Immunization Gallery

Chickenpox
DTaP
Flu
HPV
Haemophilus Influenzae
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
MMR
Meningococcal Vaccine
Polio
Rotavirus

Chickenpox

The Chickenpox vaccine is the varicella vaccine. It is in shot form, and can prevent chickenpox, but only up to 90%. The varicella virus is what causes chickenpox. If you still contract chickenpox after being vaccinated, the case will be much milder.

DTaP

This vaccine covers 3 vaccines in 1 shot. It will immunize against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough). It's to be given 5 times (or in 5 series). After this is complete, booster shots will be needed.

Diphtheria - this attacks the throat and heart. It can lead to lockjaw and have serious complications such as heart failure and death.

Pertussis - symptoms are severe coughing - it can lead to pneumonia, convulsions, brain damage or death.

Flu

Influenza, or flu, is caused by a virus that infects the respiratory system, including the nose, throat, and lungs. When flu symptoms first appear, they resemble those of a cold: The infected person is likely to have a runny nose, cough, sore throat, and headache. But the flu hits much harder than a cold, and is likely to be accompanied by a fever of 101 degrees F or higher.

HPV -

...to protect against human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States and a cause of cervical cancer.

Haemophilus Influenzae

Hib is given at 2,4, & 6 months (ask your doctor about this) as well as 12 and 15 months. Haemophilus influenza type B can also lead to meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglottitis.

Hepatitis A

...can cause liver disease.

Hepatitis B

...to protect against hepatitis B, which can cause liver disease hepatitis.

MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)

Measles- a highly contagious illness with rash, fever, runny nose, cough, and eye irritation. Possible complications are ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, seizures, encephalitis, brain damage, and death.

Mumps- a viral infection that typically causes a fever, headache, and inflammation of the glands under the jaw.

Rubella is a viral respiratory disease that's relatively mild and somewhat contagious but a rash and fever are some symptoms. It can be very dangerous to unborn babies during the first trimester so getting a female vaccinated against it early will keep the unborn from rubella.

Meningococcal Vaccine

Before the vaccine came along, meningococcal disease was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children in the United States.

Polio

Not everyone who's infected with polio gets sick (up to 95 percent have no symptoms), and many who do get sick have only mild symptoms such as cough, fever, and stomach pain, or a stiff neck and headache. But about 1 in 200 people who get polio become paralyzed.

Rotavirus

...can cause severe diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration. This vaccine is given orally, not as an injection.

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