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1a Application Activities Format: Follow the numbers with arrows for a 30-minute, large group plus 20-minute Application Activities format.

1 Follow all the numbers for a 45- to 60-minute large

group only format.

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Session at a Glance

When you hear a family member or friend has been diagnosed with a terminal disease, how do you feel? Does your mind go to the question, "How can we live without this person?" Think about the person receiving the news. Is she thinking, "How can I live with this disease?" Consider Jesus' actions recorded in John 9.•Read John 9:1-5. How did the disciples react to

the blind man? Whom did they seek to blame for the blindness? How do you see people in your community? What needs can you help meet for the individuals?

•Read verses 6-12. How did the man respond? Why do you think he was obedient? Why did some of the people not recognize him? How do you respond when God does something in a person's life?

•Read verses 13-16. How did the Pharisees respond? What does their concern tell you about the Pharisees?

•Read verses 17-23. Place yourself in the parents' position. Why did they fear the Pharisees? How did religious tradition keep them from defending what their son had experienced? How do people today focus too much on religious tradition and miss the work of God in people's lives?

•Read verses 24-34. Notice the man's boldness. Not only did the man proclaim the power of God to heal, he questioned the very foundations of the Pharisees' faith.

•Reread the passage. What type of spiritual healing needed to take place? Are there areas in your life where spiritual healing is needed?

•Pray for each child in your ministry. Ask God to help you communicate how each child can trust God has the power to heal.

A Miracle of Healing

Focus Passage: John 9:1-34

Key Bible Verse: John 9:33

Life ApplicationI can trust God has power to heal.

Introduction to Worship (6 to 8 minutes)

Greet the ChildrenPlay "Guess My Challenge"

Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes)

Call to Worship/PraySing "Whoa!"Sing "Say, Say"Introduce Life ApplicationTell the Bible StoryReview the Bible StoryLearn the Key Bible VerseApply the Bible StoryPrayShow "Kaycee and Casey" Video #2Sing "Glory"/Receive OfferingSing "Lord, I Need You"

Application Activities (20 minutes)

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

Week of February 17, 2013

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Introduction to Worship

A Miracle of Healing

Teacher TipThe topic of this session can be very heavy for some children. Feel free to adjust the activities as needed.

1aGreet the Children

2aPlay "Guess My Challenge"

Pull It TogetherScissors, gift bag•Print "Challenges" (CD). Copy 1 card for each

child. Cut apart and place in the bag.

Teacher TipBe sensitive to children with physical challenges or family members with the challenges.

•Explain: "Each person will select a card. Do not let anyone see what is written on your card. When I say 'start,' read and begin acting out the action on your card. Find the other people who have the same challenge and group up."

•Distribute cards.•Instruct children to begin acting out the physical

challenges.•Gather the cards and replay as time permits.•Ask: "How would you feel if you really had this

physical challenge? How would you count on God to help you?"

Worship 3 Call to Worship/Pray (2 minutes)•Select a volunteer to read aloud Psalm 119:73.•Invite a child to pray.

4 Sing "Whoa!" (DVD, 3 minutes)

5aSing "Say, Say" (DVD, 3 minutes)

6aIntroduce Life Application (3 minutes)

Pull It TogetherWorship Guides, pencils

•Distribute Worship Guides and pencils. •Guide the children to complete "Cross Out."•Say: "In our game we pretended to have

physical challenges. Some people actually have these challenges. We do not know why God allows some people to be blind, others to be

deaf, and others to be paralyzed. We should not ask why God allows this, but know God has a plan and a purpose for everyone—even those with physical challenges. We can know God has the power to heal, and if His plan was to make everyone able to see, hear, or move, God could."

•Ask: "What message did you discover? How can we trust God has the power to heal?"

7aTell the Bible Story (8 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Bible Story" (CD). Display as directed.

•Ask: "Do you recall the definition of miracle?"•Say: "A miracle is 'an unusual event that only

God can cause to happen.' What are some miracles in the Bible?"

•Say: "Today we will learn about another miracle. The story is found in the Book of John. Open your Bible to John 9."

•Continue: "During our Bible story, I will test your eyesight. I want you to read aloud the words I display. Everyone read together."

•Open your Bible to John 9.•Tell the Bible story in your own words,

displaying the signs as directed.

