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How Do Vaccinations Work?

Vaccines contain a minimal trace of the same germs that cause the disease that they are designed to immunize you from acquiring. While this aspect of vaccines may seem counterintuitive, the amount of the virus in the vaccine is controlled so that your body will be able to produce the antibodies needed to kill the virus. The amount of the virus in the vaccine will either be weakened or killed so that you don’t get sick.

What Is a Fracture?

There are different types of fractures that can help describe their severity. Stable fractures refer to breaks that do not change the alignment of the bone, while a compound fracture refers to one where the bone is severely misaligned, sometimes to the point of breaking the skin. Transverse fractures happen when there is a fracture line along the horizontal plane of the bone, oblique fractures are angled pattern breaks, and comminuted fractures refer to severe breaks where the bone is broken into three or more distinct pieces.