drink or breathe. Pertussis can lead to seizures or pneumonia . DTaP continues.
to affect large numbers of children every year. It has a high morbidity and mortality .
rate primarily in infants less than six months of age ( Selekman, 1998 ).
IPV: Children are required to have 3 doses of the Polio vaccine. For many years this .
vaccine had been given orally in drops as a live virus. Polio vaccine is now given .
intramuscular. It is an inactivated Polio vaccine. Oral Polio is no longer recommended .
because it had caused Polio in 1 out of 2.4 million people who received the live vaccine. .
The virus enters the mouth, and then primary multiplication occurs in the lymphoid tissue .
in the oropharynx and GI tract, it enters the blood stream and invades the central nervous .
system. Sometimes it can cause paralysis and it can paralyze the muscles that help with .
breathing. .
Polio vaccination was begun in 1955. No wild polio has been reported in the United.
States for over 20 years. Extensive vaccination has almost eliminated the disease in .
developed countries. Those who have allergy to Neomycin, streptomycin or .
Polymyxin B should not receive the polio shot. .
MMR : ( Measles, Mumps, Rubella ) Children are required to have two doses of MMR.
In past years only one dose of the MMR was required. However, last year it was changed .
to two doses. The second dose is to boost the immunity system while in elementary .
school. It was found that the initial dose of MMR would wear off. These diseases are .
airborne and spread when germs pass from an infected person to the nose or throat of .
others. MMR is considered the most contagious of all. The vaccine is safe with few .
reports of reactions. It may not be given to children who have an allergy to animal proteins (such as eggs ) or the drug Neomycin. .
Hepatitis B : This disease causes inflammation of the liver. It can cause short term .
illnesses that include jaundice of the skin or eyes, pain in the muscles and joints.
