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Immune resistance in seniors declines

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Oct. 18, 2024 12:48

- It is worth getting vaccinated. Keep in mind that especially in seniors, immunity is declining. It is similarly weak as in children, who do not yet have a mature immune response. Seniors, on the other hand, unfortunately, already have immune system cells at an advanced age - weaker - and therefore we are more susceptible to infections and the complications of these infections," said Prof. Tomasz Targowski, head of the Geriatrics Clinic and Polyclinic at the National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation in Warsaw, national consultant in geriatrics, in an interview with Medexpress.

We are living longer and longer, sometimes even a hundred or more years, and the calendar of mandatory immunizations actually ends in the first dozen years of our lives. Why such a disproportionate hole between the calendar and, and our age?

It is indeed the case that we are at risk for a number of infectious diseases. And yes, from the age of thirty onward, mortality from pneumonia, for example, is increasing. Those pathogens that cause pneumonia in adults are most often pneumoniae (streptoococcus pneumoniae), influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In seniors, we have recommended vaccination calendars, developed by scientific societies. It is worthwhile to get vaccinated. Let's keep in mind...

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