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Advice and instructions for influenza and pneumococcal vaccines are given by the Association of Pulmonologists of Greece, through APE-MPE.
The professor said that it takes two to three months to complete the vaccination, as is the case with the flu vaccine.
“We hope that the vaccination will start in February-March. Then the psychology will change. The vaccine will help. And many deniers will change their minds.” It will be very nice if about 70% get vaccinated, “said the professor.
As for the masks, he commented that they are the most effective tool that we have in our hands since it is the only tool that we handle 100%.
Who should get the vaccine: what we need to know
It is considered that the safest and cheapest measure of primary prevention of seasonal flu is the flu vaccination, which in our country is usually carried out at the beginning of October of each year. The prescription of the influenza vaccine began on September 28 and this year our country will receive 35% more doses of the vaccine and has already secured 4.2 million doses.
As she explains, speaking to ΑΠΕ / ΜΠΕ, the president of the Hellenic Association of Pulmonologists, Dr. Stamoula Tsikrika, every new year, the vaccine construct contains inactivated surface antigens of the influenza virus according to the circulating strains recorded from the previous year. After the flu shot is given, the antibodies gradually rise over about two to three weeks.
It clarifies that tests for Covid-19 are not required before vaccination according to the guidelines of global and international organizations. Quadrivalent influenza vaccines contain four WHO-recommended strains, two A strains and two B strains. Trivalent influenza vaccines contain two A strains and one B strain. Side effects such as local irritation, tenderness and pain at the site of the pain Difficulty breathing, chills and fever may occur after administration.
Ms. Tsikrika says there is no specific treatment for seasonal flu so far, so antiviral drugs help with other supportive treatments, without replacing the annual vaccine. Antibiotic regimens are prescribed only for microbial infection, as they do not affect the pathophysiology of viral infections.
THE flu vaccination should be applied mainly to people (adults and children) belonging to the following high-risk groups:
People aged 60 and over
Children (6 months and older) and adults with one or more of the following aggravating factors or chronic diseases:
* Asthma or other chronic lung diseases
* Heart disease with severe hemodynamic disorder
* Immunosuppression (inherited or acquired)
* Organ transplant
* Sickle cell disease (and other hemoglobinopathies)
* Diabetes mellitus or other chronic metabolic disease
* Chronic kidney disease
* Neurological-neuromuscular diseases
* Pregnant women regardless of gestational age, lactation and lactation
* People with morbid obesity
* Children who take aspirin for a long time
* People who are in close contact with children under 6 months of age or who care for people with an underlying illness.
* Closed populations, such as staff and boarding students
* Veterinarians, poultry farmers, pig farmers, breeders, slaughterhouses
* Employees in sanitary facilities
Pneumococcal vaccination
The pneumococcal vaccine protects against streptococcal pneumonia, which causes high morbidity and mortality due to severe pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis. Pneumococcus is spread through infected droplets that are spread through coughing, sneezing, and close contact with an infected person. Pneumococcal infections occur most often during the winter due to coloration and weather conditions, but early in the spring season. Although anyone can get pneumococcal disease, children younger than 2 years old, adults older than 65 years old, and people who are immunosuppressed are at higher risk. Conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines are the two types of pneumococcal vaccines.
Vulnerable groups include children who fall into the following categories:
* Age under 2 years
* They go to daycare
* People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
* Suffer from diabetes, nephrotic syndrome, immunosuppressive diseases, chronic respiratory, heart, liver or kidney diseases.
* Suffer from sickle cell anemia
* Have cochlear implants or cerebrospinal fluid leak
Vulnerable groups include adults who fall into the following categories:
* Age over 65 years
Vulnerable groups include adults aged 19 to 64 who fall into the following categories:
* Suffer from chronic diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic heart disease, diabetes, alcoholism)
* Suffer from immune system disorders (HIV / AIDS, cancer, functional / anatomical asplenia)
* Have cochlear implants or cerebrospinal fluid leak
* Systematic smokers
For all adults who meet the age criteria and do not have proof of previous vaccination or illness, it is recommended:
* 1 dose of 13 strength pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at age 65 and older
* 1 dose of the polysaccharide concentration 23 vaccine against pneumococcus from 65 years of age
The dosage regimen and timing of pneumococcal vaccination is performed based on specific criteria of the National Vaccination Program under the guidance of each therapist.
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