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Nigello Wrote:

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> Sleep is a good illness preventer (to an extent,

> of course - I am not saying "kip cures all

> ailments"). Longer and darker nights make it

> easier! I am not convinced by the use of vitamins

> and zinc etc, though.


Supplements are harder for the body to digest than from more natural sources like food, sunlight etc etc and research has mixed views on their effectiveness. Some supplements, like fish oil, have better results than others, like iron, which seems to be very difficult to absorb from supplements. As always, a varied diet of non processed foods is the best route to good health. And getting the right amount of sleep (it varies for individuals but 7 hours is the standard need)is also a good route not just to good health but also good mental well being.


Cities are always the bedrock of infectious illness, for obvious reasons. Vitamin C is one of the known vitamins to speed recovery from colds, combined with ginger. Garlic on a regular basis is a great boost to the immune system. But on a cellular level, the nature of a virus is that it has to infiltrate the body before the immune system kicks in to fight it. All that diet does is to ensure that the immune system is as strong as it can be and is ready for the fight. Eating and sleeping well won't stop anyone getting ill, but it will determine how quickly and well someone recovers. And that in turn slows the rate at which other people get infected.


It's worth remembering that whilst we vaccinate against influenza for very good reasons, a good number of elderly people every year go on do develop fatal pnuemonia from common colds and chest infections they caught from interaction with other people. That cold that you shake off after a few days, can be lethal to an elderly person. We all have a responsibility in that sense to make sure we do what we can to minimise the spread of even a common cold.

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I agree with BB. Unless you are totally vital to your work, I think a few days off when you feel ill and are potentially infectious is the right idea. Likewise, making sure you eat and sleep well has to be of benefit to you, those close to you and the wider commumnity.

As for those barbarians out there who do not wash their hands before eating/prepping food and/or having been to the toilet - clean up your act!

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The word 'flu' suggests to many people something akin to a rather heavy 'cold'. The truth is that, if you have the 'flu' (ie influenza) you will be very poorly, particularly if you are over 50. It is a very debilitating illness and it is highly unlikely that you would be able to get out of bed, let alone go to work. If the flu jab is available to you I would suggest that it would be very much in one's interests to have it.
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Agreed, triumph. I had flu about 10 years ago - I was pretty much completely incapacitated for days. Couldn't eat, could barely drink. Lost half a stone in a week. Can't imagine what it would do to someone vulnerable, healthwise.
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The pneumonia jab is not an annual one, apparently. If you are over 65 you just need one, which protects for life.


I wouldn't have thought a surgery should offer it at the same time as a flu jab, in view of the fact that both of them could have side-effects, but then I'm not a medical professional so who knows.


http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/pneumococcal-vaccination.aspx

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How?often is the pneumococcal vaccine given?


Babies receive the pneumococcal vaccine as three separate injections, at 8 weeks, 16 weeks and one year old.


People over 65 only need a single pneumococcal vaccination,?which will protect for life. It is not given annually like the flu jab.


People with a long-term health condition may need just a single one-off pneumococcal vaccination or

five-yearly vaccination, depending on their underlying health problem.


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Sue Wrote:

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> Yes, Fox, that is copied and pasted from the link

> I just gave above .....


Yes. so ?


I'm having the jab in 2 weeks time.. needed to Google it for my own purposes.

Just passed on the information for others to see. Sorry for trying to be helpful.


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I am at DMC Chadwick Road - initially went for a blood test but they invited me to have a flu jab (I am immunosuppressed) then the nurse checked me out for everything, including asking about the Pneumonia jab - I had it back in 1997 when I had my first transplant and was told never have it again but was very impressed it was there if I needed it. I'm 55. Must say the DMC surgery in Chadwick Road has improved enormously over the last couple of years.
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> ?35?? I think my local chemist does it for a

> tenner.



I know, but it was conveniently close to work (not local) and it was a bit more for the Quadrivalent (4 strain, rather than the usual 3 strain) jab. I think Boots do the basic one for ?12.99.

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TE44 Wrote:

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> Hi Robbin, did the chemist advise you to have the

> quad vaccine. Was the tri vaccine also beinv

> administered, I'm curious to know if there is a

> different criteria for the triple one other than

> the price. The quad is ?14 on this link.

>

> https://www.well.co.uk/our-health-services/wellbei

> ng-services/flu-jab-service/


It was a private medical centre that specialises in a drop-in flu-jab service at this time of year. They didn't give me any advice - they just leave it to you to read their website and decide, I think. The fourth strain is a second B strain - I have no idea whether it will in fact give more protection against this year's strains - logically I suppose it should do as there's one more strain covered, but so much is down to pot luck and the experts guessing the main strain correctly (and it not mutating too much). For an extra tenner I thought I'd go for it this year, given the Australian B strain is reported to have been quite widespread. It could, of course be a tenner wasted, but I'll never know, or care.

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