we can still find the results that vaccination is important for the human body . Due useful addition to reducing viral infection , vaccination is also useful to reduce the potential for outbreaks of some diseases , " said Dr. Wolfe .
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