Baby and Infant vaccines
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- Created on: 20-06-16 17:15
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- Baby and infant vaccines
- whooping cough/ pertussis
- Cause = Bortetella Pertussis (bacteria)
- MOT - droplets of infected moisture
- Symptoms = dry/irritating/ persistent cough progresses into intense bouts of coughing and whooping sound, fever, vomiting after coughing
- progression = symptoms get progressively worse (intense cough)
- Long term risks = kidney failure, brain damage, seizures, pneumonia, death (rare)
- Diphtheria
- Cause = corynebacterium Diptherie
- MOT = droplets of infected moisture/ contaminated foods
- Symptoms = fever, sore throat, foul smelling/blood stained mucus, cough, dysphagia
- Long term risks = respiratory failure, paralysis of the diaphragm, bladder problems, damage to heart and nervous system
- Progression = toxins produced by bacteria enter bloodstream and affect organs (heart)
- Tetanus
- cause = Clostridium Tetani (bacteria)
- MOT = bacteria enters body through wound / burn
- Symptoms = muscle spasms, stiffness, fever, dysphagia
- progression = incubation period = 4-21 days
- Long term risks = sudden cardiac death, pulmonary embolism, kidney failure, death
- MMR
- Cause (Rubella and measles) = Rubeola Virus
- Cause (mumps) Paramyoxial Virus
- MOT (measles) = droplets
- MOT (Mumps) = spreads like a cold/flu - close contact and touching contaminated surfaces
- MOT (rubella) = droplets of infected moisture
- symptoms (measles) = spotty rash, cold like symptoms, tiredness
- Symptoms (mumps) = painful swellings on side of face, joint pain, fever
- Symptoms (rubella) = skin rash, swollen glands, fever
- whooping cough/ pertussis
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