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Posted: 23 September 2008 07:39 PM   [ Ignore ]
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is there such a thing? pneumonia is going around over here and i would like to take precautions so i wont get it
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Posted: 24 September 2008 07:09 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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If you are older than 65 or you have a heart or lung problem, you may want to get a pneumonia vaccine. It may not keep you from getting pneumonia. But if you do get pneumonia, you probably will not be as sick.

You can also lower your chances of getting pneumonia by staying away from people who have the flu, colds, measles, or chickenpox. You may get pneumonia after you have one of these illnesses.
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Posted: 26 September 2008 06:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Vaccines for pneumococcal disease are available. But research indicates that they might not help everybody. The vaccine for older adults is called pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPV).

Some studies show that the vaccine does not reduce the risk of pneumonia in adults, but it can prevent some of the serious complications of pneumonia, such as infection in the bloodstream (bacteremia) or throughout the body (septicemia), in younger adults and those older than 55 years with a healthy immune system.
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Posted: 30 November 2008 02:30 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Yes there is a vaccine or immunization for pneumonia. It can help you avoid the complications of pnemonia once you have this vaccine.
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