Diptheria
- Affects lungs and airway; potential complication of airways swelling up and stopping breathing
- Vaccine: Tdap, DTaP, etc.
- Booster shot need every ten years
Tetanus
- Causes painful muscle spasms all over the body
- Vaccine: Tdap, DTaP, etc.
- Booster shot need every ten years
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
- Affects lungs and airway
- Causes violent coughing that makes it hard to breathe
- Highly contagious
- Vaccine: Tdap, DTaP, etc.
- Booster shot need every ten years
- All adults living with babies and children who need a booster shot SHOULD get one to prevent not giving the disease to others
Measles (Rubeola)
- Causes rash to form all over body
- Vaccine: MMR
Mumps
- Causes swelling of the salivary glands (located in your cheeks!)
- Vaccine: MMR
Rubella (German Measles)
- Causes rash to form all over body
- Vaccine: MMR
Hepatitis B
- Causes liver inflammation
- Can become chronic or lifelong
Haemophilus Influenzae Type (HIB)
- Causes many diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia
- Meningitis: inflammation of the tissues that surround the brain and spinal cord
- Pneumonia: infection of the lungs
Poliomyelitis
- Causes muscle paralysis (freezing)
- Can cause irreversible leg paralysis and death (due to paralysis of chest muscles that help you breathe)
Varicella (Chicken Pox)
- Causes itchy blisters to form all over the body
- The adult form of this disease is called shingles
All vaccination information was obtained from the following websites:
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/Documents/ChildhoodImmunizationCoverageCA2006-08.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-hib.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-hep-b.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/howvpd.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/measles/index.html
http://www.cdc.gov/mumps/about/mumps-facts.html
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/tetanus/
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/polio.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/tetanus/
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-who-needs-vacc.htm
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize/Documents/ChildhoodImmunizationCoverageCA2006-08.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-hib.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-hep-b.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/howvpd.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/measles/index.html
http://www.cdc.gov/mumps/about/mumps-facts.html
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/tetanus/
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/polio.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/tetanus/
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/basic-who-needs-vacc.htm