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  • Pneumovax 23 pneumococcal vaccine 0.5ML solution for injection in pre-filled syringe POM X1

Pneumovax 23 pneumococcal vaccine 0.5ML solution for injection in pre-filled syringe POM X1

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What is Pneumovax and what is it used for?:
 
PNEUMOVAX 23 is a pneumococcal vaccine. Vaccines are used to protect you or your child against infectious diseases. Your doctor has recommended that you or your child (two years of age and older) have the vaccine to help protect against severe infections caused by bacteria that are called pneumococci. Pneumococci can cause infections of the lungs (especially pneumonia) and of the coverings over the brain and spinal cord (meningitis) and in the blood (bacteraemia or septicaemia). The vaccine will only be able to protect you or your child against pneumococcal infections that are due to the types of these bacteria that are included in the vaccine. However, the 23 pneumococcal types in the vaccine include those that cause almost all (about nine out of ten) infections caused by pneumococci. When the vaccine is given to you or your child, the body’s natural defences make antibodies that help to protect against pneumococcal infections. Pneumococcal infections occur throughout the world and can occur in anyone at any age, but are most likely in: • elderly people. • people who have lost their spleen or whose spleen is not working. • people who have low resistance to infections due to longstanding illnesses or infections (such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, liver disease or HIV infection). • people who have low resistance to infections due to treatment that they have had for some illnesses (such as cancer). Pneumococcal infections of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis) sometimes occur after injuring and cracking the skull and very rarely after certain medical operations. The vaccine may not be able to prevent all of these infections. Also, pneumococcal infections can occur in the sinuses, ears, and in other parts of the body. The vaccine is not thought likely to protect you or your child against these more minor kinds of infections.
 
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