If you have the flu, you could get a heart attack a week later


By AGENCY

Researchers have calculated that people are six times more likely to have a heart attack in the seven days following a flu diagnosis than in the year before or after. — dpa

People who get flu have a higher risk of heart attack for a week after they have been diagnosed with the virus, a new study suggests.

Experts said that the risk can be as much as six times higher in the seven days after a person tests positive for the virus compared with the year before or afterwards.

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