Immunologist Toolbox Report Topics 1. Haptens First described by Karl Landsteiner, a hapten is a small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when it attaches itself to a larger carrier molecule, usually a protein creating the hapten-carrier adduct or hapten-carrier complex. This complex then has the ability to become immunogenic. Haptens react specifically to the antibodies created against it and while the hapten, alone, cannot cause antibodies to respond it, it can bind with antibodies and act as an antigen. An example of a substance acting as a hapten is penicillin. When administered as an antibiotic, penicillin can bind with proteins in the body to form a hapten-carrier complex and cause anaphylaxis. Another example is urushiol, a toxin found in poison ivy. During exposure, urushiol can bind with skin proteins creating a complex that then can cause dermatitis. http://image.slidesharecdn.com/bio151lec4-101209015956-phpapp02/95/bio-151-lecture-4-27-728.jpg?cb=1291865929 2. Routes of Immunization and Effects of Antigen Dose Simply put, the route of immunization is the path used to introduce the immunization to a person’s body. There are several standard methods of immunization and administering a vaccine via the correct route is a critical factor to the success of the immunization. Typically, vaccines are given intramuscularly, subcutaneously, by intradermal injection (the topmost layer of skin), orally, or intranasal via nasal spray. Vaccines
Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material to stimulate an individual 's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. In simpler words, a vaccination is the injection of a killed or weakened organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism. The immune system is the body 's defense against
The down fall to these vaccinations are the side effects. Most of them are mild ones such as redness, soreness, or inflammation of the injection site. Some others may cause nausea, fever, or things on them lines, but the bottom line is that you’re not going to get a much more serious disease that could
The means of dealing with infectious diseases that endanger individual and public health have evolved over the years. In 1789, however, the most protective technology used to prevent epidemics was introduced by physician Edward Jenner; vaccination. Vaccine efficiency continues to develop and become more advanced, producing immunity to infectious diseases from 90 to 100 percent of the time today. Because of inoculation, millions of people worldwide are immunized from fatal epidemics. However, because of unsubstantiated fears, many parents have been withholding vaccines from their children. Despite this, parents should not have the right to withhold vaccines from their children for philosophical reasons. Vaccines are the best way to prevent disease, vaccine exemptions endanger individual and public health, and without widespread inoculation, controlled diseases will rebound.
(1) I would not take steps in reducing the flows of people, but I would take steps to reduce the flows of food and manufactured goods. Reducing the flows of people would lead to racism and prejudice towards someone's country of origin. Racists are looking for any excuse to demean a race or a country different than theirs, so the results would be catastrophic. Instead of banning the flow of people, I would rather take steps in recommending everyone to (mayoclinic, 2015):
When one is given a vaccine, the body’s immune system fights the disease or virus causing the body to become immune to the disease. Before vaccines, the only way to become immune to a disease was too simply contract the disease and hopefully live with no serious side effects or passing on the potentially deadly illness or dangers in a wide-spread epidemic. Vaccinations have been saving lives for over 200 years now. Below is a chart showing the successful impact vaccinations have had in the United States.
