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If your child was vaccinated with VARILIX should she be vaccinated with varicella?
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Can you catch measles by holding a child?
If the child has measels, and you were not vaccinated, then yes you can.
How can measles be prevented?
Get vaccinated. It is very irresponsible to not have your children vaccinated. It puts your child along with others at risk. contact your doctor to set up an appointment.
Why it is important for boys to be vaccinated for rubella?
Rubella is not a real big problem in childhood but it can and does cause some bad problems in an unborn child. That child can be seriously damaged by the virus. If just girls were vaccinated, the unborn child could be exposed to the virus by boys or even men who are sick with it. They could live in the same household or next door. Because they are vaccinated, they help to protect the people in their family.
Is it safe for an infant to travel to Mexico if they have not had all their vaccinations yet?
Would you travel to Florida or Georgia if your child isn't vaccinated yet? You should always be on the safe side, don't you think?
Should 6 month baby be vaccinated against H1N1?
Check with your pediatrician. You may have valid concerns if your child is in daycare. Six months is a minimum age--check the related link.
Can you get measles if vaccinated as a child?
It is possible but rare to get measles after being vaccinated as a child. The measles vaccine is highly effective, but no vaccine is 100% perfect. In some cases, the immunity provided by the vaccine may wane over time or the vaccine may not have conferred full immunity.
What would cause a child of 2 to get shingles?
the Varicella Zoster virus but elderly people usually get the shingles because they have already had the chicken pox before
What is the Oka strain varicella vaccine?
"Oka" is the last name of the Japanese child, of which researchers took specimen of Varicella (chickenpox) to make the live (attenuated) virus be a part of Varivax or the chickenpox vaccine. The strain of virus is also made into Zostavax for Herpes Zoster also known as Shingles.
What is one way a child could develop an immunity to a certain disease without being vaccinated?
By catching the disease and recovering.
Is a child who has gotten a live virus vaccine contagious to an non vaccinated child?
According to the CDC advisory panel on flu vaccines, there is no risk of spread of the live (but weakened) virus to another person (as the non-vaccinated child in your question) in close contact after a nasal spray of attenuated flu vaccine has been given, unless the non-vaccinated child is immuno-compromised for some reason, such as by taking immuno-suppression drugs like those for organ transplant patients, having HIV/AIDS, or receiving chemotherapy, etc. In the latter situation, it is better to not have the two in close proximity.
What precautions should be taken when allowing non vaccinatied children in school?
Hello there! You take your child to a registered paediatrician who is a professional to get them vaccinated. Do not perform this at home or take them to a silly chickenpox party! 👀 Hope this response was helpful! 😄
What if a parent has shingles and child has not been vaccinated for chicken pox?
Go get the vaccine for the child. The shingles is because you had chicken pox at some point, but I don’t think that there would be a direct transmission.
