Immunizations
Immunizations are a series of vaccinations in which targets a person’s immune system to make them resistant to a specific disease.
Below You Will Find a List of Recommended Immunizations.
There are also age-specific CDC recommended immunizations in PDF Format
| Disease | Vaccine | Transmission | Disease Symptoms | Disease Complications |
| Chickenpox | Varicella Vaccine | Air, direct contact | Rash, tiredness, headache, fever | Infected blisters, bleeding disorders, encephalitis (brain swelling), pneumonia |
| Diphtheria | DTaP against Diphtheria | Air, direct contact | Sore throat, mild fever, weakness, swollen glands in neck | Swelling of the heart muscle, heart failure, coma, paralysis, death |
| Hib | Hib Vaccine | Air, direct contact | May be no symptoms unless bacteria enters the blood | Meningitis (infection of the covering around the brain and spinal cord), mental retardation, epiglottis (life-threatening infection that can block the windpipe and lead to serious breathing problems) and pneumonia, death |
| HepA | HepA vaccine | Personal Contact, contaminated food or water | May be no symptoms, fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, vomiting, jaundice, joint pain | Liver Failure |
| HepB | HepB vaccine | Contact with blood or body fluid | May be no symptoms, fever, headache, weakness, vomiting, jaundice, joint pain | Chronic liver infection, liver failure, liver cancer |
| Human Papillomavirus | HPV vaccine | Direct contact, | Cervical Cancer, genital warts | |
| Flu | Flu vaccine that prevents influenza | Air, direct contact, | Fever muscle pain, sore throat, cough, extreme fatigue | Pneumonia |
| Measles | MMR | Air, direct contact | Rash, fever, cough, runny nose, pinkeye | Encephalitis (brain swelling), pneumonia, death |
| Mumps | MMR | Air, direct contact | Swollen salivary glands (under the jaw) fever, headache, tiredness, muscle pain | Meningitis ( infection of the covering around the brain and spinal cord), encephalitis (brain swelling), inflammation of testicles or ovaries, deafness |
| Pertussis | DTaP | Air, direct contact | Severe cough, runny nose, apena (a pause in breathing in infants) | Pneumonia, death |
| Polio | IPV | Through the mouth | May be no symptoms, sore throat, fever, nausea, headache | Paralysis, death |
| Pneumococcal | PCV | Air, direct contact | May be no symptoms, pneumonia | Bactermia (blood infection), meningitis (infection of the covering around the brain and spinal cord), death |
| Rotavirus | RV vaccine | Through the mouth | Diarrhea, fever, vomiting | Severe diarrhea, dehydration |
| Rubella | MMR | Air, direct contact | Rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes | Very serious in pregnant women – can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, and birth defects |
| Tetanus | DTaP | Exposure through cuts in skin | Stiffness in neck and abdominal muscles, difficulty swallowing, muscle spasms, fever | Broken bones. breathing difficulty, death |