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Woman Who Needs Double Lung Transplant 'Wouldn't Have Survived' without Flu Vaccine
Nurse Claire Davies credits annual flu vaccination for survival after severe lung damage from flu left her needing a double lung transplant, amid rising hospital flu cases.
- Claire Davies, 40, former nurse from Teesside now needs a double lung transplant after severe flu hospitalisation, and she credits her routine flu jab with keeping her alive.
- Having long-standing lung disease, Claire was diagnosed in childhood with bronchiolitis obliterans and severe cystic bronchiectasis and managed with inhalers, nebulisers, and physiotherapy but was clinically vulnerable.
- She spent three months in hospital on oxygen, with doctors saying there was nothing more they could do, and the flu left Claire with just 30% lung capacity, unable to be ventilated.
- She is urging the public, saying `A lot of people don’t have the flu jab as they think: 'Oh it’s just flu, I’ll be fine.'` — she said, after needing oxygen and working from home.
- Locally, cases rose by more than 50% in a week, with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust averaging 26 and 17 flu patients.
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Woman needs double lung transplant after flu leaves her fighting to breathe
Claire Davies believes she would have died if she had not received a flu vaccine
·Derby, United Kingdom
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