A Miracle of HealingBased on John 9:1-34

One day Jesus and His disciples saw a blind man. The disciples asked, [display 1] "Teacher, who sinned causing this man to be born blind, the man or his parents?"

Jesus said, "Neither the man nor his parents. This man was made blind so God can work in his life. I must do the work God sent Me to do."

[Display 2] Jesus spit on the ground and made mud from His saliva. He placed the mud on the man's eyes and told the man, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam [sigh LOH uhm]." [Display 3] The blind man left, washed in the pool, and returned able to see.

The man's neighbors and others who knew the man used to be blind asked, [display 4] "Isn't this the man who was a blind beggar?" The man kept telling the people, [display 5] "I am the man." The people asked him, [display 6] "How are you now able to see?" The man responded,

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[display 7] "Jesus made me see." He told the people how Jesus made mud, placed it on his eyes, and told him where to wash. The people asked, [display 8] "Where is Jesus?" The man said, [display 9] "I don't know."

The people took the man to the Pharisees. They asked how he was healed. The man repeated his story. A problem now arose because the man was healed on the Sabbath, the day of rest.

The Pharisees said, [display 10] "This Man is not from God. He does not keep the Sabbath laws." Other people asked how a sinful person could perform the miracle.

The Pharisees asked the man, [display 11] "What do you say about the Man who healed you?" The man replied, [display 12] "He is a Prophet."

The Jews did not believe he was the same man who had been blind. They called on his parents and asked them, [display 13] "Is this your son? How is it that he can now see?" The man's parents said, [display 14] "This is our son, but we do not know how he was healed." The man's parents were scared because they knew if anyone said Jesus was the Messiah, they would be banned from the temple.

The Pharisees asked the man a second time about his healing. The man said, [display 15] "I once was blind, but now I see." He said to the Pharisees, [display 16] "Do you want to become disciples of the Man as well?" They made fun of the man saying, "You are His disciple. We are Moses' disciples. We don't even know where this Man came from."

The man said, [display 17] "You do not know where the Man is from, yet He healed me. God does not listen to sinners, but to anyone who fears Him and does His will. This Man is from God, or He would not be able to do the things He did."

The Pharisees did not like what the man said so they threw him out.

8aReview the Bible Story (5 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Blind Man" Teaching Picture (CD). Display.

•Call attention to the teaching picture.

•Ask: "How do you think you would feel if you were the blind man? Why did the Pharisees not believe Jesus healed him?"

•Recall facts from the Bible story.

9 Learn the Key Bible Verse (3 minutes)•Say: "Something amazing happened to the

blind man. Listen to what he said about Jesus."•Read aloud John 9:33.•Say: "Pretend you are the blind man. Stand up

and say the verse like the man may have said it."•Select volunteers to say the verse.

10aApply the Bible Story (4 minutes)•Say: "Jesus was able to heal the blind man

because He is God's Son. God has the power to heal people even today. Let's look at some ways God heals today."

•Guide the children to read "Healing Today" on the Worship Guides.

•Talk about the situations.•Guide the children to understand God can heal

people in a variety of ways. God also works through people (doctors and nurses) to heal as well.

•Help the children understand there are times people die.

11aPray (2 minutes)•Invite children to share prayer requests.•Pray.

12aShow "Kaycee and Casey" Video #2 (DVD, 7 minutes)

•Ask: "How do you act when you are sick? Do you want people to do things for you? How do you feel when someone you love very much is sick? Let's see what happens when Casey is sick and Kaycee learns her mom is in the hospital."

•Show video.•Talk about how God healed Casey and is

working in Kaycee's mom's life to heal her as well.

13aSing "Glory" (DVD, 3 minutes)/Receive Offering

14 Sing "Lord, I Need You" (DVD, 3 minutes)

15aTransition to Application Activities or Wrap-Up

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Wrap-Up(Large Group Only Format)

Wrap-Up(Application Activities Format)

Week of February 17, 2013 Worship KidStyle Children's Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

16 Develop Bible Skills (6 minutes)

Pull It TogetherPrint "Who Was Healed?" (CD).

•Say: "We learned about one person Jesus healed. Let's discover some other people Jesus healed. I will read aloud a Scripture passage. See how quickly you can locate the passage in your Bible and discover who was healed. Stand up when you know who was healed."

•Read aloud the Scripture passages, one at a time.

•Invite the children to share who was healed.

