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• The Japanese encephalitis SA14-14-2 vaccine is given in a series of 2 shots. The shots are generally 28 days separately. Your individual booster schedule may be various from these guidelines. Follow your doctor's instructions or the schedule recommended by the health department of the state you live in.
• Japanese encephalitis SA14-14-2 vaccine is for use in adults and adolescents who are at least 17 years old.
• This vaccine is recommended for people who live in or travel to areas where Japanese encephalitis is known to exist, or where an epidemic has recently occurred.
• You must receive the vaccine and booster doze at least 1 week prior to your arrival in an area where you may be exposed to the virus.
• This vaccine is also recommended for people who work in a studies laboratory and may be exposed to Japanese encephalitis virus through needle-stick accidents or inhalation of viral droplets in the air.
• Becoming infected with Japanese encephalitis is many more dangerous to your health than receiving this vaccine. However, like any medication, this vaccine can reason side effects but the risk of serious side effects is extremely low.
• Japanese encephalitis is a serious malady caused by a virus. It is the leading reason of viral encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in Asia. Encephalitis is an infection of the membrane near the brain and spinal cord. This infection often causes only mild symptoms, but prolonged swelling of the brain can reason permanent brain hurt or death.
• Japanese encephalitis virus is carried and spread by mosquitos.
• The Japanese encephalitis SA14-14-2 vaccine is used to help prevent this malady in adults and adolescents who are at least 17 years old.
• This vaccine works by exposing you to a little doze of the virus, which causes the body to develop immunity to the malady. This vaccine will not treat an active infection that has already developed in the body.
• This vaccine is recommended for people who live in or travel to areas where Japanese encephalitis is known to exist, or where an epidemic has recently occurred.
• You must receive the vaccine and booster doze at least 1 week prior to your arrival in an area where you may be exposed to the virus.
• Not everyone who travels to Asia needs to receive a Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Follow your doctor instructions or the recommendations of the Centers for Malady Control and Prevention (CDC).
• This vaccine is also recommended for people who work in a studies laboratory and may be exposed to Japanese encephalitis virus through needle-stick accidents or inhalation of viral droplets in the air.
• Like any vaccine, the Japanese encephalitis SA14-14-2 vaccine may not provide protection from malady in each person.
• You must not receive this vaccine if you have ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to any vaccine containing Japanese encephalitis virus.
• If you have any of these another conditions, your vaccine may need to be postponed or not given at all:
· a bleeding or blood clotting mess; or
· a weak immune system caused by malady or by taking determined medicines or receiving cancer treatments.
• You can still receive a vaccine if you have a minor cool. In the case of a more severe diseases with a fever or any type of infection, wait before you get better till receiving this vaccine.
• Vaccines may be deleterious to an unborn child and usually must not be given to a pregnant woman. However, not vaccinating the mother could be more deleterious to the child if the mother becomes infected with a malady that this vaccine could prevent. Your doctor will solve whether you must receive this vaccine, especially if you have a tall risk of infection with Japanese encephalitis virus.
• Do not receive this vaccine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• This vaccine is injected into a muscle. You will receive this injection in a doctor's office or clinic setting.
• The Japanese encephalitis SA14-14-2 vaccine is given in a series of 2 shots. The shots are generally 28 days separately. Your individual booster schedule may be various from these guidelines. Follow your doctor's instructions or the schedule recommended by the health department of the state you live in.
• In addition to receiving the Japanese encephalitis vaccine, use protective clothing, insect repellents, and mosquito netting near your bed to further prevent mosquito bites that could infect you with the Japanese encephalitis virus.
• Contact your doctor if you miss a booster doze or if you get behind schedule. The following doze must be given as soon as possible. There is no need to start over.
• Be certain to receive all recommended doses of this vaccine. You may not be fully protected if you do not receive the full series.
• An overdose of this vaccine is unlikely to occur.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
• You must not receive a booster vaccine if you had a life-threatening allergic reaction after the first shot.
• Hold track of any and all side effects you have after receiving this vaccine. When you receive a booster doze, you will need to speak the doctor if the previous shot caused any side effects.
• Becoming infected with Japanese encephalitis is many more dangerous to your health than receiving this vaccine. However, like any medication, this vaccine can reason side effects but the risk of serious side effects is extremely low.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; dizziness, weakness, quick heart course; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· headache, weary feeling;
· muscle pain, back pain;
· low fever, chills, flu symptoms;
· cool symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, cough;
· mild itching or skin rash;
· nausea, diarrhea; or
· pain, redness, tenderness, or a heavy lump where the shot was given.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message vaccine side effects to the US Department of Health and Human Services at 1 800 822 7967.
• Till receiving this vaccine, speak the doctor about all another vaccines you have recently received.
• Also speak the doctor if you have recently received drugs or treatments that can weaken the immune system, including:
· an oral, nasal, inhaled, or injectable steroid medicine;
· chemotherapy or radiation;
· medications to treat psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, or another autoimmune disorders, such as azathioprine (Imuran), etanercept (Enbrel), leflunomide (Arava), and others; or
· medicines to treat or prevent organ transplant rejection, such as basiliximab (Simulect), cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral, Gengraf), muromonab CD3 (Orthoclone), mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept), sirolimus (Rapamune), or tacrolimus (Prograf).
• This list is not complete and another drugs may interact with Japanese encephalitis virus. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about this vaccine. Additional information is accessible from your local health department or the Centers for Malady Control and Prevention.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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