Asthma medication is most common swine flu ‘risk factor’

BEING on medication for asthma is the most common risk factor for hospitalisation due to swine flu, according to a study of the first 205 pandemic patients admitted to Irish hospitals.

Asthma medication is most common swine flu ‘risk factor’

The assessment also found hospitalisation rates have been shifting to younger age groups, with the highest rate initially in teenagers and currently in children under five years.

The analysis of data by members of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and public health doctors in the HSE, revealed that:

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