Vaccinations
A vaccine is the preparation of dead microorganisms, living weakened microorganisms or inactivated toxins. Its administration induces the development of immunity and protection against a pathogen or toxin and is called a vaccination.
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Clarebig tinaSee also the related question below for the current recommendations from the American Congress of Obstetricians and...
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While excessive exposure to mercury can cause brain damage and psychiatric problems, the symptoms of are usually much different...
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Yes and it will also help protect the baby through the mother's milk. Also since infants under six months old can not be...
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When one is vaccinated, the risk of getting the disease they are being vaccinated against goes down greatly. They are also at...
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They are both pharmaceuticals. It's just how they are used that's difference. One is for prevention and one is for treatment once...
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Probably not. Each year the ingredients in the flu vaccine are different, because each year different strains of the influenza...
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"Live" vaccines contain weakened samples of the pathogen to be immunized against which are chemically treated to make them unable...
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The first vaccine was discovered by Edward Jenner and he did some tests on a healthy boy. He inserted the disease of cowpox.He...
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The viruses that cause the common cold mutate often and rapidly. Too quickly for us to prepare a vaccine before it changes again....
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There are more than one version of influenza. So a vaccine against one, won't be effective against another. Also, the flu virus...
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They have prevented millions of deaths and unnecessary suffering, and they have helped to eradicate a few diseases.
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Yes, there can be a local infection from a contaminated needle from a flu shot and that would be called cellulitis. However, many...
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Get all your vaccinations done BEFORE you get pregnant. You don't want live vaccine viruses around while you are pregnant,...
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Yes. Ask your health care professional when the shingles are gone if you should have a vaccination against shingles. These are...
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Attenuated simply means "weakened". An attenuated flu vaccine refers to vaccines made with live viruses (so you get a good immune...
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There are studies that suggest that over time the flu vaccines can lose some effectiveness. This is partially due to the original...
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there is no vaccine however there is a cure and you can do it yourself....all you have to do in a day is wash yourself over with...
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you can start by washing your hands and keeping away from some one with influenza and disinfect your home with some Lysol or...
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It doesn't matter, Vaccinations won't affect the chances of you getting pregnant. It depends on the vaccine. Generally, at...
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To treat typhoid fever
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They can be, but usually aren't. This is mostly because many people get red and tender tissue at the site of the injection for a...
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The drug manufacturers and drug package insert data indicate that there are no known drug interaction problems with the flu...
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Only one vaccination (for each type of flu) is needed as long as the virus does not mutate. They will have lifetime immunity* to...
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There are no drug interactions between the vaccine and other medications according to the manufacturers' information. However,...
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There is no drug interaction problem between the flu vaccine and Flagyl. But whether you get the vaccination while still taking...
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AnswerThere are still two types of polio vaccines available. One of those is administered PO ("per os" ~ Latin for "by mouth")...
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It will work almost forever for the exact same flu viruses. However due to viruses' ability to mutate to new forms that would not...
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IgGNegative 5 IU/ml or underBorderline retest 5-9 IU/mlPositive 10 IU/ml or moreIgMNegative 0.89 IVBorderline retest 0.90-1.09...
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No the vaccine in the shot will only work for the flu virus for which it was created, or one that is very similar.
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The protein keratin, found in hair, nails, and skin.
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Yes but the chances are very unlikely.
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in Bangalore it costed 800 rupees for one dosage and we nee to give three dosage with a months frequency
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produce antibodies to help kill germs
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It is different for different shots so I suggest you ask the person who gave you the vaccinations.
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It would be good to speak to your health care professional about that. It depends mostly on the stage of the shingles at the time...
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Vaccines help a body's immune system prepare in advance to fight infectious illnesses and potentially deadly diseases caused by...
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Not harmful, just expensive and unnnecessary.
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Medicare denied the shingles vaccine for me. I had the vaccine in January 2008. I do not have Medeicare Part D, just A and B. My...
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It is usually OK to get a flu vaccine when using antibiotics; there is no drug interaction problem. However, if you are taking...
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AnswerFilppo Pacini was the "inventor" of Cholera, but John Snow had a huge part in the invention
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Maurice Hilleman created the vaccine in the late 1960s at the pharmaceutical company Merck and Co., Inc.
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Yes, it does in the US in the 2011-2012 flu season. For the 2011-2012 flu season in the US, the Food and Drug Administration...
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It may give you symptoms of irritation at the site of the injection and be more sore. It may give an incomplete immunization. It...
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Yes. For the 2011-2012 flu season in the US: For the 2011-2012 flu season in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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In Australia it costs AUD$60.70
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A mass immunization campaign is when the vaccination needs lots of people to get the jab for it to work otherwise it doesn't work...
