How The Flu Can Complicate Your Health

Diabetes

Almost 26 million Americans (over 8 percent of the population) have diabetes. Even when well-managed, diabetes reduces the immune system’s ability to fight infection, leaving people with diabetes at an increased risk for the flu, severe flu symptoms and possibly hospitalization.

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February 7, 2014

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September 15, 2014