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… Have your child focus on blowing out during the vaccine injection. Ask your child to: Blow bubbles Blow out a … Files on childhood immunization: #50a Your Baby's Immune System and Vaccines #50b The Benefits of Vaccinating … vaccine (Rotarix®) (#104a) Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b …
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… influenza viruses or parts of the viruses and is given by injection. The live attenuated influenza vaccine is made … last a shorter time. As a precaution, people with weakened immune systems should not get the live vaccine. Myth: The … Myth: Getting an influenza vaccine every year weakens my immune system. Fact: Because the influenza virus strains …
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… Preventing Water-Borne Infections For People with Weakened Immune Systems Last updated January 1, 2017 HealthLink BC … risk from water-borne infections? People with very weak immune systems who are at higher risk of certain water-borne … and people born with diseases that severely affect their immune systems. Some people with weakened immune systems, …
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… Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b … 6 diseases: Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) Hepatitis B (HB) Polio (IPV) Haemophilus influenzae type b … type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) vaccine (#105) Your baby's immune system and vaccines (#50a) The benefits of immunizing …
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… person’s blood or body fluids you could be at risk of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or other blood borne illnesses. … you may be given a hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin. Hepatitis B immune globulin contains antibodies …
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… recommended that you receive the vaccine, you may be given immune globulin for protection. Immune globulin contains antibodies taken from donated human …
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… before symptoms appear. It involves getting both rabies immune globulin and the rabies vaccine. For more information see HealthLinkBC File #07b Rabies immune globulin and vaccine . How can rabies be prevented? …
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… of age. The DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib vaccine also protects against hepatitis B infection. For more information, see HealthLinkBC File #105 Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus influenzae Type b … DTaP-IPV-Hib and hepatitis B vaccines are given as separate injections they should be given at the same time when …
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… spleen that is not working properly Sickle-cell disease An immune system weakened by disease or medical treatment … Chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C Chronic kidney, heart or lung … vaccine may include soreness, redness and swelling at the injection site. Low grade fever may also occur. These …
