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College-Immunizations-screenings, vaccinations, Screenings

Screenings and tests

College immunizations screenings should be done before you leave for school. They are important. In college you live in close proximity with lots of people, some of them at high risk for infectious diseases. You need to be protected as much as possible.

Your college will let you know if certain vaccinations are required, but you should have a physical, and necessary shots or boosters before you go.

Recommended Adolescent and Adult Screenings, Ages 18-29

  • Vision

  • Blood Pressure

  • Cholesterol (Discuss with physician)

  • Pap Smear (All women)*

  • Chlamydia (All women)*

  • Gonorrhea (All women)*

  • Syphilis (Men and women)

  • HIV (Men and women)

  • Testicular Self-Exam (Men, discuss with physician)

  • Tubersulosis (TB) Becomming more common (again). Everyone at risk,especially those with lowered immune system respoonse, discuss active and inactive TB with physician.

  • Dental exam

  • Counseling if you need it for substance abuse, alcohol, sexual behaviour, mental health and risk factors

  • Counseling for birth control

    *All Women: Not that men should not get tested for these STDs, but women can have disastrous life changing repercussions from these infections.

    For information on Sexually Transmissible Diseases, please visit STDs and practice smarter sex.

    Meningitis!

    Frequently fatal.

    Thrives in college-living atmosphere, with lots of people in close proximity to each other, and sharing facilities.

    Flu-like symptoms, fast moving. Inflammation of the meninges caused by viral or bacterial infection and marked by intense headache and fever, sensitivity to light, perhaps muscular rigidity. Can cause convulsions, delirium and death. Ask your physician about the vaccine. Today.

    Women: Cervical Cancer

    Ask your physician about the new vaccine against Cervical Cancer. Why take a chance?

    Recommended Immunizations

  • Chicken Pox (Varicella) : At Risk

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  • Td Booster (tetanus and diptheria): Once each ten years

    Diphtheria is another disease like Tuberculosis, that is coming back to get us.Before the vaccine, this disease is highly contagious bacterial disease. It is characterized by the formation of breath-obstructing membrane in the throat, and acommpnied by a frequently fatal toxin in the blood.

  • MMR (Mumps, Measles, Rubella: Discuss

  • Annual Influenze At risk

  • Hepatitis A Vaccinations

  • Hepatitis B Vaccinations

  • Meningococcal Vaccine: Discuss this w/physician, some schools have had serious outbreaks.

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