Online ISSN: 2515-8260

ASSESSMENT OF THE PREVALENCE OF INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MAKKAH AL-MOKARRAMAH 2019

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Raghad Jameel Alhajaji , Atef Mohammad Raffa , Turki Abdulqader Dawaji, Asmah Ali Miswak , Haneen Mohammad Alshanqity , Abdulrahman Ahmad Alshamrani , Wael Abdulqader Gamloo , Juman Maid Albajaly , Fahad Abdulmukrem Alsulami , Raeed Mustafa Rommani

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Background: Influenza is a seasonal epidemic with main symptoms that include fever, cough and muscle aches. Fever is a big distinguishing component between a cold and influenza. Some other common symptoms which may or may not be seen with a cold as well are headache, chills, loss of appetite, fatigue and sore throat. diabetes, influenza is a significant burden on the healthcare systems. A significant issue and a significant big health concern happen every year is looking how we could mitigate and manage it and obviously take the burden off the health care system. Diabetic patients, as other chronic diseases patients, could catch the influenza infection, which is a respiratory infection caused primarily by influenza A and Influenza B. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a major health problem worldwide. It is a number of metabolic disturbances that is characterized and identified by the presence of hyperglycemia in the absence of treatment

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