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My Daughter is 8 yr old. She got 2 flu vaccine till age of 5 years. Please suggest should we go for Flu vaccine once again in this season to prevent her from flu like disease or covid?
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Yes , you can go for it .It will be a single dose
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Its advised yearly...
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Yes, a flu vaccine should be repeated every year, all life long.
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Flu vaccination not recomended beyond five yrs in children. Thanks
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Yes FLU is annual a vaccine give it to your daughter one shot in June
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Yes.You should give flu vaccine.
It will help her to prevent flu like illness not covid.
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Dr. Lakshmi Narayana Munirathi
Pediatrician
29 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Flu and covid are different things. We can’t control one with other. In fact flu virus changes every year a new strain so it is not routinely used to all.
Use of flu vaccine is recommended in children with asthma and respiratory diseases auto immune disorders.
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Follow SMS precautions and be safe
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