Vaccination
Vaccine is not necessary only for children. It is important to get vaccinated even in old age (above 18 years). These vaccines can protect people from the danger of many diseases. In medical language these are called adult vaccinations. These vaccinations at the right time help in preventing serious diseases. What is adult vaccination? Which vaccination is necessary? What are the benefits of getting these installed? Let us know about this from experts.
Professor Dr. Jugal Kishore, Director, Department of Community Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. It is said that adult vaccination means giving necessary vaccines to people above 18 years of age to protect them from infection. Although anyone above 18 years of age can get them done on the advice of a doctor, but they are considered even more important for the elderly, those with weak immunity, diabetes, heart or lung patients. There are many types of vaccines in adult vaccination. Like flu vaccine, pneumococcal and shingles vaccine.
What is flu vaccine?
Dr. Jugal Kishore explains that flu vaccine Protects you from influenza. Influenza means flu which occurs in every season. This happens more especially in the changing weather. If someone often has fever, cough and body ache, then he can get flu vaccine on the advice of his doctor. Especially for those people whose immunity is weak, they should get it applied on the advice of the doctor.
Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccine
Pneumococcal vaccine is given to prevent pneumonia. It can protect from pneumonia and many types of serious lung infections. Especially elderly and chronic patients should get it installed. Doctors advise people at risk to take this vaccine. It should be administered to those people above 18 years of age who are at higher risk of getting lung infection on the advice of their doctor.
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine
Herpes is also a type of skin infection. This is a virus that is caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. Its risk is higher in people above 50 years of age. Shingles vaccine is considered effective in preventing this. You can also get this done on the advice of your doctor.
