Influenza affects more adults of productive age

• April 25, 2024

The influenza It is not a common cold but a disease that, in most cases, leaves the patient in bed and can cause complications such as pneumonia and other respiratory diseases, which have an economic impact on expenses in consultations, medicines and hospitalization, in addition to making it impossible for the patient to adult to follow with his daily life.

In fact most of the patients that have required intubation during the illness, he has an average age of 37 years. Agustín de Colsa, infectologist and member of the Mexican Association of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, explained that 55% of cases of influenza that occur annually in Mexico, correspond to adults of productive age.

All these effects can be avoided through the vaccination , which is the most effective prevention measure to avoid infection, reduce the transmission of the disease and reduce the possible complications that the virus entails.

If you are between 25 and 45 years old, you should be aware of the vaccination campaigns against this disease in your country and do not stop applying them, since in addition to suffering affectations in Your Health , they also suffer at work, which affects your personal finances  

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