Answers to Questions Related to Influenza Vaccination in Kidney Transplantation Patients

Influenza is the flu, which can occur all year round, and the general flu can be cured. There is a flu vaccine against the flu now. Influenza is very harmful to human body. If the body has good immunity, it can resist the attack of influenza. However, some people have poor physical resistance. For example, patients who have just had a kidney transplant need to be vaccinated to enhance their resistance.

1, vaccination question and answer

Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus. Common symptoms include headache, body aches, high fever, sore throat, fatigue and runny nose. It can spread from person to person and around the world, and in severe cases it will lead to death. Vaccination with influenza vaccine helps to prevent influenza virus infection, and it is generally required to be injected once a year. Generally speaking, influenza vaccine is safe for renal transplant patients, and it is recommended that renal transplant patients be vaccinated.

What is the effect of influenza vaccination after kidney transplantation?

Renal transplant patients usually need to take anti-rejection drugs or immunosuppressive drugs to prevent renal transplant rejection. These drugs mainly play a role by lowering or inhibiting the immune system. Therefore, renal transplant patients are more susceptible to influenza, which may be more serious after infection.

However, due to the use of anti-rejection drugs, the immune function of renal transplant patients is low, and the curative effect after vaccination with influenza vaccine may not be ideal. The effect of influenza vaccination for renal transplant patients will be affected by many factors, such as the overall health status, drug types, immune function and so on. However, it is still recommended that renal transplant patients be vaccinated with influenza vaccine, but it should be noted that renal transplant patients should not be vaccinated with active (or attenuated) influenza vaccine. Clinicians should evaluate whether patients with recent kidney transplantation (within 6 months) can be safely vaccinated against influenza.

2. Should I get the flu vaccine?

Simply put, this does not mean that everyone must be vaccinated against influenza. It's just that some people with weak constitution are vulnerable to influenza virus, and it's necessary for people who can't recover easily after catching a cold to get a flu vaccine.

2. Why do you have to get the flu vaccine every year?

Because influenza virus belongs to the kind of virus that likes to mutate and exchange genes, the surface antigen that is popular every year is different, so we should get flu vaccine every year and inject the latest and most popular flu virus vaccine. Therefore, if it is a high-risk group, it is necessary to continue to take the flu vaccine last year.

3. Who wants to get the flu vaccine?

Younger and weaker infants and the elderly, especially those suffering from chronic heart and lung diseases, kidney diseases or immunosuppression, are likely to need hospitalization, and the mortality rate is not low. Therefore, the recommendation of the World Health Organization is that the elderly, adults with chronic diseases, children aged 6-23 months and pregnant women are the best.

In addition, people who have a high chance of contact with influenza patients, such as driving a taxi and working in a hospital, also need to be vaccinated.

4. Benefits of annual influenza vaccination

Old people and children vaccinated with influenza vaccine every year will have stronger immunity in time, which can avoid the invasion of influenza virus to some extent.

Influenza vaccine can help people with poor body resistance to resist the invasion of influenza virus. Influenza is a very common respiratory disease, which always breaks out at that moment, and influenza vaccine can cut off the spread of influenza. If you often catch a cold, it means that your body's immunity is poor and you need to get a flu vaccine. Kidney transplant patients can also get it.