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They may lower your immune response so that you don't achieve full immunity from exposure, if the steroid dose is high enough. Contact a local pharmacist and tell them what you take and they can help you with more details and recommendations with your specific medical condition and medical history in mind. Ask them also about taking flu vaccinations while on your current medications.
See the link to the site below in the related links section for more information on using steroids for Asthma, which includes the following information:
One of the actions of prednisone is to weaken the body's immune system. This effect is beneficial when treating Allergies or so-called "autoimmune" diseases like Arthritis, lupus, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. However, whenever you weaken the immune system, you increase the body's susceptibility to infection.
Prednisone does not make an individual more likely to get a flu or catch a cold. But, it can increase susceptibility to chickenpox (varicella) and other herpes viruses. Individuals, who have recovered from tuberculosis, or TB, can experience reactivation of the disease when on prednisone. If you have not previously had chickenpox, tell your doctor. Do not take prednisone if you have tuberculosis (active or inactive), shingles or other herpes infection of eyes, lips, or genitals. You should not be vaccinated against any infectious disease while you are on prednisone especially live polio vaccine. Allergy skin tests and TB skin tests will usually be invalid while you are on prednisone. A small number of patients on prednisone develop yeast infections of the mouth (thrush) or vagina. Fortunately, effective medications are available to combat this problem should it occur.
If you don't have a full response from exposure, you could still be at risk of getting the flu, so you will need to also continue to use other precautionary methods, such as frequent hand washing and other preventive recommendations.
Asthmatics are already among those in the high risk groups whether taking steroids or not, and you would be more likely to have pulmonary complications of the lung infection with or without that medication.
If you do get the flu, be in close communication with your doctor in case they determine you need anti-viral medications (most effective if given in 48 hours after the symptoms start), and to quickly intervene if you begin having symptoms of complications.
What else can I help you with?
If your daughter has asthma if she takes the Swine Flu shot will the shot just make her get the Swine Flu?
No. People with asthma are at risk for serious complications if they get the H1N1/09 Swine Flu. It is recommended that they protect themselves from getting the flu by taking the vaccination. The vaccinations do not give you the flu. The shots are made from "dead" virus particles that can not give you the flu, they just trick your body into thinking it has the flu so the immune system will create the proper defense to get rid of the flu if you ever have it really infect your body. The nasal mist is made from viruses that have been made too weak to make you sick. The health risk of the having the flu, especially to a person with asthma, is much greater than risks of taking the vaccination.
What if you have been exposed and did not have a flu shot?
You may get the flu. Next year get the flu vaccination.
Is Swine Flu more deadly to people with asthma?
kind of. i have asthma, its more easy to get if u have asthma if you start seeing signs of sickness ask your docter about Tamiflu he'll tell u about it. it supposed to prevent swine flu
Who gets the Swine Flu?
Most people who are not vaccinated against the swine flu or who have not had the swine flu will get it if exposed to it. Those who have had the vaccines will be immune.
Will people with AIDS die because of the swine flu?
Ppl who already have a illness have a hightened risk of getting weorse then others if they get it of course. Just like with the ordinary flu. But there's no direct link between H1N1 and ppl with Aids specifically. Considering it gets to your respiratory organs ppl with asthma can also have a hightened risk.
If you are exposed to the Swine Flu can you still get it?
yes
Will a flu vaccine help after being exposed to it?
Unless you have specific lab tests to identify the exact strain of the flu to which you were exposed, you would be better off to get the shot than assume you don't need the shot and risk getting exposed to it later. A better treatment for prevention of flu after exposure and/or reduction in severity and duration of symptoms, could be Tamiflu. Check with your health care professional if you think you have been exposed, to be most effective, the anti-viral medicines should be taken in the first 40 hours after exposure.
If you are around a person who is not exhibiting flu symptoms but comes down with the flu a few hours after leaving you are you exposed to the flu?
yes
Can swine flu kill an adult with asthma?
Yes....even more so...
What sentence can you make with the word flu?
I caught the flu after being exposed to someone who was sick.
Why do you wheeze when you laugh?
It may be that you have asthma You have a cold/flu you smoke Or you may just have a wheezy.laugh
Should you get swine flu are you in risk of getting it again?
No, if you have it you will be immune to it after that. However, viruses are able to mutate to slightly different strains rapidly. If that happens and you are exposed, you may still have some immunity, but you may not, in which case you could get the flu from a similar but different form of the virus.
