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New Vaccines
Beaver Medical Group is administering new vaccines that came out in the last year. These provide wonderful breakthroughs that will help prevent diseases that have caused cancer, pain and even death for many years.
Prevention of Cervical Cancer:
Gardasil helps prevent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a very common virus that causes over 99% of cervical cancer cases. In the United States, over 6 million people get an HPV infection every year. Almost half of the infections are in those between 15 and 25 years of age. About half to three-fourths of the people who have ever had sex will have HPV at some time in their life, often with no symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is recommending that all girls and woman 9 to 26 years old receive the vaccine, preferably before any sexual activity. Beaver Medical Group’s main target population is all girls 11 and 12 years old.
Prevention of Rotavirus:
Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea among infants and children, resulting in the hospitalization of approximately 55,000 children each year in the United States and the death of over 600,000 children annually worldwide. Infants should receive 3 doses of the oral vaccine RotaTeq at 2, 4 and 6 months of age. Infants should receive the first dose of the vaccine by 12 weeks of age.
Prevention of Shingles:
Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, varicella zoster virus. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus stays in the body. Usually the virus does not cause any problems; however, the virus can reappear years later, causing shingles. The CDC is recommending Zostavax for patients 60 and older.
Prevention of Chickenpox
The CDC is now recommending a second dose of varicella vaccine be given to children to prevent chickenpox. The first dose should be administered at age 12--15 months, and a newly recommended second dose should be administered at age 4-6 years
Talk to your doctor about these new vaccines. These immunizations (except Zostavax) are outlined in the new recommendations from the CDC. The immunization schedules are posted in the preventive care section of www.beavermedicalgroup.com.
