pnuemonia vaccination

[k8bailey]

im 22, and i've just been offered a pneumonia vaccination, i think because i was born with a heart defect and have had a few ops to correct it, i wasn't even aware there was a pnuemonia vaccination and now im wondering if i should have it?!

[redcrx]

i think its a new vaccine (PVC), offered to young children and those in an at risk group, which i should think is why you have been offered it.

My 20 month old son had it yesterday. With all his other vaccinations hes had a couple of days being a little under the weather but hes been fine since this one, it didnt even hurt him to have it.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.a spx?articleId=1031 may help explain more

[bigmamma]

This vaccination is offered wisely to those in the at-risk groups who would become seriously or fataly ill contracting pneumonia.It is simply given like the flu vaccination but is only needed to be given once.I am a severe asthmatic and was given it some years back.