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| Diseases/Vaccines |
| Disease |
Effect |
Vaccine |
| Diphtheria |
Severe throat infection that makes it difficult to swallow and breathe, can lead to heart failure, paralysis, or even death. |
DTaP, Tdap, Td |
| Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) |
Causes blood, joint, bone, ear, eye and lung infections, and meningitis which may lead to brain damage or death. |
Hib |
| Hepatitis A |
Serious liver disease that can cause "flu-like" illness, jaundice (yellow skin/eyes), severe stomach pains, diarrhea, and possibly death. |
Hep A |
| Hepatitis B |
Serious liver disease that can cause short term illness and can lead to liver damage, liver cancer, and possibly death. |
Hep B |
| Influenza |
Causes fever, sore throat, chills, cough, headache, and muscle aches. Some people may require hospitalization, and influenza causes on average 36,000 deaths each year in the U.S. |
Influenza |
| Measles |
Causes rash, cough, and cold-like symptoms. It can lead to hearing loss, breathing problems, seizures, pneumonia, brain damage and death. |
MMR |
| Mumps |
Causes headache, fever and swollen glands. It can lead to hearing loss, infection of the brain and spinal cord, brain damage, and, rarely, death. |
MMR |
| Pertussis (Whooping Cough) |
Causes severe coughing that make it hard for a child to eat, drink and breathe. It can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and death. |
DTaP, Tdap |
| Pneumococcal disease |
Leading cause of serious illness among children worldwide. It can cause serious infections of the lungs, blood and the brain (meningitis), and can cause death. |
PCV 7 |
| Polio |
Can cause lifelong paralysis, deformity, and possibly death. Polio is still very common in some parts of the world. |
IPV |
| Rubella (German Measles) |
Highly contagious disease that causes rash, fever, and arthritis. Rubella during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage or birth defects. |
MMR |
| Tetanus (Lockjaw) |
Causes serious and painful muscle spasms, breathing and heart problems, and may lead to "locking" of the jaw so that the person cannot open his or her mouth or swallow, or even death. |
DTaP, Tdap, Td |
| Varicella (Chicken Pox) |
Highly contagious disease that causes fever, fatigue and weakness, followed by an itchy, blister-like rash. |
Varicella |
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