""Any signs of increased work of breathing or difficulty breathing, dehydration, seizures, or mental status changes should prompt an urgent medical evaluation in a hospital setting," said Dr. Kirstin Moffit, an associate physician in pediatrics with Boston Children's Hospital's infectious disease division."
""According to the CDC, children under the age of two and adults over the age of 65 have a higher risk for developing flu complications.""
""Young children may also experience GI symptoms such as nausea and vomiting from the flu," Moffit said."
A sixth pediatric influenza death occurred in Massachusetts during the week of Jan. 18. The death followed Boston's first pediatric flu fatality since 2013 earlier in the season. Urgent hospital evaluation is recommended for increased work of breathing, difficulty breathing, dehydration, seizures, or mental status changes. Children under age two and adults over 65 have higher risk for flu complications. As of Jan. 24, 187 adults have died from influenza this season. Flu hospitalizations decreased nearly 2 percent between Jan. 11 and Jan. 24, while outpatient-based flu-like illness activity remains high. Flu type A was the most commonly diagnosed last week.
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