Vaccines.. DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE...?!
Question:
Vaccines.. DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE...?
OKAY THIS MIGHT SOUND DUMB BUT I NEED SOME HELP... IF VACCINES ARE GIVEN TO "PREVENT" THEN IS THERE ANY POINT TO GET A VACCINE AFTER YOUR DIAGNOSED? FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GET A DISEASE, SHOULD YOU STILL GET THE VACCINE IF YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED OR IS THERE NO POINT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE?
Answers:
In some cases, a vaccine can be very useful even after infection/exposure, but probably not at the point of being diagnosed by a doctor. Two examples are rabies and Hep B. You probably know that after getting bitten by a rabid animal, you get a series of shots. Those shots amount to a very intense vaccine regimen (though the first shot is actually immunoglobulin). With Hep B, post-exposure vaccination does have some effect. Once symptoms appear, which is likely what would lead to a diagnosis of the disease, it is usually too late for vaccine therapy, but in some instances if you know you have been exposed or even infected, a vaccine will stimulate your immune system before the pathogen can get established.
If you can give the specific disease, I or others might be able to give you some better information to your specific case.