Immunizations
This is a good time to make sure your immunizations are up to date. Check to see if you have had all doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
If you have not had chicken pox and did not get two doses of the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine when you were young, your physician will want you to have it now.
If you did not receive the Hepatitis B series when you were younger this should be given now. Also, vaccination for Hepatitis A should be considered.
We recommend the HPV vaccine for all adolescent girls. The vaccine provides protection against several viral strains that can cause cervical cancer and protects against cervical dysplasia (abnormal cells) and genital warts. This vaccine can be given after your 9th birthday.
Your tetanus and whooping cough vaccinations should be updated at 11-12 years of age.
Menactra, a vaccine to prevent meningitis, is recommended at 11-12 years of age.
The moral here is, shots are never really over!
