Immunisations

Question 1

Diphtheria

Answer 1

Illness: fever, sore throat, grey membrane on tonsils can narrow lumen

Complications: cardiomyopathy, renal failure

Question 2

Tetanus

Answer 2

Illness: muscle spasm in jaw and other muscles (including respiratory muscles)

Complications: respiratory muscles impairment

Question 3

Pertussis

Answer 3

Illness: whooping cough

Complications: pneumonia, convulsions, bronchiectasis

Question 4

Polio

Answer 4

Illness: destruction of nerves leading to muscle weakness and paralysis

Complications: paralysis

Question 5

Haemophilus influenza B

Answer 5

Illness: can cause epiglottis, meningitis, pneumonia

Question 6

Rotavirus

Answer 6

Illness: diarrhoea and vomiting

Complications: extreme dehydration

Question 7

Pneumococcal

Answer 7

Illnesses: meningitis, pneumonia

Question 8

Men C

Answer 8

Illness: meningitis

Complications: deafness, cerebral oedema

Question 9

Measles

Answer 9

Illness: high fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, rash

Complications: encephalitis, corneal ulcer / scar

Question 10

Mumps

Answer 10

Illness: mild illness with gland swelling and headaches

Complications: orchitis and infertility, unilateral deafness

Question 11

Rubella

Answer 11

Illness: flu like illness with rash

Complications: if pregnant women contract - congenital rubella syndrome

Question 12

HPV

Answer 12

Illness: cervical cancer, oral cancer, anal cancer, vaginal cancer

Question 13

5 in 1

Answer 13

Diptheria
Tetanus
Pertussis
Polio
Haemophilus influenza B

Question 14

MMR

Answer 14

Measles
Mumps
Rubella