El Paso doctor emphasizes the importance of flu shots this fall – KFOX El Paso

Del Sol Medical Center's Chief of Medicine Doctor Fahad Omar. October 26, 2023. Credit: KFOX14/CBS4

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4)

As part of October's Healthy Lung Month, an El Paso doctor wants to remind the borderland how to stay healthy as the seasons change.

Del Sol Medical Center's Chief of Medicine Doctor Fahad Omar spoke with KFOX14/CBS4 on how to keep lungs healthy and how to look out for warning signs, such as runny nose or fatigue.

"I think one of the most important things in the upcoming months, needs to be that patients need to be vaccinated," Doctor Omar said.

Doctor Omar said people tend to feel sick a day or two after their flu vaccine, but stressed that that is a good thing.

"[Symptoms mean] the body is mounting an immune response," Doctor Omar said. Adding, "In case you get infected with the virus, your symptoms will be much lesser than a person that contracted the flu without a vaccine."

Doctor Omar said that it is a good idea to make sure you are up to date with COVID vaccines to be better protected in both the fall and winter seasons.

And if you or people close to you get sick, Doctor Omar suggests wearing a mask and practicing good hygiene such as washing your hands.

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