Adults can receive vaccines, according to the provisions of the health authorities of each country. Photo: Pixabay
The Centers for Control and the Prevention of Diseases of USA (CDCfor its acronym in English) and the health authorities of the different countries have schemes of vaccination that they should comply Adults.
The pandemic caused by the covid-19 completely changed the vaccination. More than 10 billion dose were applied to much of the global populationwhich demonstrated how a biologic can stop the Advance from a virus and safeguard the public health.
Even so, explains the Head of infectology from the Marly Clinic, Carlos Eduardo Pérez, the vaccination in Adults continue as very low. In most cases this is due to ignoranceto the myths and taboos that still exist around the application of biological.
“Many times adults do not know the vaccines. An important point is that in vaccination there are vaccines for children, which are the ones that usually we know, but there is perhaps the same number of vaccines for Adults and those vaccines also protect lives and prevent complications. And I think that the health system, the doctors and the themselves patients have to understand Vaccination is as important for children as it is for children. Adults and what to know about those vaccines is what will make it they can vaccinate,” says Pérez.
Vaccines in adults?
The expert, who promotes the application of biological and does pedagogy on these issues through the Infectoweb portal, ensures that there are still a lot of work to do in terms of education, both in Adults as in professionals Health sector. But also from other actors, to understand how get vaccinated can save lives and prevent bills To the system.
“There is Clinical studies that show that investing in vaccinesby reducing the burden of disease, prevents complications such as hospitalizationpharmacological treatments, and it has been seen that it is cost effective the relationship to vaccinate prevent The diseases. So, there are examples like the HPV vaccine, which is a vaccine which apparently is expensivebut when you look at the impact on cancer reduction, the chemotherapyradiotherapy, hospitalization, surgeries, since a cost effective strategy is made. And so with many vaccines ”, emphasizes the expert.
The doctors and the same patients have to understand that the vaccination is so important in children as in the Adults and that knowing about those vaccines is what will make them feel they can inoculate.
In this sense, he points out, there is a group of vaccines that, upon the recommendation of your doctor, all adult should consider applying.
Among them: covid-19, influenza, hepatitis Bhuman papillomavirus (HPV), yellow fever, pneumococcalherpes zoster (shingles) and tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. We tell you everything you need to know about each of these vaccines.
covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine against covid-19 is available to all Adults that they did not apply it. prevent disease respiratory that for more than two years stopped the world and caused one of the health emergencies greatest in history. There are different brands and doses for apply and can be accessed for free.
Adult tetanus and diphtheria toxoid vaccine
recommended for Women in Childbearing Age (MEF) between 10 and 49 years. prevents diphtheria, tetanus and neonatal tetanus and is part of Vaccination Scheme In colombia. If you have never received this vaccine, the Centers for Control and the Prevention of Diseases of USA (CDC) recommend that you make as soon as possible.
This should be applied like this:
- Td1: initial dose.
- Td2: one month after Td1.
- Td3: 6 months after Td2.
- Td4: one year after Td3.
- Td5: one year after Td4.
- Later a booster every 10 years.
Seasonal influenza vaccine
For the older adults than 60 it is recommended to apply the influenza vaccine that prevents disease respiratory infection caused by the virus influenza.
Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine
The CDC recommends the HIV vaccine human papilloma For girls and boys from 11 to 12 years old. teenagers and young adults who begin to receive the series of vaccines later, between the ages of 15 and 26, they must receive more than one dose. This helps prevent cancer of the cervix and usually a total of two doses are applied with six months difference from one another.
yellow fever vaccine
According to the Colombian Ministry of Health, a single application of this vaccine protects against yellow fever for life. This is recommends especially when visiting areas that are endemic of this disease.
Lto yellow fever is an infection transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which, when biting, if found infectedtransmits the virus to the humans. This disease has a very high rate of mortality.
The symptoms are headachemuscle and joint pain, fever, flushing, loss of appetitevomit and yellow color in the fur by liver damage. plus cause damage in kidneys, heart, hemorrhages (loss of blood), loss of consciousness and coma.
pneumococcal vaccine
The CDC recommends two vaccinations pneumococcal available for adults 65 and older. Young adults at higher risk of contracting diseases pneumococcal infections could also need one dose of the vaccine, according to the entity. Pneumococcal diseases cause infectionssuch as pneumonia meningitis and infections from the bloodstream.
Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine
As explained by the Red Cross Colombian, Herpes Zoster is caused by the reactivation of the virus that produces the chickenpox. People with weak immune systems are at higher risk of it, this includes patients with pathologies like the virus Immunodeficiency (HIV), cancer or diabetes, in which it can manifest itself for a long time, in some cases affecting its vital organs.
However, anyone who has had chickenpox runs the risk of risk of suffering from it, this risk increases as you get older. gets old. Shingles is most common in old people 50 years.
Hepatitis B Vaccine
As reported by the Secretary Health, hepatitis B is a disease characterized by irritation and swelling (inflammation) of the liver, due to the infection generated by the contagion of the hepatitis B virus, known by the acronym (HBV).
This virus acquired through contact with bloodbodily fluids such as semen, vaginal discharge or the saliva of a person who has the virus in your organism. For this reason, it is imperative that the children and girls, particularly during the first 12 hours after birth receive this vaccine to decrease the risk of mother-son or daughter transmission.
It is key to keep in mind that if the vaccine was applied against covid-19 recently, you must wait a period of 15 days to apply vaccines against other diseases.
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