Can a yellow-fever vaccination have any bad side effects? Are all y.-f. vaccines equally effective?
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Yellow fever vaccine generally has few side effects; fewer than 5% of vaccinees develop mild headache, muscle pain, or other minor symptoms 5 to 10 days after vaccination.
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THANK YOU, MORE_EVIL!!!!!! Finally, someone uses some common sense with their answer to an immunization question. They told me in the hospital they do it because they don't know if I had it or not, which was insulting considering I've been married to the same man for 13 yrs. I refused it. But, yes, they do give it, at birth, 2 months and 6 months. \n   For your question, something caused my cousin to die at 4 months, it was written off as SIDS, but she died within 48 hours of receiving shots. I'm not sure which one it was. I know of three other infants who died with hours of their shots, too. It does happen, that's why I don't do them.\nHere's what I found on the possible side effects.\n\n"serious allergic reaction involving swelling of the mouth, breathing difficulties, low blood pressure, hives, weakness, an increased heart rate, dizziness and shock. If your child has any of these symptoms, call 911 or take her to an emergency room.
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What type of shots were they?\nSome will have that side effect, such as the tetanus shot.\nDid she not receive any instructions (verbally or on paper)?\nDoes she have a fever?\nIf so, or not feeling better tomorrow, call the doctor's office.
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No, it is a killed version of the flu that is expected to hit the US. They watch the world and see what strain is flourishing and then develop the vaccine to combat it. This is done by the US Public Health Service.\n\nIt will not give you the flu and really the only reason not to take it, is if your allergic to eggs. You can have a local reaction, soreness, slight warmth at the injection site, but you wont get the flu. This will allow your body to develop antibodies to combat the flu should you become exposed.
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You will become more sick.\n\nFlu shots worthless\nhttp://www.newstarget.com/020912.html
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Call your doctor. It could be a side effect or even an allergic reaction from the vaccine. If it is arthritis, your doctor can diagnose that also.
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Your pediatrician should have given you paperwork that explains both what the immunizations are for, and what possible reactions could occur. If not, allow me:\nCommon reactions could be:\n1. fever\n2. redness and/or swelling at the injection site\n3. soreness or tenderness at the injection site\n\nIf your child has any reactions that are more severe than the ones above, call your pediatrician and/or 911 immediately.   i.e. seizures or a fever higher than 104 F\n\n***I'm a mom of two and I've been through many immunization shots!
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yes because you've built up antibodies from the last strain. if it was the same one each time you might get sick for a little bit but as soon as your body recognized the flu it would attack it and kill it because it keeps all the antibodies stored that you use from previous illnesses. thats why it takes us awhile to get over the flu once we get it. and that why the flu shot is good. helps your body create antibodies for the new strain.
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I think that there was a common vaccine given to kids at their school for mumps,rubeola and chicken pox.After that time the powers that be decided it was basically eraticated at large and they changed it to be done elsewhere to the parents choosing. So, if you are going to be exposed now-you must show your own proof that you had your shots.
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The rubella vaccine uses a "live" weakened form of the virus. The body responds to the vaccine by developing an immunity to it. Possible negative side effects include fever, rash, and rarely, arthritis and neurologic disorders.
