If a person has thryoid disease or high blood pressure, should they get a flu shot?

By Kirk Mason (mason@wsbt.com)

Tools

The H1N1 flu vaccine on a table before use. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

By Jason Overholt

Story Created: Oct 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM EST

It is something families across our area are trying to avoid, but it's also something many of you keeping asking about. We're getting a lot of good questions about the flu.

Tiffani Young of Benton Harbor has a Good Question: “If a person has thryoid disease or high blood pressure, should they get a flu shot?"

WSBT asked Dr. Glen Davis from the South Bend Clinic about it.

“I’m a big proponent of H1N1 flu vaccine,” said Davis. “And if you have high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, almost any chronic medical condition, your H1N1 condition is only got to get worse.

And Davis says that also applies for the season flu. Something all people with chronic medical conditions should be thinking about, because so far in many cases it has been easier to get a season flu shot than the H1N1 vaccine.

“So I would recommend that everyone with any significant past medical history really seek out that vaccine,” said Davis. “Season flu shot also? Yes, both.”

More Good Stuff

WSBT Weather

Current Temp 35.3

More Weather

WSBT Weather

More Weather

On Demand

iPhone
Get the WSBT News and Irish Sports Report apps for your iPhone! Read more »
On DVD
Order a DVD of a WSBT news story! Read more »
Twitter
Follow us on Twitter! Read more »
Facebook
Connect with us on Facebook! Read more »
WSBT E-News
Daily StormTracker e-mails right to your Inbox! Read more »
Video On Demand
Miss a story on WSBT News? Watch it here! Read more »
CBS Shows
Watch CBS shows and news online, free! Read more »
WSBT Alert
Breaking News & Weather right to your cell phone! Read more »
Mobile
WSBT News on the go for your cell phone or PDA. Read more »
RSS Feeds
Get news and updates as soon as they're published. Read more »

Stock Quotes

YouNews

This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.