Mrs. Gaither, 68 years old, goes to the doctor's office because her husband was hospitalized yesterday for complications of influenza (type A). She has chronic asthma, allergy to strawberries and has not received any vaccinations this year. She has breakfast with a friend and, while eating her eggs and toast, she hears that this friend had a "bad case of the flu" following influenza vaccination. Which of the following is correct?
A. Mrs. Gaither should receive both the influenza vaccine and influenza antivirals
B. Influenza vaccines can cause influenza and therefore a person in Mrs. Gaither's condition (chronic lung disease) is not a candidate for the vaccine
C. Amantadine and rimantidine are only effective against Influenza B and therefore Mrs. Gaither should not receive these
D. Mrs. Gaither will not get influenza because she will have immunity from her prior exposures to the virus over the last 50-60 years
Answer:A
Mrs. Gaither, 68 years old, goes to the doctor's office because her husband was hospitalized yesterday for complications of influenza (type A). She has chronic asthma, allergy to strawberries and has not received any vaccinations this year. She has breakfast with a friend and, while eating her eggs and toast, she hears that this friend had a "bad case of the flu" following influenza vaccination. Which of the following is correct?
A. Mrs. Gaither should receive both the influenza vaccine and influenza antivirals B. Influenza vaccines can cause influenza and therefore a person in Mrs. Gaither's condition (chronic lung disease) is not a candidate for the vaccine C. Amantadine and rimantidine are only effective against Influenza B and therefore Mrs. Gaither should not receive these D. Mrs. Gaither will not get influenza because she will have immunity from her prior exposures to the virus over the last 50-60 years