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SHOULD MY CHILD HAVE THE FLU VACCINATION
Posted or Updated on 3 Oct 2016
Flu can be very unpleasant for children. They have the same symptoms as adults, including fever, chills, aching muscles, headache, stuffy nose, dry cough and sore throat lasting up to a week. Some children develop a very high fever or complications of flu such as bronchitis, pneumonia and painful middle ear infection. They may need hospital treatment and very occassionally a child my die from flu. For children with long term health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease or lung disease getting flu can be very serious as they are more at risk of developing serious complications.
The new nasal spray flu vaccine will not only help to protect your child from getting flu, it will also stop the disease spreading from them to their family. Chikldren are good at spreading flu because they tend to sneeze everywhere and don't use tissues properly or wash their hands.
It is good practice to get your child vaccinated as soon as possible.
All children under the age of 5 will receive an appointment from the GP to attend for a flu vaccine. If you have not received an appointment please telephone the surgery and make an appointment with our Nurse Debbie. All children over the age of 5 will be done in school.