Rheumatological diagnoses considered at high risk for influenza-related complications

[Missouriwatcher]

"People with immunosuppression, either from their medical condition (e.g. inflammatory rheumatic disease) or due to medications, are at high risk for both seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza-related complications....CDC estimates that almost 6 million adults may be at risk for influenza-related complications because they have inflammatory rheumatic disease.
* Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
* Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
* Psoriatic arthritis
* Anti-phospholipid syndrome
* Polymyalgia rheumatica
* Systemic sclerosis/scleroderma
* Spondyloarthropathies
* Sj?gren?s syndrome
* Polymyositis/dermatomyositis
* Vasculitis (e.g., giant cell arteritis)
* Necrotising arteritis
* Sarcoidosis
* Polyarteritis nodosa"

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/arthritis_clinicians.htm