17 Sing "Come, Christians, Join to Sing" (DVD, 3 minutes)

18 Pray (1 minute)

19 Dismiss the Children to Their Parents

16a Share Application Activities (6 minutes)•Invite the children to share their Application

Activity experiences. dArts and Crafts—Feel Better Bags dDramatic Play—"The Doctor Says" Role Plays dGames—Healing Help Relay dExploration and Discovery—Bible Times and Modern Medicines

17a Sing "Come, Christians, Join to Sing" (DVD, 3 minutes)

18aPray (1 minute)

19aDismiss the Children to Their Parents

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Application Activities Select from the following choices. Each choice is designed for 20 minutes of small group time.

Pull It TogetherBrown paper lunch bags, travel packs of tissue, hard candy, pens, stickers, markers

Teacher TipSecure a copy of your church's prayer list. Invite the children to pray for individuals on the list.

Pull It TogetherScissors•Print and cut apart

"Doctor" (CD).

Teacher Tips•Invite the partners to

switch roles and role-play another medical condition.

•Provide medical props.


Worship Through Dramatic Play"The Doctor Says" Role Plays•Ask: "Have you ever been sick and had to go to the doctor? Let's role-play

some reasons people have to go to the doctor."•Guide each child to select a partner. •Say: "Decide which person will be the doctor and who will be the patient.

I'll give each set of partners a situation to role-play. Do not tell us what is wrong with the patient. The other groups will try to figure out what is wrong by watching and listening to the doctor's questions."

•Distribute "Doctor" cards. •Assist the groups in figuring out how to act out the remedies or medical

conditions.•Allow each group to role-play the medical condition.•Ask: "Have you ever seen someone who could not walk? Did you feel sad

for the person? Did you thank God for giving you the ability to walk?"•Review the Bible story.•Say: "Jesus healed the blind man. Place yourself in the man's position.

How do you think you would feel? What would you say to Jesus? What do you think your family and friends would have said after you were healed?"

•Pray, thanking God for His power to heal.

Worship Through Arts and CraftsFeel Better Bags•Ask: "Have you ever seen someone who could not walk? Did you feel sad

for the person? Did you thank God for giving you the ability to walk?"•Review the Bible story.•Say: "Jesus healed the blind man. Place yourself in the man's position.

How do you think you would feel? What would you say to Jesus? What do you think your family and friends would have said after you were healed?"

•Ask: "How can you help your family and friends when they are sick?"•Say: "Let's make 'Feel Better Bags' to give to people when they are sick."•Distribute lunch bags, markers, and stickers.•Guide the children to decorate the bags. Assist as needed.•Distribute remaining supplies. •Guide the children to place one of each item in the bags.•Say: "You may not know someone who is sick right now. If so, keep your

bag until you hear someone is sick, then deliver your bag. If you know someone who is sick right now, deliver your bag to her and ask if you can pray for her."

•Pray for the people who will receive the bags.•Conclude: "We can trust God has the power to heal people."

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Pull It TogetherInflated balloons, scissors, large basket or box, masking tape•Print "Healing" (CD).

Cut apart and tape 1 card to each balloon.

•Place the balloons in the basket.

•Create a starting line on the floor.

•Place the basket at the opposite end of the playing area (away from the tape line).

Teacher TipAdd additional balloons to the basket.

Pull It TogetherPencils, scissors, marker, ruler, poster board, tape•Print and cut apart

"Medicine" (CD). •Print "Shot Lists" (CD).

Copy 1 of page 1 for each child. Display pages 2-6 around the room.

•Draw 3 columns on the poster board. Label the columns Bible Times, Today, and Both.

Worship KidStyle Children's Edition Leader Guide© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Worship Through Exploration and DiscoveryBible Times and Modern Medicines•Ask: "When you are sick, do your parents give you medicine to help you

feel better? How did Jesus heal the man in our Bible story?"•Review the Bible story.•Say: "We can know God has the power to heal people. He also gave

scientists and doctors the knowledge they need to discover some pretty amazing medicines. Let's compare some medicines used in Bible times with today's medicines."

•Distribute "Medicine" cards.•Guide the children to read aloud and decide if the information describes

Bible times, today, or both. Place the cards in the correct columns.•Talk about the different medicines.•Distribute "Shot Lists" and pencils.•Explain: "Around the room are five posters. Take your 'shot list' with you to

each poster. Read the information and write something interesting about each shot."

