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By JOHN SEXTON
Rappahannock Public Health Nurse
A vaccine to protect against a dangerous childhood disease is now available.
Haemophilus Influenza Type b is an illness that causes meningitis (an infection involving the brain and spinal cord). Each year, 12,000 cases of this illness are discovered in chil dren. In fact, one out of every 200 children will become ill with this disease by the time they reach their fifth birthday.
It is sad to say that one out of 20 children who become ill with Haemophilus will die from it, and one of four will suffer permanent brain damage. Many more will be afflicted with permanent damage to bones, blood, hearing, throat, or be plagued with other side effects of the disease.
However, there is a simple vaccine to prevent this dreaded illness.
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