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What are the side effects of yellow fever vaccine?

Joe Ford

What are the side effects of yellow fever vaccine?

Common side effects of YF-Vax (may occur for 5 to 10 days after receiving the vaccine) include injection site reactions (redness, pain, swelling, tenderness, soreness, aches, or a lump), fever, joint pain, body aches, muscle pain, flu-like symptoms, rash, headache, or general ill feeling (malaise).

Is yellow fever vaccine for life?

A safe and effective yellow fever vaccine has been available for more than 80 years. A single dose provides lifelong protection for most people. The vaccine is a live, weakened form of the virus given as a single shot.

What is the age limit for yellow fever vaccination?

Who should be vaccinated against Yellow Fever? The yellow fever vaccine is essential for everyone from 9 months of age living in a yellow fever endemic country (like Nigeria).

What is the modern treatment for yellow fever?

There is no medicine to treat or cure infection. To prevent getting sick from yellow fever, use insect repellent, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants, and get vaccinated.

What should we eat during yellow fever?

Quick tips

  • Drink at least eight glasses of fluids per day.
  • Consider adding milk thistle to your routine.
  • Opt for fruits like papaya and mango, which are rich in digestive enzymes.
  • Eat at least 2 1/2 cups of veggies and 2 cups of fruit per day.
  • Look for high-fiber foods, such as oatmeal, berries, and almonds.

Why do they call it yellow fever?

Yellow fever is a viral disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Yellow fever can lead to serious illness and even death. It is called ‘yellow fever’ because in serious cases, the skin turns yellow in colour.

Can humans transmit yellow fever?

Yellow fever virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of infected Aedes or Haemagogus species mosquitoes. Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected primates (human or non-human) and then can transmit the virus to other primates (human or non-human).

How long is yellow fever contagious?

Humans with yellow fever are infectious and can transmit the virus to uninfected mosquitoes shortly before the onset of fever and for three to five days after the onset of symptoms.

Was yellow fever a pandemic?

Official reports of yellow fever between 1965 and 2004 in South America and Africa total over 33,000 cases. In West Africa, a major resurgence of epidemic yellow fever occurred in the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, and epidemics continue to occur nearly every year in some location.