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.
er well i don't really no but erm i think it don't i mean doesent because,like yeh if u don't have anee antibodyz then you will DIE! tragic ain't it!? c ya.
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.
Can one get shed virus from someone who just got a flu shot through bodily fluids sweat blood etc?
If they do not have the flu themselves, then no, you will not have virus to shed and no one with a healthy immune system can get the flu from someone because they just had a shot. The virus that is put into the vaccines is either totally inactivated ("dead") or it is weakened by a chemical process so that it can not give someone the flu. The 2009 Swine Flu vaccine is made from "dead" viruses for the shots and weakened viruses for the nasal spray.
The only close precaution to this is that when someone gets the nasal spray vaccine that is made from weakened instead of "dead" virus, it is best that they not be physically too close immediately after the nasal spray is administered to someone who is immuno-compromised, such as the children in isolation "bubbles" or those on immuno-suppressant medications after organ transplants. It is unlikely, but possible that they might become ill from the weakened virus.
What are 3 common vaccination given to children below 5 years?
The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines are given to children under the age of five.
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.
What is a good title for vaccines for polio?
The polio vaccine is called the Salk vaccine after it was invented by Dr Jonas Salk.
Is rota virus vaccine necessary for kids?
The Rotavirus vaccine is not required for kids but I would highly recommend it to pretect them. If your kids do not like shots, your doctor can numb the injection site with local anesthesia.
Why do you put BCG vaccine on the right deltoid?
It has no specific importance than to make it a default area to help find tha scar,wether the vaccine had been giiven or not....
What is the differences between vaccine and injections?
Injections are given for treatment while vaccines are given to produce antbodies to protect the recipients from specific diseases
What branches of mercury drug will conduct mass vaccination for adult flu in May 30 2009?
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