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According to my understanding:\n\nExperience during the past 4 years with more than 14 million doses of varicella vaccine distributed in the United States indicates that vaccine-associated virus transmission to contacts is extremely rare (only 3 well-documented cases to date) and occurs only if the immunized person develops a rash (Merck and Company, Inc, unpublished data, 1999). \n\nVaricella vaccine is safe; reactions are generally mild and occur with an overall frequency of approximately 5% to 35%. Approximately 20% of immunized persons will experience minor injection site reactions (eg, pain, redness, swelling). Approximately 3% to 5% of immunized children will develop a localized rash, and an additional 3% to 5% will develop a generalized varicella-like rash. These rashes typically consist of 2 to 5 lesions and may be maculopapular rather than vesicular; lesions usually appear 5 to 26 days after immunization. However, most varicella-form rashes that occur within the first 2 weeks after varicella immunization are due to wild-type VZV.31 Although a temperature higher than 38.9°C (102°F) has been observed from 1 to 42 days after immunization in 15% of healthy immunized children, fever also occurs in a similar percentage of children receiving placebo and is not considered to be a significant adverse event of immunization.32 A temperature higher than 37.8°C (100°F) has been reported in 10% of adolescents and adults who are immunized with the vaccine. Serious adverse events, such as encephalitis, ataxia, erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pneumonia, thrombocytopenia, seizures, neuropathy, and death, have been reported rarely in temporal association with varicella vaccine. In some cases, wild-type VZV or another causal agent has been identified. In most cases, data are insufficient to determine a causal association.\n\nAlthough there has been concern about waning immunity, follow-up evaluations of children immunized during prelicensure clinical trials in the United States revealed protection for at least 11 years, and studies in Japan indicated protection for at least 20 years.19,20 However, these studies were during a period when a substantial amount of wild-type VZV was present in the community, with many opportunities for boosting of immunity by subclinical infection in immunized persons. Experience with other live virus vaccines (eg, measles, rubella) suggests that immunity remains high throughout life; the primary reason for second doses of measles vaccine is to induce protection in children who did not respond to the first dose, not because of waning immunity. Follow-up studies of clinical trials in children are being performed to determine the need, if any, for additional doses of varicella vaccine. \n\nThe varicella vaccine virus has been demonstrated to cause herpes zoster in immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons within 25 to 722 days after immunization. Data from postlicensure surveillance indicate that the age-specific risk of herpes zoster seems to be lower in immunocompetent children immunized with varicella vaccine than in children who have had natural infection. A population-based study indicated that the incidence of herpes zoster after natural varicella infection among immunocompetent children younger than 20 years of age was 68 per 100 000 person-years33 while the reported rate of herpes zoster after varicella immunization among immunocompetent persons was approximately 2.6 per 100 000 vaccine doses distributed (CDC, unpublished data, 1998). However, these rates should be compared cautiously because the former rates are based on populations monitored actively for longer periods than the passive surveillance after immunization. Wild-type VZV also has been identified in persons with herpes zoster after immunization, indicating that herpes zoster in immunized persons also may result from antecedent natural varicella infection.
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There are side effects possible with any vaccine, although rare. People with egg allergy will NOT have issues with Hep A or Hep B vaccine, only with influenza (flu) or MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
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Very rare, but some can get it twice even 3x. I was talking to my son's pediatrician on his 12 month check and I asked about chicken pox. He said he had a patient a long time ago who got vaccinated for chicken pox but still got it. Then, the patient got it the 2nd time. After the 2nd time, they got a blood test done and found that the patient still didn't have immunity to it, so they gave a 2nd vaccine. Finally, that did it.
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Vaccinations are actually weaker versions of the actually disease you're suppose to be fighting. After a flu vaccination, you get the symptoms of a flu because now you have a weaker antigen in your body, and your body starts to react to fight it [i.e running nose, fever...].\n\nThe vaccination is to help you build up an immunity against the disease by having the anitbodies take on the antigens directly. Then the memory cells of your body will be able to detect and remember how to fight this disease or illness in the near future.
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Just by reading q and a's here, we can see that many people get the flu, and other nasty side effects.\n\nDo NOT get vaccinated.\n\nA vaccinated person is MORE likely to get a disease than  a non-vaccinated person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.\nThere are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.\nJust sit back and think for a while.\nIs there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.\nWe have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.\n\nThe Vaccination Hoax\nhttp://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html\n\n\nIf you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at\nhttp://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm\nYou will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.\n\nIf you want to study the history of vaccination, see\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html
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I'm nervous about them all! My son has all of his vaccinations, but he is a child who was developing normally until 1 1/2 years of age, and then developed symptoms of autism. He regressed and so we had to start over again in terms of speech and communication. So I'm not really sure! Its kinda scary, but at the same time, its scary to not allow the vaccinations as well.
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Hopefully nowhere.\nIt will save you unnecessary pain.\n\nDo NOT get vaccinated.\n\nA vaccinated person is MORE likely to get a disease than  a non-vaccinated person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.\nThere are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.\nJust sit back and think for a while.\nIs there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.\nWe have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.\n\nThe Vaccination Hoax\nhttp://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html\n\n\nIf you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at\nhttp://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm\nYou will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.\n\nIf you want to study the history of vaccination, see\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html