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The CDC advises that people with diabetes get certain vaccines. Vaccines help your body's immune system learn how to protect itself against bacteria or viruses to prevent infection. People with diabetes should get a flu shot each fall. They should also get a pneumococcal vaccine. This helps protect against pneumonia. It's also important to get a hepatitis B vaccine. This protects against a liver infection. Learn why it's so important for people with diabetes to have these shots. And learn the best times to get them.
The flu is an infection caused by a virus. The virus spreads when a person coughs or sneezes. Flu symptoms may include a sudden high fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, runny nose, dry cough, and headache. But people with diabetes who catch the flu may get even more sick. The illness sometimes leads to pneumonia. Or to a dangerously high blood sugar level. In some cases, you may need to be in the hospital.
The best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get the flu vaccine. This won't give you full protection. But it makes it less likely that you will have the flu for about the next 6 months. You need a new flu shot each year. Get the flu shot as soon as it is available in your area. Then you'll be protected before flu season starts. It helps if the people you live with get flu shots, too.
Pneumococcal disease is a bacterial illness. It can cause serious–even deadly–infections of the lungs (pneumonia), blood (bacteremia), and covering of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis). Having diabetes raises your risk for serious problems and death from these illnesses.
There are 2 pneumococcal vaccines. Talk with your healthcare provider about these 2 important vaccines. Find out when you should get them.
The vaccine for hepatitis B is advised for people younger than age 60. It is also suggested for those ages 60 and older. It's given in a series of 3 shots over 6 months. You need all 3 shots to be immune. You may have had some of the hepatitis B vaccine series in the past, but not all 3 shots. Then you only need to have the other shots. You don't need to start over.
Before you get any of these vaccines, talk with your healthcare provider. He or she can help you get vaccines at the right times. This helps make sure you're fully protected. Other vaccines may also be advised for people with diabetes. These include shingles (herpes zoster), tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (pertussis). The shingles vaccine is very important if you have had nerve damage (neuropathy).