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There are a number of viral infections for which vaccines are available. Most viral infections, though, have no vaccine available.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, a vaccine only works as preventive medicine against a virus. It will not treat a viral infection that is already present.
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IS There no vaccine for Hepatitis C and no treatment that will prevent infection?
Correct. There is no vaccine for Hepatitis C. There are medications that can help treat it but none have been found to be effective for prevention.
What is phenazopyridine?
Phenazopyridine is a pain reliever that affects the lower part of your urinary tract. Phenazopyridine is used to treat pain and burning usually caused by an infection, surgery, or catheter. It may treat symptoms of a urinary tract infection, but does not treat the actual infection.
What is phenazopyridin?
Phenazopyridine is a pain reliever that affects the lower part of your urinary tract. Phenazopyridine is used to treat pain and burning usually caused by an infection, surgery, or catheter. It may treat symptoms of a urinary tract infection, but does not treat the actual infection.
What diseases do vaccines cure?
None, they are preventatives not cures. A few, like the rabies vaccine can still work after infection but before symptoms appear.
Do vaccines cure diseases?
None, they are preventatives not cures. A few, like the rabies vaccine can still work after infection but before symptoms appear.
Can you give Prednisone for respiratory infection?
Prednisone decreases inflammation in the airways and may help symptoms, but will not treat an infection. In fact, Prednisone hinders the body's ability to fight infection.
How do you treat a cow after showing initial rabid symptoms?
With a bullet. Seriously, there's no cure for any animal with rabies, just a vaccine to prevent it.
How does a vaccine help fight viral infections?
When the vaccine gets to the body the it will block away the viral infection.
Which are symptoms of a vaccine injury?
There are a wide array of symptoms connected with vaccine injury. Some vaccine injuries may have symptoms of a skin rash, fever, seizures, joint pains, or even death in severe cases.
Is typhoid fever related to malaria?
No. Not at all. Malaria is a parasitic infection from mosquitoes. You can treat malaria by anti-malaria drugs. There is no vaccine. Typhoid fever is caused by a bacteria. People infected by this bacteria can spread it to other people who contaminate food or water. There is a typhoid vaccine and the infection can be treated with antibiotics.
What remedy is there for smallpox?
Smallpox has been eradicated because of very successful vaccination practices. Aside from the vaccine, there is no real "cure" for smallpox, although the administration of the vaccine within 3 days of infection greatly reduces the symptoms shown.
Why is it recommended not to get a flu shot when there's a high fever?
the shot is to prevent infection not to treat it When you're sick with a fever, you may not mount as good of an immune response to the vaccine.
