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∙ 10y agoRisk of exposure is low
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∙ 10y agoActive vaccination produces antibodies against the particular organism. These antibodies kill the invading pathogen and protect the body against the disease.
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The process is called vaccination. It involves injecting a person with a harmless form of a pathogen, such as a dead or weakened virus or bacteria, to stimulate the immune system to produce an immune response without causing the disease.
Vaccination involves administering a vaccine to stimulate the immune system to produce an immune response without causing the disease. The immune system then remembers the pathogen and is able to swiftly recognize and destroy it if the person is later exposed to the actual virus or bacteria. This helps to prevent illness and spread of the disease in the population.
Sometimes they will develop mild flu like symptoms and have a low grade fever. With the weakened your body will recognize the pathogen and develop antibodies against it, so your reaction would be milder then contracting the actual illness.
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With vaccination your body mounts an immune response to the pathogen. You learn what the pathogen looks like and make antibodies (gamma globulin) against it. You then get memory cells which can last a very long time and will let your body respond and fight off the pathogen the next time you are exposed. Gamma globulin is just an antibody that will circulate in your blood and and fight off the pathogens it was made against. You will not mount an immune response, and you will not get memory cells for long lasting protection.
In a vaccination you will receive a version of the pathogen (disease) that can not make you sick because it is inactive or significantly weakened. It will be introduced into your body with an injection or sometimes using oral or nasal formulations. Your immune system will then produce antibodies, which will kill or deactivate the introduced pathogen. Therefore, if an active/live pathogen would enter your body later, your immune system would be quickly able to produce more of the same type of antibodies, as they will recognizethe organism that caused the infection and know what antibodies will work on it. Boosters then might be used over the years to essentially remind the immune system how to defend your body against the pathogen.
Vaccination against hepatitis A is unnecessary if you have already had the infection.
Epilepsy is not an infectious disease, so it cannot have a vaccine. It is a physical condition, so trying to get a vaccination against it is like trying to get a vaccination against breaking your arm.
Yearly vaccination against influenza can decrease the risk of pneumonia for certain patients
Vaccination is the method used to prevent diseases like smallpox by introducing a weakened or killed form of the pathogen into the body to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against it.