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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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If you have Crohns disease should you get a vaccination for swine flu?
Yes, it is recommended that you should as soon as it is made available to your risk group. You should get the flu shot that has inactivated virus particles instead of the nasal vaccine that contains live attenuated virus in it, however. People with Crohn's disease are more susceptible to the virus due to their immunocompromised state and medications they may be taking for the Crohn's. Being vaccinated is especially important for you. But, because of the disease and medications, there may also be a diminished immune response to the vaccine which could leave you without full immunity even after getting the vaccination. For that reason, you should continue to practice all recommended precautions (such as handwashing, avoiding exposure, etc.) even after receiving a vaccination.
Why does the virus in the MMR vaccine not cause measles when it is injected into a child?
Vaccinations were discovered in the late 1700's when Dr. Edward Jenner realized that milk-maids exposed to cow-pox (similar to smallpox with no ill effects on humans) did not contract smallpox like everyone else. All vaccine's work on the same principle. They use a different strain of a virus that is similar to the one the patient needs to be innoculated to, but a much weaker or slightly different strain that our immune systems can easily defeat. Whenever the immune system encounters and defeats an outside invader, the body stores that information (in a crude sense) and remembers how to fight that virus.
If you get the shot does the shot give you the H1N1 flu?
No. In some cases you are much less likely to.
Scenario #1: You get a flu shot for the seasonal flu. If you are exposed to the A-H1N1/09 Swine Flu at any time before or after the seasonal flu shot, you will be no more or less likely to get A-H1N1/09 than if you hadn't had the shot. You will, however, be much less likely to get the seasonal flu after taking the flu shot, and when full immunity is reached in approximately two weeks after the shot, getting the seasonal flu will be unlikely (but not impossible).
Scenario #2: You get a shot for the seasonal flu. Each year the seasonal flu vaccine is different because it is made to match the three main types of flu that are expected to be going around in that upcoming flu season. There are more H1N1 influenza viruses than the one that causes the 2009 Pandemic Swine Flu. This year's seasonal flu shot (2009) includes a vaccine for one of the other strains of H1N1. The exact strains in the '09 seasonal flu vaccine are:
- A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like virus;
- A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like virus;
- B/Brisbane 60/2008-like antigens.
Scenario #3: You get a shot for the new A-H1N1/09 Pandemic Swine Flu. You will be unlikely to get that exact strain of flu. You will be no more likely to get any of the other H1N1 viruses than you would if you had not had that shot. If you also get the seasonal flu shot you will be less likely to get the Brisbane/59/07/H1N1 virus. And, you just may be less likely to get some of the other kinds of H1N1, too, since the two shots will give you immunity to two different H1N1 viruses which may help you fight off any others that come along (although they may not help).
Bottom line: None of the flu shots will make you more likely to get any kind of flu.
Scenario #4: If you get the nasal spray vaccine for the seasonal flu or for A-H1N1/09 swine flu, there is a chance that you could get flu symptoms of one of the seasonal viruses in the vaccine for regular flu or that you could get H1N1/09 from the swine flu nasal spray vaccine, but only if you have a weak immune system from a disease like HIV/AIDS or other severe disorder of the immune system. It would be a very low chance, but possible, since the vaccine is made from weakened virus particles instead of dead virus particles like are in the shots. These weakened viruses in the vaccine will not make a healthy person get the flu. People with compromised immune systems should avoid contact with others who have used the nasal vaccines as well.
Pregnant women are advised against taking the H1N1/09 nasal spray vaccines until additional human trials in pregnant women are conducted. They can be around someone else who had the nasal spray vaccine, though, and can also administer it to others as well.
You can not use the seasonal flu nasal spray or the H1N1/09 swine flu nasal spray at the same time.
Where can one go to find information on a smallpox vaccine?
The website for the centers for disease control and prevention has information about the smallpox vaccine. It will inform you what smallpox is, what are the symptoms, and why you should get the vaccine.
Steps involved in preparation of dpt vaccine?
a suitable strain of corynebacterium diphtheriae is grown on a liquid medium and incubated at 37 C for 7-10 days. After period sufficient concentration of phenol is added to ensure sterilty then it is filtered through a bacteria proof filter. The strerile filtrate is diphtheria toxin with 0.4 percenet formaldehyde solution and incubated at 37 C for 3-4 weeks. The resulting product is diphtheria toxoid or formal toxoid.
What type of immunity do you get when you get a vaccine?
Tetanus shots protect against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
Can taking gamma globulin prevent chickenpox?