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Most of the flu vaccines for injection are designed to be given in the muscle tissue. If your injection was given with the wrong...
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deformities open wounds tenderness swelling
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to make your pregnancy normal. as far i know its given when your HCG levels decrease.
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Early forms of vaccination were developed in ancient China as early as 200 B.C. Scholar Ole Lund comments: "The earliest...
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Vaccines, medicines containing a preparation of weakened or dead microbes of the kind that cause a particular disease, are...
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It is usually OK to get a flu vaccine when using antibiotics; there is no drug interaction problem. However, if you are taking...
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The pertussis vaccine contains killed cells of the virus. Until the 1990s, the vaccine contained the whole cell of the virus, but...
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If you follow the inserts with the vaccine, then no. It's for people age 9-26. This is because the test trials were done on...
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Vaccinations are important so that if you get that disease, your body will know how to fight it off and you won't suffer....
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His ideas were not accepted by everyone. Some of the medical profession refused to accept his results. There were problems and...
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No, because the vaccine is made either out of influenza virus that is weakened (attenuated) so that it can not cause disease in...
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Usually you can still get a flu shot if you have a mild cold, as long as you do not have a fever. Inform the clinician giving you...
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Your body's immune system works by detecting foreign agents like bacteria and viruses, then creates what are known as antibodies...
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for travel to Israel that you make sure you are up to date on the standard...
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DHPP Vaccine Information DHPP Vaccine - DHPP stands for Distemper, Hepatitis, Parainfluenza, and Parvovirus. Adult dogs usually...
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends all those traveling to Egypt to first make sure they have the...
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In the US there are now three types of vaccines approved for the A-H1N1/09 in the 2011-2012 flu season, a vaccine for injection...
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In the simplest terms posiible you need to know that vaccines work WITH your immune system by building up your body's ability to...
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Not in otherwise healthy people. Unnecessary frequent use of antibiotics, especially incomplete courses of prescription duration,...
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Current recommendations for immunization for hepatitis B demonstrate belief that overdose is not a concern. For example, for the...
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Shingles, a painful rash caused by the same agent that causes chicken pox, varicella zoster virus (VZV), commonly occurs in...
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Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine for smallpox in 1796 Edward Jenner invented the vaccine darwin
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Edward JennerEdward Jenner invented the first vaccine for smallpox in 1796 Edward Jenner invented the vaccine darwin
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You aren't required to get any vaccinations, but the recommended vaccines are: Routine Recommended if you are not up-to-date with...
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For the 2011-2012 flu season there are now three formulations, the two prior nasal mist and intramuscular formulations,...
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The flu shot only prevents respiratory influenza. It does not prevent the gastrointestinal "flu" virus that makes you have GI...
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In the US for the 2011 - 2012 Flu Season The FDA has approved 6 flu vaccines for the 2011-2012 flu season, all of which contain...
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Currently that is unknown. In the 2011-2012 flu season, it is no longer being tracked separately from other flu-like-illnesses...
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A vaccine is used in medicine to enhance or induce immunity to a particular disease. It usually contains an agent that resembles...
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There are a few different vaccines that are in the process of being made and tested, but none have been proved to work, and I'm...
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its free but it might cost money also u disease ridden man
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Yes, eventually they do. But, sometimes it is much less expensive if they get them in their ouwn country before coming to the US...
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With an immune response. When particles of a virus or other organism enter our body and are identified by the immune system as...
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AnswerThe seasonal flu vaccine protects against the three strains of the flu that are expected to be causing infections in that...
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IM {intramuscular @ a 90 degree angle} into the deltoid muscle (for an adult) 23 gauge 1 inch needle
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Inoculations are done to protect you from harmful diseases.
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There are certain situations where it would be appropriate to get a flu shot after having had the flu. See the group of related...
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Edward Jenner invented the vaccine darwin
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It depends somewhat on the age of the child. The most simple explanation for a child could be something like: A vaccine is a...
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You sould have your immunity tested before you have the shot. You may be naturally immune as rubella is a very mild disease for...
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to protect us from any adverse sitution in reality, whenever a similar active virus or pathogen attacks our body There is no...
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No, not if it is the same exact vaccine, there are no benefits to receiving the same shot twice when you are an adult (children...
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No all health care is paid for by government. Citizens there have National Health. You don't pay for individual services,but...
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Opponents of vaccinations believe that they (vaccines) have killed and harmed many people, or that they are some sort of...
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no there is not any liophilized vaccine , but currently live attenuated vaccine that contain Theileria infected lynphoblast is...
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Yes. Women who are already pregnant are encouraged by their doctors and public health organizations, such as the US Centers for...
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