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Vaccinations

Baby Shots protect against 13 serious childhood diseases:

• Measles causes a high fever, rash, sore eyes and cold-like symptoms. It can lead to hearing loss, breathing problems, pneumonia, brain damage and death.
• Mumps causes headache, fever and painful swelling of the cheeks and jaw. In some cases, it can lead to hearing loss, swelling of the brain and spinal cord, and brain damage.
• Rubella (German Measles) is highly contagious and causes a fever and rash on the face and neck. A pregnant woman who gets Rubella can lose her baby, or have a baby with severe birth defects.
• Diphtheria causes a severe throat infection that makes it very hard to swallow and breath.
• Tetanus (Lockjaw) causes severe muscle spasms, breathing and heart problems, and may lead to death.
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) causes longs spells of coughing that makes it hard for a child to eat, drink and breath. It can lead to pneumonia, seizures and death.
• Polio can cause lifelong paralysis and deformity.
• Haemophilus Influenza Type B causes joint, eye, ear and lung infections, and meningitis which may lead to brain damage or death.
• Pneumococcus is the leading cause of serious illness among young children worldwide. It is the most frequent cause of meningitis, blood infections, pneumonia, sinusitis and ear infections.
• Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease that can cause "flu-like" symptoms, jaundice (yellow skin or eyes), severe stomach pain, diarrhea, and in rare cases, death.
• Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can lead to liver damage, liver cancer and in some cases, death.
• Varicella (Chicken Pox) is a highly contagious disease that causes fever, tiredness and weakness, followed by an itchy blister-like rash.
• Rotavirus is a highly contagious disease that causes diarrhea, vomiting and fever. May lead to severe dehydration and death.

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