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Immunizations
Patient Education
What is
immunization?

Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an

individual's immune system becomes fortified against an
infectious agent. When you get sick, your body produces
antibodies to help you fight the disease and recover. These
antibodies remain in your body after the disease has passed,
protecting you from contracting the same ailment in the future.
Immunity is the term for this. You don't have to get sick to gain
immunity, though. Immunization is a method of gaining
disease immunity.
 I mmunity through
immunization
- Immunization (or vaccination) protects people from
disease by introducing a vaccine into the body that
triggers an immune response, just as though you had
been exposed to a disease naturally. The vaccine
contains the same antigens or parts of antigens that
cause the disease, but the antigens in vaccines are
either killed or greatly weakened.
ADULT
 VARICELLA (VAR)
All adults who have never had chickenpox or received the
vaccination should be vaccinated against it. Two doses of
the vaccine should be given at least four weeks apart.
If you've never had chickenpox or been vaccinated and you
are exposed to chickenpox, being vaccinated right away
will greatly reduce your risk of getting sick. Studies have
shown that vaccination within three days of exposure is
90% effective at preventing illness; vaccination within five
days of exposure is 70% effective. If you do get sick, the
symptoms will be milder and shorter in duration.
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ZOSTER RECOMBINANT (RZV)
CDC recommends that healthy adults 50 years and
older get two doses of the shingles vaccine called
Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine), separated by 2
to 6 months, to prevent shingles and the complications
from the disease. Shingrix provides strong protection
against shingles and PHN. Two doses of Shingrix is
more than 90% effective at preventing shingles and
PHN. Protection stays above 85% for at least the first
four years after you get vaccinated.
Memories flashed across my mind as I came
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of myself as a little
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