Together, We Can Protect Your Child from Preventable Diseases
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STAYING HEALTHY DURING COVID-19 Together, we can protect your child from preventable diseases. These are the recommended vaccinations and their timeline: Birth 2 months 4 months 6 months 12 months Hep B DTaP, DTaP, DTaP, HIB Hep B, and Hep B, and Hep B, and Hep A IPV* IPV* IPV* MMR/Varicella PCV13 PCV13 PCV13 HIB HIB HIB Rotavirus (oral) Rotavirus (oral) Influenza** 15 months 18 months 4-6 years 11 years 16 years DTaP Hep A DTaP/IPV Tdap MCV4 PCV13 MMR/Varicella HPV MenB (two doses) (two doses) * Combination of three vaccines MCV4 ** Yearly vaccine, beginning at 6 months old If you’ve missed a shot or don’t know Call: 816.474.4920 what your child needs, we can help. Downtown Campus Clay County 825 Euclid Ave. Family Medicine & Kansas City, MO 64124 Dental Services Sam Rodgers accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and 800 Haines Dr. private insurance. If you do not have insurance, Cabot Westside Liberty, MO 64068 Medical, Dental & your baby or child may be eligible for free health WIC Services Northland Prenatal & care. Our Health Insurance Counselors can 2121 Summit St. Pediatric Clinic help you enroll. Kansas City, MO 64108 5330 North Oak Trfy., Suite 203 Kansas City, MO 64118 RodgersHealth.org Vaccinations and what they’re for Vaccine nameKnown as What it’s for Diphtheria, DTaP The DTaP vaccine helps children develop immunity tetanus, and (antibody protection) against three deadly diseases and pertussis vaccine infections: diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough). Influenza Flu The influenza vaccine is a yearly vaccine that protects you from getting the flu, an illness that spreads very easily. The flu can lead to serious health complications and possibly death. Hepatitis A Hep A This vaccine prevents Hepatitis A, a virus that can come from vaccine contaminated food and water. Most people with Hepatitis A will feel sick for several weeks, but in rare cases it can cause liver damage or death. Hepatitis B Hep B This vaccine prevents Hepatitis B, a serious infection of the liver. vaccine It can cause lifelong liver infection, liver damage, liver failure, and liver cancer. It can also cause death. Haemophilus HIB The Hib vaccine prevents an illness that can cause a potentially influenza type b deadly brain infection (meningitis) in young children. The Hib vaccine bacteria can cause bloodstream infections, pneumonia and a severe throat infection. Human HPV This vaccine protects your child against HPV. It is a virus that papillomavirus can cause cervical, vaginal, and anal cancer, as well as genital vaccine warts in both males and females. Inactivated IPV The IPV vaccine prevents polio, a contagious disease that can poliovirus paralyze a person or cause death. vaccine Meningococcal MCV4 MCV4 prevents a specific type of meningitis (A, C, W and Y), a disease vaccine bacterial infection that can cause death or complications, such as deafness and brain or spinal cord damage. Serogroup B MenB MenB gives protection against meningitis, an infection that can meningococcal cause death or serious complications, such as deafness and brain damage. Measles, mumps, MMR The MMR vaccine prevents measles, mumps, and rubella – and rubella very contagious infections that cause high fevers, rash, watery vaccine eyes, cough, and runny nose. Pneumococcal PCV13 Prevnar is used to prevent a serious infection caused by bacteria disease vaccine that affects sinuses and the inner ear. Rotavirus Rotavirus Rotavirus protects against a virus that can cause severe watery diarrhea, vomiting, fever and abdominal pain. Tetanus, Tdap Tdap is given to children 11 and older to boost the immunity of diphtheria, and the DTaP vaccine, which is given to children younger than 7. pertussis vaccine Varicella vaccine Varicella The Varicella vaccine prevents chickenpox, a very infectious disease that causes a rash , blisters, fever, and fatigue..