Protecting Your Heart with the Flu Shot

The flu vaccine is recommended for anyone six months or older in the United States. It is recommended for people who includes of having heart disease. In a study, researchers looked at all clinical trials on flu vaccine from 1947 through mid- 2013 that included nearly 7000 people in their study.  The researchers concluded that those who got the flu shot were thirty-six percent less likely to have a heart issue than those who did not receive the vaccine. People with heart problems who gets the flu vaccine has a fifty-five percent of not getting another heart issue. Also the risk of fatality from heart disease were twenty percent lower for those who receive the flu shot compare to those who didn’t.

The influenza vaccine is believed to protect against heart disease by preventing its influenza and its inflammation in which your immune system may make you ache and put you in pain. With the flu, ache, and pain inflammation, it can cause plaques in the arteries to burst.

Some people say that after getting the influenza vaccine, they would get sick from it and refuse to get it again. But if heart disease is preventable in this case then it should be an action to take. You can be one of those people who are less likely to get a heart disease with the continuation of getting the flu shot. Something that I would think twice on considering again.