According to researchers, among the population who received the flu shot, the risk of hospitalization in intensive care units was 82% lower compared to those who were not vaccinated, reports the Journal of the American Heart Association in its pages..

Studies conducted by experts at the Houston Methodist Hospital show a 32% reduction in the risk of major heart attacks and related deaths, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35.. net Doctors have repeatedly reported that the influenza virus is especially dangerous for people with heart disease, as it contributes to the development of various severe complications in the work of this body. Moreover, in this case, cardiac complications develop in both young and older people..

“Studies show that 7 days after infection with the influenza virus, the risk of developing heart attacks increases by 6 times or more.

Among 336 patients hospitalized with influenza, 11.5% developed heart attacks. Similar data were shown by the results of another study, which involved 90,000 volunteers..

The development of heart attacks was diagnosed in almost every eighth patient with influenza. However, according to another study, the introduction of the influenza vaccine was able to reduce the risk of treatment in intensive care units by 82%,” says Priyanka Bhagra, MD, from Houston Methodist.

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