•Assist as needed. •Allow the children to share their facts.•Read aloud John 9:33. •Pray, thanking God for His power to heal.

Healing Help Relay •Review the Bible story.•Say: "Jesus used mud to heal the blind man. God can simply speak and

a person will be healed. God also uses things like doctors, medicine, and bandages to heal us."

•Form two groups. Guide the groups to line up behind the starting line.•Say: "In our first race, one team will search for people God can use to heal

us. The second team will search for things God can use to heal us. The first person on your team will hop to the balloons and find one that fits the category assigned. Hold onto the balloon and hop back to the starting line. Hand the balloon to the next person in line. She will hold the balloon and hop to the balloons, find another balloon, and hop back. In the basket are different cards for each category, plus some extra balloons. The first team to gather all five of the correct cards is the winning team."

•Assign a category to each team and run the relay.•Say: "This time match up balloons with a person who needs help, a person

who can help, and a way to help the sick or injured person. For example, you may gather a balloon with a blind man, an eye doctor, and glasses. The first team to gather two complete sets is the winner."

•Run the race.•Ask: "How do you think the people felt watching Jesus perform miracles?

How would you feel if Jesus were in the room and healed someone?"•Pray, thanking God for His power to heal.

Worship Through Games

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Douglas Klauba A Miracle of Healing© 2006 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. John 9:1-34

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Challenges (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Blind (cannot see)

Mute (cannot speak)

Deaf (cannot hear)

Paralyzed in your

legs (cannot walk)

Paralyzed in your

arms

(cannot move your arms)

Paralyzed in your

whole body

(cannot move at all)

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Bible Story (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

TEACHER,

WHO SINNED

CAUSING THIS MAN

TO BE BORN BLIND,

THE MAN OR

HIS PARENTS?

(1)

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JESUS

SPIT ON THE

GROUND AND

MADE MUD

FROM HIS SALIVA.

(2)

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THE BLIND MAN

LEFT, WASHED

IN THE POOL,

AND RETURNED

ABLE TO SEE.

(3)

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ISN'T THIS THE

MAN WHO

WAS A BLIND

BEGGAR?

(4)

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I

AM

THE

MAN.

(5)

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HOW ARE YOU

NOW ABLE

TO SEE?

(6)

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JESUS MADE

ME

SEE.

(7)

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WHERE IS

JESUS?

(8)

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I

DON'T

KNOW.

(9)

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THIS MAN IS

NOT FROM GOD.

HE DOES

NOT KEEP

THE SABBATH LAWS.

(10)

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WHAT

DO YOU

SAY ABOUT

THE MAN

WHO HEALED

YOU?

(11)

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HE

IS A

PROPHET.

(12)

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IS

THIS YOUR

SON? HOW

IS IT

THAT HE

CAN NOW SEE?

(13)

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THIS IS OUR

SON, BUT WE

DO NOT KNOW HOW

HE WAS HEALED.

(14)

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I ONCE

WAS BLIND,

BUT NOW

I SEE.

(15)

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DO

YOU WANT

TO BECOME

DISCIPLES

OF THE MAN

AS WELL?

(16)

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YOU DO NOT KNOW

WHERE THE MAN IS

FROM, YET HE HEALED

ME. GOD DOES NOT LISTEN TO

SINNERS, BUT TO ANYONE WHO FEARS

HIM AND DOES HIS WILL.

(17)

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Who Was Healed? (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Who Was HealedMatthew 8:1-4 = a man with leprosy/skin disease

Matthew 9:1-8 = a paralyzed man

Matthew 17:14-20 = a demon-possessed boy

Mark 1:40-45 = a man with leprosy/skin disease

Mark 3:1-6 = a man with a paralyzed hand

Mark 8:22-26 = a blind man

Mark 10:46-52 = a blind man

Luke 4:38-39 = Simon Peter's mother-in-law

John 5:5-8 = a sick man on a mat

John 9:1-12 = a blind man

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Doctor (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Broken arm Sore throat

Headache Cut finger, needs stitches

Stomachache Broken toe

Nosebleed Ear infection

Trouble breathing Flu

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Healing (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy

Doctor Person with hurt arm Cast

Nurse Person with temperature Thermometer

Parent Person sick in bed Bowl of soup

Eye Doctor Person having trouble seeing Eyeglasses

Dentist Person with broken tooth Toothbrush

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Medicine (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

King Hezekiah had a "boil" on his body. The boil was treated by applying a mixture of figs (Isaiah 38:21).

