People with diabetes have a risk of preventable diseases, whose complications put their quality of life at risk.
Aware of the impact of preventable diseases on the Diabetes patient, the Puerto Rican Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology (Sped) joined Voices Coalition of Vaccination of Puerto Rico to strengthen its commitment to the education and vaccination of its patients, together with the alliancefor the control of chronic diseases of Puerto Rico.
People who live with diabetes have a risk of preventable diseases, whose complications put their quality of life and level of independence at risk, these people being a priority group to prevent diseases through vaccination.
For this reason, patients living with diabetes are urged, they have given them chickenpox and are 60 years or older, so that they are vaccinated against the soapbar (Herpes Zóster).
Parents of children with diabetes must ensure their pediatric endocrinologists have their vaccine calendar a day.All adults from 19 years and older with diabetes must also follow the vaccination calendar of the Department of Health.The Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Puerto Rico Health Department recommend that people with type 1 or 2 diabetes receive aInfluenza vaccine every year.The recommendation covers all age groups from 6 months.
Diabetic patients who run the risk of not vaccinating against influenza?Therefore, they are also recommended to receive the two? Vaccines from the pneumonia vaccine (pneumococcal).
During this month of Diabetes, the Puerto Rican Association of Diabetes urges that they start from vaccination clinics throughout the island, as well as the aimed event that will be on November 20 in Luis Muñoz Rivera Park in San Juan.
About 600 thousand people in Puerto Rico suffer from diabetes, the third cause of death on the island.About 40 thousand people are diagnosed with diabetes every year in the country, and 10 % of the adult population in Puerto Rico suffers from type 1 diabetes.
For information about these diseases, their vaccines and vaccination clinics, access Facebook, Vochespr.org, vaccine.me or call 787-789-4008.