Join Dr. Tanuja Mishra, Senior Paediatric Consultant at Manipal Hospital Varthur Road, as she emphasises the importance of flu ...

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Vaccines for Viral Infection I  Dr. Tanuja Mishra I Manipal Hospital Varthur Road

[Music] hi I'm Dr tanuja Mishra senior pediatric consultant in manipal hospital vur with special interest in Allergy Asthma and sleep in pediatric patients what are the vaccines available which helps kids for this repeated cold and cuff so we we have some two three vaccination for cuff cold viruses main is the influenza virus of flu virus vaccines and Nal vaccines hemophilus influenza vaccines these vaccines prevents these infections which can uh protect the child from getting complications so the most important vaccine is the influenza vaccines or flu vaccines how does it helps see influenza is a virus which may causes complications and Hospital admissions so if you give flu vaccine at least it prevents the pneumonia which is a complication of flu virus and sometimes it decreases the school absen is also so influenza not only protects from influenza virus it also gets some cross protections with other virus also so it is very important to give flu vaccine at least in Bangalore because in Bangalore flu is very common once the rain starts we get flu infections and also in The Pick of the winter season also we get lot of flu infections so at least before going to school like in June July try to give flu vaccines for the kids so not only it will protect them also when they get flu infection they spread to their grandparents to their siblings to the teachers to to the other kids so if you give flu vaccine it will give protection to other family members and the school uh contacts also and um it also prevents A outbreak see if one child has taken a flu vaccine he won't spread so this community outbreak also can be prevented with the flu vaccines so that's why flu vaccine is very important the side effects of flu vaccines are very less sometimes little local fever and muscle sess will be there everyone starting from 6 months of age can take the flu vaccine and depending upon the circulating strain we have the flu vaccin keeps on changing every 2 to 3 years and you should go to the doctor and ask for the flu access

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