People receive x-rays and other tests to determine what is wrong with them.

Medicines came from plants, animals, and salt. Different types of plants were used to treat sicknesses.

Frankincense and myrrh were used to treat a variety of diseases.

Medicines are purchased at a pharmacy. People ask God to heal them.

Wine was commonly used as a medicine. Wine helped get rid of pain, settle an upset stomach, and treat other

physical problems.

Doctors attend schools for several years to learn how to treat sicknesses.

People suffered from physical and mental conditions. Most babies were born without the help of a doctor.

People receive shots and other medicines to help keep them from getting sick.

God heals people.

Broken bones were set, arms and legs were removed, and teeth were taken out. False teeth were used

as early as 500 B.C.

Doctors use computers to keep a record of people's illnesses and treatments.

The priests had the responsibility to determine whether a person could infect another person or not. In some cases,

the priests could isolate people, keeping them away from others in the community.

The cause of most sicknesses was unknown. As a result, little could be done to stop or prevent the diseases. Sometimes, people were kept away from others to keep the diseases

from spreading.

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Medicine (February 17) Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Bible Times Today BothKing Hezekiah had a "boil" on his body. The boil was treated by applying a mixture of figs (Isaiah 38:21).

People receive x-rays and other tests to determine what is wrong with them.

Medicines came from plants, animals, and salt.

Different types of plants were used to treat sicknesses. Frankincense and myrrh were used to treat a variety of diseases.

Medicines are purchased at a pharmacy.

People ask God to heal them.

Wine was commonly used as a medicine. Wine helped get rid of pain, settle an upset stomach, and treat other physical problems.

Doctors attend schools for several years to learn how to treat sicknesses.

People suffered from physical and mental conditions.

Most babies were born without the help of a doctor.

People receive shots and other medicines to help keep them from getting sick.

God heals people.

Broken bones were set, arms and legs were removed, and teeth were taken out. False teeth were used as early as 500 B.C.

Doctors use computers to keep a record of people's illnesses and treatments.

The priests had the responsibility to determine whether a person could infect another person or not. In some cases, the priests could isolate people, keeping them away from others in the community.

The cause of most sicknesses was unknown. As a result, little could be done to stop or prevent the diseases. Sometimes, people were kept away from others to keep the diseases from spreading.

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Shot Lists (February 17) 1Worship KidStyle Children’s Edition, Winter 2012-2013© 2012 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Varicella Vaccine

MMR Vaccine

Tetanus Vaccine

Hepatitis Vaccines

Tdap Vaccine

Varicella Vaccine

MMR Vaccine

Tetanus Vaccine

Hepatitis Vaccines

Tdap Vaccine

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Varicella Vaccine• The varicella vaccine protects you from

chickenpox.

• Chickenpox is spread by touching someone or even through the air.

• The signs of chickenpox are rash, tiredness, headache, and fever.

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MMR Vaccine• "MMR" stands for mumps, measles, and rubella.

• Mumps, measles, and rubella are spread by touching someone or even through the air.

• The signs of mumps include swollen salivary glands (under the jaw), fever, headache, tiredness, and muscle pain.

• The signs of measles are rash, fever, cough, runny nose, and pink eye.

• The signs of rubella are rash, fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

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Tetanus Vaccine• A tetanus shot helps protect your body in case

you get a bad cut.

• The signs of tetanus include stiffness in your neck and abdominal muscles, difficulty swallowing, muscle spasms, and fever.

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Hepatitis Vaccines• You need 2 types of hepatitis vaccines: HepA

and HepB.

• HepA is spread through personal contact, or contaminated food or water.

• HepB is spread through blood or other body fluids.

• The symptoms of HepA include fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite, tiredness, vomiting, and yellowing of the skin. There may be no symptoms as well.

• The symptoms of HepB include fever, headache, weakness, yellowing of the skin, pain in the joints of your body, and itchy skin. There may be no symptoms as well.

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Tdap Vaccine• Tdap helps prevent your body from developing

diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (alternate name DTaP).

• Diphtheria is a disease that affects the respiratory system, including the lungs.

• The symptoms of diphtheria include weakness, difficulty breathing, painful swallowing, sore throat, fever, and swollen glands in the neck.

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