Taking varicella immunoglobulin can prevent chickenpox or reduce the risk of serious disease. These treatments are reserved for those at risk for serious complications from chickenpox.
What should you do when DTP vaccine causes redness and swelling the around injection site?
Take an antipyretic such as ibuprofen and place some ice on the site. Then relax for a few hours.
Why is a vaccine called a vaccine?
The words vaccine and vaccination were made up by Edward Jenner who experimented with vaccines including the smallpox vaccination in 1790 which could be prevented from occurring with a mild version of cowpox pus, instead of the virulent and dangerous smallpox pus used before Jenner's work for more than 4000 years in the smallpox inoculation that sometimes caused smallpox instead of preventing it and could even kill the recipient. The word vaccination derives from the Latin word vacca meaning cow. Later vaccines (e.g. rabies, MMR, tuberculosis, polio, canine distemper, canine parvovirus, infectious canine hepatitis, adenovirus-2, leptospirosis, bordetella, canine parainfluenza, anthrax, plague, Lyme disease, flu) have nothing at all to do with cows, but the name "vaccine" stuck.
Is it safe to clean your nose with a cotton swab?
It's safe to clean your nose with a swab, but you'll get a tingling feeling and will probably sneeze.
Just don't clean too deep in the nose. Usually, it's done by doctors.
Does flu shot needle size depend on age?
The diameter of the needle is small no matter how old the patient. A child could use a needle that was shorter than an adult, but an overweight child and an adult of normal build could use the same length needle. A thin adult could use the same length needle as a child. Usually, clinics only have one size needle for adults and children. The healthcare professional would insert the needle the adequate depth for a child and the adequate depth for an adult. In theory, the needle would be inserted into the muscle a smaller depth than in an adult.
Flu shots can also be given in other locations besides the arm. If a baby receives a shot, usually they receive it in their thigh, and the healthcare professional would insert the needle to the correct depth to insert the medication into the muscular tissue.
An alternative is the new intradermal (ID) flu vaccine that uses a much shorter needle since it is injected into the tissue between the layers of the skin instead of into the muscle.
The flu mist, or the intranasal flu vaccine, is a good choice for pediatrics if they do not have certain medical conditions and are at least 2 years old. Another advantage of the flu mist is the lack of trauma from a shot. Adults can take the flu mist as well, up to age 49, as long as they are otherwise healthy.
Do vaccinations work for everyone?
ans2. Unfortunately no. Some folk have a mild fever at the time of vaccination, almost unnoticed by them, and the body's defenses also attack the vaccination challenge.
This can have side effects, sometimes serious, and you should defer vaccination if you have an elevated temperature. For this indicates that your immune system is busy.
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Why do you need to be vaccinated again if you have already been vaccinated?
Your immunize system needs to be boosted ever so often. You are immune to various common colds as you go along in life, but you also come across them again and again. Your immune system gets a boost each time. You don't notice it since you don't get the cold again. The same holds true for the disease you are vaccinated for.
Who invented the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk developed an inactivated virus polio vaccine in 1952 that was first used on people in 1955. Albert Sabin developed a live vaccine in 1958. It was the Sabin vaccine that was used to eliminate Polio around the world, but it was then removed from service because of its higher rate of induced disease.
What is role of virus in making vaccine?
The most common role of a virus in making vaccines is injection of a live weaken form of the virus. This virus will reproduce poorly once inside the body.
Vaccines are given because they keep you from getting sick.
They work by preparing your immune system to fight bacteria by themselves.
A dead, or weak, strain of the bacteria is given to the body. Your immune system can then produce anti bodies to kill them. Your system can then remember how it did it.
If you should get a virrulent strain in future, an effecient attack can then be launched automatically.
MMR does not treat disease. It is a vaccination given to prevent measles, mumps, and rubella.
Are pregnant women more at risk of getting swine flu?
Not really if they are otherwise healthy, especially if they get their flu vaccinations as recommended by the OB/GYN associations. They are, however, at higher risk of having complications, sometimes serious complications, once they have the flu. See the related questions below for more information about the importance of getting your flu vaccinations in pregnancy, and also who is at higher risk, besides pregnant women, for complications of the flu.
Flu vaccinations not only protect you from getting the flu and risking the higher rate of complications of the flu in pregnant women, but also protect your fetus and newborn. Your newborn is without a mature and fully functioning immune system until 6 months old. Until then, the infant relies on your antibodies from breast milk and your antibodies from your blood during gestation to protect them from infectious diseases.
