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Vaccinations work by injecting a small amount of a weakened or dead form of the disease you are preventing. This works because the bodies defenses learn how to kill the disease very quickly and can fight it off very easily the next time they encounter it.
If you tried to vaccinate a person who is already infected with the disease you are trying to prevent, than you would just be injecting more of the disease into a body that is already fighting the disease off.
For most diseases, actually becoming infected with the disease serves as a vaccination in itself. It works the same way, except that the body has a much harder time fighting the disease off, because the microorganisms that cause the disease clearly did not enter the body dead, as is the case with deliberate vaccinations.
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Can you give the vaccination to a dog that don't have symptoms but is around one that does?
yeah that is just fine but give the other one a vaccination too!
What treatments were used for the pneumatic plague?
Antibiotics such as streptomycin or tetracycline drugs are given, and symptoms are treated. There is also a vaccination available for people working in or traveling to plague-affected areas of the world.
Should puppies get distemper shots before anti rabies shots?
The vaccination series to protect against distemper is usually started before the rabies vaccination is given. However, rabies vaccination may also be given along with the vaccination for distemper depending on the puppy's age.
Which vaccination used to be given on sugar cubes?
Back in 1967 a vaccination for the disease Polio used to be given on sugar cubes to allow for children to take it much easier. It was given this way in Germany.
You are given a what when you are inoculated with a weakened pathogen?
vaccine or vaccination
What is the dose given at single shot hepatitis b vaccination?
0.5ml of vaccine to be given either im /s.c at every single shot of hepatitis B vaccination .
Can someone with COPD be given an influenza vaccination?
Yes. Having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is not a contraindication to receiving an influenza vaccination.
How do you treat small pox?
Smallpox has been eradicated - thanks to vaccination campaigns. The only truly effective "treatment" for smallpox is vaccination. Receiving a vaccination within 3 days of exposure should severely lessen or completely prevent symptoms. Other than vaccination, other treatments are mostly supportive, such as wound care.
Why should booster vaccination be given?
Booster vaccinations are given to stimulate the immune response and allow an animal or person to have continued immunity without having to go through the whole vaccination process again.
What is the difference between vaccine and vaccination?
A vaccine is the medicine used to prevent specific infections. A vaccination is how the medicine is given to you. "I'm wondering, what are the ingredients in the flu vaccine." (what are the ingredients in the medicine used for vaccination) "It didn't hurt a bit when that pretty nurse did the vaccination." (administered the vaccine/gave you the medicine)
The Latin name for cow has given rise to which popular medical jargon in English?
Vaccination
Will the H1N1 shot keep you from getting swine flu?
The H1NI vaccine SHOULD keep you safe. Still though, it is possible to contract it even if you have been vaccinated. The good new is that IF you do get it after you have been vaccinated, the symptoms will be very, very mild.
