Health Information - Health Articles » pregnant women http://www.healthpm.com Health articles, health news and latest happenings in the field of health and medical! Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:04:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Vaccination: Not something only for kids http://www.healthpm.com/vaccination-not-something-only-for-kids.html http://www.healthpm.com/vaccination-not-something-only-for-kids.html#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:03:36 +0000 Editor http://www.healthpm.com/vaccination-not-something-only-for-kids.html Majority of people consider vaccinations something suitable only for kids, but some periodic vaccines can prove very effectiveadults-vaccines.gif in adults to stay healthy and they definitely need to get them.

Here are some vaccines that can be recommended to people who are 18 or above.

  1. They should receive a tetanus booster injection after every 10 years
  2. People aged 65 and older should get a pneumonia vaccine and those who have some chronic illness must get it before 65.
  3. Similarly, people aged 65 and above should receive a flu shot every year. It is also recommended to pregnant women, health-care workers, children and those who have some chronic illness.
  4. Gays, health care workers, those who have more than one sex partners and anyone with a weak immune system should get a hepatitis B vaccine.
  5. Adult women, traveling people, college students and health care workers should get a mumps-measles-rubella vaccine.
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