1. Annual flu vaccine
A single-dose injection for the year’s most likely strains of influenza. This can also be taken via an inhaled vapor, though this method has been less effective over the last couple of seasons. The flu shot is important because people with diabetes are at high risk for flu complications, which can result in hospitalization and even death. Pneumonia can be a complication of the flu. And the flu can raise your blood glucose levels, or affect your appetite, causing your blood glucose to possibly drop. The CDC recommends an annual flu shot for everyone 6 months and older.
2. Tdap vaccine
A booster shot for adults to immunize against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious infection caused by bacteria found in dust, dirt, and manure. Diphtheria is an infection spread through respiratory droplets, and sometimes objects contaminated by the bacteria. Pertussis, also called whooping cough, is a very contagious infection that causes coughing so intense it’s difficult to breathe. All three of these infections are deadly, but death rates have dropped significantly thanks to the vaccine.
3. Hepatitis B vaccine
A series of three shots (the second and third shots come one and six months after the first) or two shots (approved in late 2017 and found to work better in people with diabetes, according to 2017 research from the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention) that protect against hepatitis B, a highly contagious virus that causes lifelong illness, including liver scarring, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. People with diabetes are more likely to be infected with hepatitis B if they share needles, syringes, or other injection equipment.
4. Zoster vaccine
Also known as the shingles vaccine, a series of two shots, two to six months apart, protecting against herpes zoster, a painful rash, and postherpetic neuralgia, pain that can last for years after the rash has healed. People with diabetes are more prone to infection, and shingles is particularly common among seniors. The CDC recommends everyone 50 and older be vaccinated against shingles.
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http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2018/05-sep-oct/recommended-vaccinations-for.html
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