How long does a pneumonia shot last?
The pneumonia shot is a vaccine that helps protect you against pneumococcal disease, or diseases caused by bacteria known as Streptococcus pneumoniae. The vaccine can help protect you from pneumococcal disease for many years.
One of the most common causes of pneumonia is infection of the lungs with the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae.
These bacteria mainly affect your lungs and can cause sometimes life-threatening infections in other parts of your body, too, including the bloodstream (bacteremia), or brain and spine (meningitis).
The pneumonia shot is especially recommended if you fall into one of these age groups:
* Younger than 2 years old: four shots (at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and then a booster between 12 and 15 months)
* 65 years old or older: two shots, which will last you the rest of your life
* Between 2 and 64 years old: between one and three shots if you have certain immune system disorders or if you’re a smoker
Our daughter came own with meningitis when she was seven month old. She had already been able to stand up and hold on the railing of her play pen before she got ill.
She was a very ill baby, but she had a good Physician. My husband thanked him when she was released.
She did have Nerve damage in her left ear. She is deaf, and she needs a hearing aid in her right ear, especially if she uses her cell phone or gets a phone call.
She was 18 month old when she walked by herself, because she had to learn everything over again from the time she was a new born.
She is married and she and her husband have a 14 Year old son. They live in Amarillo, TX
Maybe that’s new. Cause I’m on my 60s and have had 2 already because I had pneumonia twice.
Grand niece got it at 5 months, first ER said just teething, sister insisted on second opinion, Nearly a month in the Hospital, nearly died 105 temp.
That family can’t get a break, mom dying of various illnesses Lupus, Lymes, Sjogren’s and more. Meds destroy organs. 15 yr old has early onset Duchenes Muscular Dystrophy, it’s the one that kills.