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It can vary person to person depending on the health of their immune systems.
- For trivalent seasonal flu vaccine (including those containing the H1N1/09 Swine Flu vaccine), it usually is under two weeks from the time of the injection for adults to develop full immunity.
- For the A-H1N1/09 "Swine Flu" monovalent vaccine, immunity in otherwise healthy adult individuals averages 8 to 10 days after the vaccination.
- For children under 10, a second flu vaccination is required approximately one month after the first one, then within 2-4 weeks after the second vaccination, they can have achieved full immunity.
- For immuno-compromised patients, there may be a diminished response from their slower functioning immune system, which might leave them unable to achieve full immunity. This may also happen in some people who are temporarily on specific medications that suppress the immune system (such as transplant patients). In both situations, those people should continue to observe all the preventive precautions and measures they used prior to the vaccination, in case they do not develop full immunity. Those with suppressed immune systems may also need to take antiviral medicines like Tamiflu, to help them prevent infection, if they are exposed to someone with the flu.
For adults who are otherwise healthy it takes about 3 weeks after the vaccination to gain full immunity. Children under 10 need a series of two vaccinations since their immune systems are immature. They get the second one approximately one month after the first, then about a month after the second vaccination they will have built immunity. Infants under 6 months old can not be vaccinated, their immune systems are not ready for introduction of pathogens yet.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agowhen you get a shot, you aren't really immune to it until after the incubation period. Usually about 2 weeks or so. The shot itself doesn't make you immune though. The shot puts that disease (that is usually dead) in your blood stream. Your body learns to fight off that disease and builds up the ability to fight it. That is actually what a shot does.
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Why aren't vaccines done annually?
The purpose of a vaccine is to build the body's immunity to the specific disease. It is expected that you will acquire immunity after a certain number of shots. As long as you maintain your immunity for that specific virus, you will not need another shot. I have to get a measles shot every year, because for some reason I do not retain my immunity.
Do i have Shingles?
Shingles comes from having chickenpox in the past. It stays in your body and as you age it comes out as shingles. There is a shot for it.
Is shingles vaccine effective after shingles outbreak?
Can you take the shingles shot while having shingles
How is the shingles disease acquired?
Shingles comes from having chickenpox in the past. It stays in your body and as you age it comes out as shingles. There is a shot for it.
I had the shingles shot but now have shingles What is the prognosis for recovery for this?
Prognosis is good for recovery, but you could have another outbreak.
Do you have to be 60 years old to get the shingle shot?
Now they will give shingles shot at 50.
Is there a natural immunity to chickenpox that protects you from shingles?
Natural immunity to chickenpox results from previous infection. There is no other way to be naturally immune to chickenpox. Sometimes, the previous infection may be mild enough that the disease was not noticed. You can become artificially immune to chickenpox by getting chickenpox vaccine.
How often should you get a shingles shot?
You should have the vaccine as an older adult if you had chicken pox as a child. Before shingles appear.
Can you get shingles from your daughter if you have already had shingles?
Well, some people can get chicken pox again even though they had them as a kid. I guess the same goes for shingles. Answer Strangely, if you have shingles you could pass on chicken pox to those who haven't ever had it. Shingles comes to those who have had chicken pox--often as a result of stress or other health event that drops immunity.
What is the cost of shingles vaccine?
$195,that's the cost of shingle shot.
What happens if a pregnant lady gets smallpox?
A person with shingles needs to take precautions around a pregnant woman without evidence of immunity to chicken pox. The pregnant woman should discuss the matter with her health care provider, who may have checked immunity at the preconception visit or a prenatal visit. Because typical shingles is communicable only by direct contact with lesions, even health care workers with typical shingles (not severe) are allowed to work as long as the sores can be covered.
What shot is a follow-up vaccine that keeps immunity active?
Passive
