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

By Kirk Mason (mason@wsbt.com)

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Story Created: Oct 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM EDT

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.”

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