Vaccines are not only for children.
Adults need some vaccines too: a few for everyone, some from 50, and some for people with diabetes or a long-term illness. Find yours in a minute.
Reviewed by Dr. Prabhat Arya, MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine)
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Find your vaccines.
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Every vaccine is listed below, with who needs it.
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Flu (influenza)
Every adult, every year; most important from 50, in pregnancy and with a long-term illness
One dose a year, ideally before the rains or the winter.
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Tetanus and diphtheria (Td or Tdap)
Every adult, every 10 years, and in every pregnancy
One booster every 10 years. After a dirty wound, sooner if the last was over 5 years ago.
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Pneumonia (pneumococcal)
From 50, or at any age with diabetes, heart, lung, kidney or liver disease, or if you smoke
One or two doses, depending on the type he advises.
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Shingles (herpes zoster)
From 50
Two doses, two to six months apart.
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Hepatitis B
If not already protected: with diabetes, kidney or liver disease, or a job in health care
Three doses over six months. A blood test shows if you are already protected.
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HPV (protects against cervical and other cancers)
Up to 26; from 27 to 45, ask him. Not in pregnancy
Two or three doses, depending on age.
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Pregnant, or planning a pregnancy? Some vaccines are given in pregnancy and some must wait until after: ask him before any vaccine. Tests for adults are on their own page: the health check.
Not sure which to take?
Ask him on a video consultation. He looks at your age, your illnesses and your medicines, and says which vaccines to have, and when.
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