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Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination?

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the mumps vaccine :: Article Creator

List of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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fever symptoms :: Article Creator Viral Fever Vs Bacterial Infection: Expert Explains Difference, Causes, Signs And More The feeling of fever is often accompanied by infection and is mainly caused by two infections: viral and bacterial. Both infections can lead to the patient experiencing similar symptoms but understanding the difference between the two is critical towards providing the correct medication. Knowing the differences ensures that the individual receives the needed medical attention and does not suffer from any further complications. Viral Fever: According to Dr Meenakshi Jain, Senior Director, Internal Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital Patparganj, a wide range of viruses like Dengue, influenza, COVID-19, etc. Can cause viral fever. When people are infected with any kind of virus, their immune system raises the body's temperature to eliminate the virus, and this is a sign that the immune system is working properly. Signs ...

Travelling for Ramadan

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From measles to malaria, how to keep you and your family healthy on holiday

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anti rabies vaccine :: Article Creator Animal Bite Center Secures 4K Anti-rabies Vaccines THE Animal Bite Treatment Center (ABTC) has received around 4,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccine for 2025, enough to treat approximately 1,000 patients. Dr. Yleona Ysabel T. Camelotes, ABTC district health physician, said the center continues to provide free vaccines while supplies last. The Department of Health (DOH) also provides additional vials as needed. However, she noted that vaccine stocks often run out by midyear, partly due to increased animal aggression during the summer months, which leads to more bite cases. Camelotes explained that patients typically need three doses of the vaccine, depending on the prescribed treatment. "Syempre hindi lang kasi one-time pupunta si patient we have three doses tapos depende pa talaga sa vaccines kung ano bibigay (Patients don't just visit once; they need multiple doses depending on the type of vaccin...

Vaccine | Definition, Types, History, & Facts

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malaria under microscope :: Article Creator Why Are Treatments That Were Developed For Malaria Now Used For Lupus? Most physicians with experience in lupus agree that antimalarial treatments such as hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), chloroquine (Aralen) or quinicrine (Atabrine) should be used long-term, year-after-year, in all lupus patients who can tolerate them. Why?   The answer is that these drugs have a range of effects on people, so what they do for malaria is not necessarily the same as what they do for lupus. And yet, there are similarities. How chloroquine treats malaria Malaria is caused by a parasite, usually found in tropical regions, that infects humans after they have been bitten by a mosquito. This parasite is transmitted directly from the saliva of the mosquito into the bloodstream of a person who has been bitten. Under the microscope a malaria parasite can actually be seen literally crawling inside of people's red blood cells...

Top 20 Vaccines You Should Know About

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106 fever in adults :: Article Creator

(PDF) Atypical measles syndrome in adults: Still around

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recent epidemic outbreaks :: Article Creator In Rural West Texas, A Measles Outbreak Grows With No End In Sight SEMINOLE, Texas — When Aganetha Unger pulled up her large, white van to the emergency measles testing site, several of her eight children were coughing. "We had some sickness in the house, not very bad, but some fever, some cough," said Unger, who is Mennonite. One child, she said, had a fever of 103 degrees. Her youngest getting tested was a 2-month-old, wrapped tightly in a pink blanket on her mom's lap. When the EMS team swabbed her nose, she didn't cry. It was Thursday, eight days after the Texas Department of State Health Services first reported a measles outbreak on the rural, western edge of the state. On Tuesday this week, the number of confirmed cases rose to 58, the state health department said. The majority of those cases are in Gaines County, which borders New Mexico. Four of the patients had been ...