The
following is a list of vaccines and the diseases they protect.
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Pediarix – is a combination vaccine that combines the DtaP, IPV, and
Hepatitis B into one vaccine.
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DTaP – protects your child from diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
(whooping cough)
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IPV – protects your child from paralytic polio. Currently, an
inactivated polio vaccine is used in the United States. This vaccine is
incapable of causing polio symptoms itself, and is safe for people with
compromised immune systems.
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Prevnar – protects your child from invasive disease caused by
pneumococcus bacteria… including meningitis and pneumonia.
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Hib – protects your child from invasive disease caused by
Haemophilus influenza, type B bacteria… including meningitis. These
bacteria can also cause other life-threatening infections of the eye and
epiglottis.
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Varivax – protects your child from serious chicken pox infections
and helps to prevent complications of chicken pox including pneumonia
and infections of the brain.
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MMR – protects your child from measles, mumps, and rubella (german
measles).
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Tdap – boosts your child’s protection against tetanus, purtussis, and diphtheria.
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Hep A - The Hep A vaccine protects children from Hepatitis
A, a viral illness that damages the liver,... resulting in fever,
vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice. Two doses of the vaccine will
provide long-term protection against this painful disease.
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Hep B - The Hepatitis B vaccine is given to newborns in the hospital
to prevent transmission of Hepatitis B from mother to infant. Some
mothers don't know they are carriers of Hepatitis B, and a large
percentage of these mothers would transmit Hepatitis to their infants.
Subsequent doses of the vaccine are administered as part of the Pediarix
vaccine, and will confer life-long immunity to older infants and
children.
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Menactra - is a vaccine that protects against Meningococcal
meningitis, the most common form of meningitis affecting teenagers.
Although uncommon in teenagers, meningitis is rapidly progressive and
difficult to treat. It is now recommended that all teenagers receive
this meningitis vaccine before entering junior high school, high school,
or college.
- Gardasil - protection from common causes of genital warts that induce cervical cancer.
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