Question
Should I get the flu jab this winter?
Hi,
I searched through the archives because I’m convinced that someone must have asked the question I’m about to ask, but I couldn’t find an answer to my question. I apologise in advance if someone has!
As a HIV-positive person (with a CD4 count of 360, not yet on medication) should I get a flu-jab for the upcoming winter?
Many thanks (and many thanks for the fantastic website). It really has been incredibly helpful through my first year of diagnosis.
3 September 2010 • Related: All topics, Newly diagnosed, Opportunistic infections
Answer
Thank you for your question.
It is recommended that HIV positive people get the annual flu vaccination. To read a study explaining the benefits of the flu jab in people with HIV please follow this link.
If your CD4 count is 360 then you should be starting to think about HIV treatment options. For further information it may help to read the i-Base ‘Introduction to Combination Therapy‘ guidebook.
Answer: Charlotte Walker