Zoe was a thirteen month old baby who became very ill from the chicken pox disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) reported on their website, one day her mom noticed blisters on her cheek and at first did not think it was anything to worry about. Throughout the next couple of days her mother noticed more blisters developing all over her body. Amy decided to get Zoe to her pediatrician who said that Zoe had chicken pox. Zoe was up to date on all her vaccines except for the chickenpox vaccine which she was scheduled to receive when she was fifteen months old. Zoe showed no signs of being sick and seemed fine. Everyone told Zoe’s mom that she was lucky that Zoe caught chickenpox and told her not to worry. Within a
The vaccination of children is a common practice in the United States. It has helped prevent the spread of infectious diseases that has plagued our society since the dawn of time. Since the decline of those infectious diseases, the United States and other countries have gone to what is called “herd immunity,” which is a mandatory vaccination of a majority of children to protect the mass population from contracting those easily communicable diseases (Orenstein & Yang, 2015). However, as of late the numbers of unvaccinated children are going up. Why is this happening? Why are so many parents choosing not to vaccinate their children? To answer those questions one must look at the reason why childhood vaccinations are required and why people choose to have their children vaccinated. Many parents believe some vaccinations help build their children’s immune system, but for other parents vaccinations are looked at as a risk to their children’s health and well-being. Many studies have been conducted to compile information to quantify the need for mass vaccinations, but childhood vaccinations have become so common in today’s society, that it’s hard to find a large percentage of unvaccinated children to gather a significant amount of data from. This is because the groups of unvaccinated children are too small and wide spread to consistently provide relevant data. This has led to a very controversial debate between parents, medical professionals and government officials about
In colonial America in the 1700’s the smallpox virus was spreading throughout the population, and killing as many of half of the people who were contracting the virus. According to pbs.org the earliest form of vaccinations was called “inoculation” and was being debated if it was considered safe. The fear was understandable, because the process to inoculate against the smallpox was riskier than todays modern vaccine. In the 1700’s inoculating statistics proved that it helped reduce the number of deaths. Inoculating took weeks and in the 1700’s George Washington did not have many soldiers to spare if one contracted small pox. Today, may historians credit inoculating with helping the Continental Army win the
Immunizations are an important thing to get to protect your babies and children from contracting and spreading diseases. According to the California Department of Public Health, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations are more than 97% effective in preventing measles (California Department of Public Health 2015). Erwin Chemerinsky is an American lawyer and law professor. Michelle Goodwin is a lawyer and has a medical background. This supports the claim by stating the effectiveness of receiving the vaccination. It has been shown to be affective when receiving the immunization. This information will support my argument using logos.
In 2003 there were two million deaths in children that were prevented because of immunization. This is a huge number; these lives were saved by vaccines. Children who are young and whose immune systems are not fully developed can die of illnesses that we as adults think are routine or not life threatening. What we do know is that if children are not immunized, illnesses like polio, measles, rubella, meningitis, and tetanus to name a few, will indeed return, with the cost being lives. There are also many social and economic risks associated with not immunizing children. It’s not only for their safety but for the safety of those around them. Recently parents have stopped immunizing children because of study
Benjamin Franklin spoke of the remorse he felt relating to his son’s death and regret of not vaccinating him when he had the chance; he wrote “in 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by smallpox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.” Franklin did not vaccinate his son because he was already ill with another disease; he did not want to risk his son’s health by vaccinating him and causing
Prior to beginning the MBA program here at SUNY Empire, there are immunization requirements you must abide by. Thus, I contacted the office of my primary care physician and made an appointment to receive the vaccinations. In making the appointment I made it clear to the receptionist the purpose of the visit as I wanted to ensure that the physician was able to complete my request. I was praised by the receptionist for mentioning the vaccination as it was something that they had to order prior to my visit. As the visit approached I received an appointment confirmation from the receptionist during which I mentioned the purpose of the visit once again.
Put yourself in the shoes of a parent, would you want to ever do anything to harm your child? Would you unknowingly insert a harmful substance onto a child’s body due to your inadequate education? Many, if not all, would answer no to the previous questions, why? Because us, as humans, would never want to put those close to us in any sort of harm. Whether it may have short-term effects or long-term, nothing is worth sacrificing ones, and others state of health. Whether it may have short-term effects or long-term, nothing is worth sacrificing ones, and others state of health.
Today I was able to accomplish my goals of seeing how the nurses interact with the different age groups and learning more about immunizations. Today there were several patients coming in to get vaccines, ranging from the age of 4 months to 13 years old. During each appointment, I was able to observe how the nurse interacted with them, for example using a high-pitched voice for the baby and being more playful for the older children. I was also able to observe the nurse preparing and giving several vaccinations. The nurse walked me through how she organizes all her vaccines and keeps track of which vaccine is which and also where to give them. She explained that if she gives multiple vaccines she likes to give a more painful shot on one
The article, people should not be allowed to refuse vaccination by, Ronald Bailey. The thesis is, vaccines have declined the mortality and suffering caused by infectious diseases. The article mostly stresses how having vaccinations can save many peoples life. It also goes on to say peple who do not get these immunizations are free riding off the people who are vaccinated. However he does not have a very good arugment because he does not have all the facts to prove his argument. The general publicis going to die anyway, why not give them the choice to getvaccinated?