Getting a flu shot may offer an added benefit.
Nurse Kathryn Webb prepares an Influenza vaccine ahead of a press conference on bivalent booster shot at Dallas County Health and Human Services on Sept. 15, 2022., an American Heart Association journal, suggests flu vaccination might lower the chances of stroke among adults, especially people under 45. that respiratory infections increase the risk of stroke in the days following infection.Flu symptoms can come on suddenly, including cough, sore throat, fatigue and sometimes a fever.
“Some of these are increased hypercoagulable state, a transient period where you have a greater predisposition to form clots,” says Dr. Kumar.There are two broad subtypes of strokes: the ischemic kind, which is the clotting kind of stroke, and the hemorrhagic, or the bleeding type of stroke. The vast majority of strokes, close to 90%, are ischemic strokes,” he explains.
A stroke is a medical emergency. That’s why reducing risks are so essential, and the flu shot may be another tool. “This has the potential to prevent clotting disorder and manage stroke, potentially,” says Dr. Kumar.
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