Vaccine Recipients

Vaccines are disease preventing medicines. It has resulted in eradication of some diseases like small pox. A person who receives vaccine is called vaccine recipient. The question arises who should have vaccines? The answer is everybody who is at the risk of virus infection should get vaccines. Most people relate vaccines with the children. Yes, mostly we are aware that new born babies are given vaccination for different diseases like TB, Polio, MMR, Diphtheria. But the vaccination is necessary for some adolescents and as well as for adult persons. Even pets like dogs and cats are also given some vaccination for diseases like rabies.

Vaccine recipient can be children, adult and pets. For children vaccination is must. We are born with our immune system. But if children are vaccinated early in their childhood they are safe from many virus infections. The parents want their children to be healthy and hence most of the parents do care for vaccination of their children. They should get adequate information about the schedule of vaccination from their pediatrician and follow it religiously. Parents should get the Vaccine Information statements on behalf of their children. It contains information about the benefits and adverse effects of each vaccine.

Routine vaccines for children are Polio, DTaP, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, MMR, Hib, MMR and Chickenpox.

Vaccines are necessary in adolescence, if in childhood child has missed any vaccine. Some vaccines have 2-3 doses if one of it is missed then also vaccines are given to such child. Every adolescent should get vaccines like chickenpox, hepatitis B, Tdap, MMR. One more recommended vaccine is Meningococcal vaccine. It is recommended for all adolescents aged 11 years and older. Hepatitis B vaccine may be given as the adult formulation of Recombivax HB for adolescents aged between 11 to 15 years.

All adults must get chickenpox, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis and measles vaccines. All adults over the age of 50 should get the influenza vaccine.

If you are going for travel in other countries then some vaccines are recommended like typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, plague.

For pets vaccination has proved as effective prevention against diseases. Very young puppies and kittens are highle susceptible to many infectious diseases. To avoid this a series of vaccinations are scheduled usually 3-4 weeks apart. The final vaccination is given when they are 12 months old.

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