Influvac vaccine day at Medix Pharmacy
I am sure that many of you out there must have heard the following statements:" Gosh, I will never get a flu vaccine shot. I took it last year and I got really ill." or "The flu vaccine gives you the flu."
We have thus decided to debunk this very common urban myth and misconception regarding the flu vaccine.
According to numerous vaccine experts world wide, there in no way that a flu vaccine can cause the flu. The reason for this is simple. The flu vaccine contains dead viruses. Hence if something is dead.. Its dead… It can not infect you. Most people usually mistake the side effects of the vaccine for flu. There are also times whereby people take the vaccine and after a few days they do become ill. The illness is due to a different unrelated strain of virus but naturally the flu vaccine is blamed for the sudden onset of flu rather than the close interaction with family, colleagues or friends who are ill with runny noses, nasal congestion, coughing along with other flu symptoms.
As health care professionals we are bombarded by patients on a daily basis demanding antibiotics for the treatment of flu symptoms. Please take note that antibiotics CAN NOT treat any kind of flu. Antibiotics only treat bacterial infections. However, there are cases whereby a patient catches a flu and then develops a bacterial infection as well. The flu virus weakens the body’s immune system and hence allows bacteria to invade the body. Many patients are under the notion that they should take an antibiotic just in case a secondary bacterial infection ensues.This type of preventative measure does not work. In fact it only makes matters worse. In the event a patient with a flu takes an antibiotic and later develops a secondary bacterial infection, the patients body would automatically be resistant to the antibiotics.
Tamiflu prescribed by your physician is highly effective against flu symptoms. It works best if it is taken within 48 hours of your first flu symptoms. It is available at Medix pharmacy. Take note that tamiflu does not cure the flu. It simply lessens the number of days that you are ill and also makes you less contagious to others.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DEBUNKED THE MYTH, WHY DON’T YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO MEDIX PHARMACY THIS COMING SATURDAY TO GET YOURSELF VACCINATED DURING OUR ANNUAL FLU VACCINE CAMPAIGN POWERED BY ABBOTT.
Interesting reads: Click on this link http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/
to find out why pharmacists can not simply dish out antibiotics over the counter
Regards Medix Pharmacy
Tel: 011 672 0590/1
Fax: 011 472 6034
Email: info@medixx.co.za
Regards Medix Pharmacy
Tel: 011 672 0590/1
Fax: 011 472 6034
Email: info@medixx.co.za