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Could having the flu vaccine help with sinusitis?

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Not necesarily: The flu vaccine can help you avoid the flu and some who get flu may have sinusitis as a complication.Other than that specific possibility, i see no way the flu shot has any benefit to anyone who has or may get a sinusitis.

Answered 12/11/2013

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