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What is Pneumococcal Disease? Do you need Pneumococcal Vaccination? What can I do? What are the symptoms? Are you at risk?

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Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but some people are at increased risk.^2,3,4

Being a certain age or having certain medical conditions can increase a person's risk for pneumococcal disease.^2,3,4

Risk of Hospitalization with Pneumococcal disease increases with age^{^4}

What is your age?

Below 50 years

Above 50 years

Certain chronic conditions increase risk of pneumococcal lung infection in adults^5,$

Select your age to know the risk

Do you have any chronic^‡ conditions?

(e.g. Lung Disease, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis)

Yes

Risk of pneumococcal lung infection is higher in smokers. Smokers aged 18 to 49, 50 to 64 and 65 years and older, are at 3.0, 4.4 and 3.9 times higher risk than non-smokers of same age^3,5

Do you smoke

Yes

IF YOU ARE 18+ YEARS,
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR RISK OF PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AND ASK ABOUT AVAILABLE VACCINATIONS THAT CAN HELP PROTECT YOU.

** COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
‡ Chronic means persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
$ Compared to healthy adults aged 18-49, 50-64 & 65+ years respectively.
^ This information is based on study findings done by Pelton et al. in USA.⁴

2. Pneumococcal Disease Transmission and Those at High Risk CDC. 2020 [cited 26th May 2021). Available from:
https://www.cdc.gov/pneumococcal/about/risk-transmission.html

3. Shea KM, Edelsberg J, Weycker D. Farkouh RA, Strutton DR, Pelton S. Rates of pneumococcal disease in adults with chronic medical conditions. In Open forum infectious diseases 2014 Mar 1 (Vol. 1, No. 1). Oxford University Press.

4. Pelton SI,Bornheimer R, Doroff R, Shea KM, Sato R, Weycker D. Decline in Pneumococcal Disease Attenuated in Older Adults and Those With Comorbidities Following Universal Childhood PCV13 Immunization. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 May 17;68(11):1831-1838

5. Koul PA, Chaudhari S, Chokhani R. Christopher D, Dhar R, Doshi K, et al. Pneumococcal disease burden from an Indian perspective: Need for its prevention in pulmonology practice. Lung India 2019;36:216-25.

6. Pneumococcal Disease | Pfizer 2020 [cited 26th May, 2021]. Available from: https://www.pfizer.com/health/vaccines/areasof-focus/Pneumococcal Disease

7. How Aging Affects Your Immune System. health U.S.News. 2018 [cited 26th May, 2021]. Available from:
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2018-03-14/how-aging-affects-your-immune system

Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but some people are at increased risk.2,3,4

Being a certain age or having certain medical conditions can increase a person's risk for pneumococcal disease.2,3,4

Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but some people are at increased risk.^2,3,4

Being a certain age or having certain medical conditions can increase a person's risk for pneumococcal disease.^2,3,4