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Health Encyclopedia: Encephalitis: Viral Vaccinations

Vaccinations

Certain vaccinations can help prevent the diseases that can lead to encephalitis.

Measles

Measles used to be a very common childhood disease. In about 1 in 1,000 cases it can lead to encephalitis or death. The risk for these severe complications is highest in the very young and very old. Aggressive vaccination programs have reduced the incidence of measles in the U.S. to fewer than 100 cases a year. In very rare cases, encephalopathy (brain damage) associated with the live-measles vacc...

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Expert & Community Posts

It’s flu season again, have you had the vaccine?

By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...sometimes get a sore throat and cough. Very rarely, flu vaccination can cause serious problems... Read more »

Immunotherapy Update: Hope Ahead for Ragweed Allergy Sufferers

By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert

...include the fact that it doesn't require needles (or pain!), and it can be done by you at home;... Read more »

MS and the Flu Vaccine

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...de-activated or "killed" vaccines that are administered by injection. These de-activated... Read more »

Winter Flu Season 2009-10: A New Approach for a New Flu Virus

By James Thompson MD , Health Expert

...flu shot and swine flu H1N1 vaccine be given in one injection? At the time of this posting it... Read more »

FAQs on Flu Season 2008-2009

By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert

...the flu vaccine?" A: No, the flu vaccine given by injection is a killed virus that has no whole... Read more »

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Health Guide

Immunizations: Other Vaccinations

...rabies, but it reduces the intensity of the treatment.Side effects include pain, redness, swelling at the injection site, headache, nausea, stomach pain, muscle aches, and dizziness. Allergic... Read more »

Immunizations: Introduction

...years of age and older.Vaccine FormsVaccines are currently taken by mouth (orally) or given by a shot (injection). Vaccines are usually made of one of two agents that cause the body to produce... Read more »

Immunizations: Pneumococcal Pneumonia

...dose.Side Effects of the Pneumococcal Pneumonia VaccineSide effects include pain and redness at the injection site, fever, and joint aches. Children are more likely to have fever within 48 hours... Read more »

Ear Infections: Prevention

...viruses to produce an immune response that will then attack the active virus. Vaccines aregiven by injection, usually between October and December. Antibodies to the influenza virus usually... Read more »

Colds and the Flu: Medications

...protein, but an allergic reaction still may occur in people with strong allergies to eggs.Soreness at the Injection Site. Up to two thirds of people who receive the influenza vaccine develop... Read more »

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