Symptoms
A rare neurological disorder that progresses quickly and can be life threatening and may occur after vaccination.
What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
The bacteria can be found in the soil and in the intestines and feces of many household and farm animals and humans.
What are C. tetani spores?
The only way to protect against shingles and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the most common complication from shingles.
Symptoms may include high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, sensitivity to light, and skin rash.
What is meningitis?
Is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox.
What is shingles?
This particular virus can trigger cancer in men (penile cancer), and in women (cervical and vaginal cancers).
What is human papillomavirus (HPV)?
Leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness and death in the United States.
What is pneumonia?
A viral disease transmitted to humans from domestic and wild animals.
What is rabies?
Illness that causes sudden onset of fever, cough (usually dry), headache, muscle and joint pain, severe malaise (feeling unwell), sore throat and a runny nose.
What is influenza?
Spread from close, personal contact with an infected person, such as through certain types of sexual contact, caring for someone who is ill, or using drugs with others.
What is Hepatitis A?
More than 60-percent of trips to the hospital involve patients 65-years or older with this illness.
What is influenza?
The response that occurs in our body when we encounter a germ or a virus and our body produces cells called antibodies.
What is natural immunity?
A bacterial disease that attacks the nervous system and results in muscle spasms, breathing difficulty, seizures and even death.
What is tetanus?
This disease can lead to a number of potentially fatal infections, especially for older adults, including pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infection, and they kill close to 20,000 seniors each year.
What is pneumococcal disease?
Everyone 6 months and older should receive this vaccine, ideally by the end of October.
What is the influenza vaccine?
Immunity you develop over your lifetime and can come from a vaccine or exposure to an infection or disease.
What is acquired immunity?
Symptoms include fatigue, n/v, loss of appetite, fever, dark urine, gray colored stools, joint pain and jaundice.
What is Hepatitis?
Highly contagious virus that can cause head and neck cancers.
What is HPV?
Almost all adults 50 years and older carry this virus.
What is shingles?
A highly contagious respiratory tract infection marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath.
What is pertussis?