Vaccinations

We generally don’t like to have a needle stuck into our arm. It doesn’t hurt much, but it’s just the idea that gets to us. However, we do get injections when we know that we may become sick if we don’t take a recommended shot. Many diseases are prevented by building antibodies in our body to ward off a potential disease or infection. That's called being vaccinated. Vaccines are available for 18 dangerous or deadly diseases. Over the years millions of lives have been saved by vaccines. Infants, children, adolescents, teens and adults need different vaccines depending on their age, location, job, lifestyle, health and travel plans. There are vaccines that can be administered for the following diseases:

1) chicken pox

2) dengue

3) diphtheria

4) flu

5) hepatitis A

6) hepatitis B

7) Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b)

8) HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

9) measles

10) meningococcal

11) mumps

12) pneumococcal

13) polio

14) rotavirus

15) rubella (German measles)

16) shingles

17) tetanus

18) whooping cough

There are also vaccines recommended for people who travel to particular locales:

1. Adenovirus

2. Anthrax

3. Cholera

4. Japanese encephalitis

5. Rabies

6. Smallpox

7. Tuberculosis

8. Typhoid fever

9. Yellow fever