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From YouTube: What's Up, Doc?

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Baltimore County's top doc, Doctor Gregory Wm. Branch and his staff highlight the importance and safety of vaccines for kids and adults.

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Greetings everyone,, I'm dr. gregory, branch.

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And thank you for tuning into what's up, doc?,.

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Where we teach, tackle and talk.

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Today's pertinent health, issues.

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whooping cough, mumps, measles, these diseases that used.

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To strike fear in the hearts of some of our older relatives,.

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They have now become nearly extinct thanks to vaccines.

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But how do they work?, let's find out.

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What's up, doc?

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we have with us today dr. scott krugman,, dr. sharon, saunders, and dr. lucia donatelli.

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Thank you guys for coming. well,, dr. krugman,. Can you tell us what vaccines are, and how they work?.

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So vaccines are a way of helping our bodies'.

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Immune systems, fight infections, that we really don't want to get., so most infections come in either viruses or bacteria,.

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And vaccines will either take the virus and make it really weak, or take the bacteria, a little piece of the protein or part of the bacteria.

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That makes the response to that bacteria,.

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And usually injects,, but some are oral, into their body.

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Your body starts attacking those vaccine particles.

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Or that weakened virus, makes an immune response,.

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So if you get exposed to those diseases,, you don't get sick.

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It's a wonderful thing.

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That's a wonderful thing. okay,, so tell me, dr. saunders,. What are the side effects?.

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Usually, it's very local if you get an injection,.

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As dr. krugman said., you may get some redness., you may get some inflammation. and typically,. That's because your body is reacting.

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To those proteins, as dr. krugman mentioned,- and it is part of the response process., so it's not a bad thing.. It's actually showing that the vaccine is working.

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The way it should. sometimes, having a little bit of tylenol or some ice.

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Locally should take care of it for you.

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I guess it's always a good thing when you get a little bit of pain or something like that and not the disease.. That's very, very, true., (dr. branch laughs).

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So dr. donatelli,, why aren't vaccines 100%, effective?.

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Well,, dr. branch,, there's no treatment,, there's no medication,, there's no procedure.

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That's gonna be working 100% of the time.

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but vaccines, in order to make the vaccine safer.

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Than the disease,, the bacteria or the virus are weakened or in a killed state when put into the vaccine.

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There are some people that do not develop immunity from the vaccine,, but that doesn't have to do with the vaccine.. That's more related to individual characteristics in that person. okay,. But you know what?.

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I got some children., you guys have children, things like that., so tell us, what vaccines, dr. krugman,.

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Do our children need when they go back to school?, so the first series happen during infancy,.

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And all kids, when they show up to kindergarten, have to have their complete series from infancy, done.

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And that covers a very large number of diseases.

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And fortunately,, we have combination vaccines where at times you can have five different vaccines into one injection,, which makes life a lot better for the child,. Instead of getting five,, they get one, and have the same great effect., but for the most part, we're talking about diseases that are pass-on-able, and things like measles,, chicken, pox,, whooping cough or pertussis, tetanus..

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These are very serious diseases that you don't want your child to have.. So all of those are required.. The newer requirements for teenagers.

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Are to get a hepatitis, a vaccine,.

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Make sure there's two chicken pox vaccines, and make sure there's two measles vaccines.

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and those are required,, plus that tetanus booster with the whooping cough component for those middle schoolers., and that was a relatively recent requirement, about four or five years ago, and pretty much the county's doing a great job and most kids are showing up with the vaccines they need.

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That sounds grand,. That sounds grand., but you know what?. We always talk about vaccines, and we talk about children.

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All the time. dr. saunders, tell me about the adults.: do the adults need vaccines? and if they do,, what type of vaccines do they need?.

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The adults do need vaccines, and everybody focuses on the children, and they forget about the adults, but tetanus,. You should always have your tetanus booster,.

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At least every 10 years, and if you happen to be.

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Unfortunate enough to step on that rusty, nail,, a big one, get a fairly sizable wound,.

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You may need it a little bit sooner, and the doctors who see you will help you make that decision.. We also need to think about pneumococcal vaccine.

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And particularly, if you have chronic illnesses.

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somebody who's diabetic,, somebody who has chronic lung disease,, they are in particular.

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In need of the pneumococcal vaccine, and they may need a second dose of it., we also, the shingles vaccine, and that's a new one.

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I remember taking care of patients who,.

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For whom the shingles was very, very painful.,.

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All it does is indicate that have been exposed or had chicken pox at some point in their life,, but when it reappears, the pain is awful,.

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And to take a vaccine to keep that from happening,, it's a wonderful thing also., so the million dollar question.

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Does flu shots cause a person to get sick?.

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[Doctors] no. there you have it., thank you guys for joining us,, dr. krugman,, dr. saunders, and dr. donatelli., and thank you guys for joining us on. What's up, doc?.

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And we will see you the next time.

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What's up, doc?.