Vaccines

Question 0

What is a vaccination?

Answer 0

A vaccination is the injection of a killed or weakened organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism.

Question 1

What is a vaccine?

Answer 1

A vaccine is a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, by mouth, or by aerosol.

Question 2

What are the most common diseases children have to get vaccines for?

Answer 2

Measles , Tuberculosis , Mumps , Rubella , Polio

Question 3

Why is it important to have vaccines before travelling abroad?

Answer 3

Vaccines must be taken before going abroad because you can catch unknown dangerous diseases that sometimes cannot be cured

Question 4

Iin order how do vaccines work?

Answer 4

> vaccine enters body- triggers immune system to respond
white blood cells produce antibodies- attack the microbe
microbe cannot reproduce- it is quickly destroyed
body now has defences against microbe- antibodies in blood and white blood cells called memory cells- if microbe attacks body memory cells produce antibodies and attack quickly.

Question 5

How are vaccines presented?

Answer 5

As a weakened form of a disease

Question 6

Why are then elderly vaccinated in the winter for flu?

Answer 6

Elderly are a lot weaker than children and adults so they find it harder to fight off the flu