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People with diabetes are at higher risk for more severe complications when it comes to RSV. Tammie shares her story.
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As a type two diabetic, I'm at higher risk for more severe complications when it comes to RSV. And that is not something I want to mess around with.
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Preventative care is extremely important to me. Because diabetes is systemic, a lot of complications
can come with that. You can have kidney issues, eye issues, dental issues. My goal is to keep complications at bay.
During cold and flu season, I like to be extra careful. A cold can affect your A1C.
It can cause a spike in your A1C. So any illness that is not diabetes that you end up contracting can affect your diabetes.
And so it's so important to make sure we are keeping up with vaccinations, washing our hands, and just being very careful.
When I first started hearing about RSV, I was concerned, because a lung disease can be, of course,
incapacitating. With or without type 2 diabetes, I want to be safe. I want to-- I don't want to contract an illness that could
have effects years from now. And there's so many complications that come with diseases of the lungs.
There's scarring and decreased respiratory capacity, and I don't-- I don't want to be in any of those groups. So if an RSV vaccine became available and I was eligible,
I would absolutely get an RSV vaccine. Absolutely. [AUDIO LOGO]
