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A member asked:

Are people with arthritis more susceptible to complications from the flu?

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Some times: You know the flu is a virus it could affect any place in the body and joints are no exceptions, the healthy joints are more enduring than the sick joints which have arthritis?

Answered 1/29/2012

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Yes.: Either your inflammation from arthritis, or the meds you are on, tend to make flu worse. Get a shot asap. Even "mild" flu is miserable. Why chance it?

Dr Raff and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 9/18/2012

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