Why is the Measles vaccine given at 9 months?

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Measles vaccine is given to the infants when they complete 9 months of life. Is measles a common disease that early in life? Measles is a common disease among young children Measles is a highly contagious disease; spread by breathing, coughing or sneezing the viral infected respiratory droplets and direct contact with the diseased patient. … Read more

Do you need a Flu shot?

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Flu is a self limiting viral sickness for most of the people. They can recover in less than 2 weeks without medical care or antiviral drugs. But, it might lead to severe complications in some people, which can result in hospitalization and even death. Sinus infections and ear infections, Pneumonia and bronchitis,  are some of … Read more

How effective is Painless DTP vaccine?

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Painless DTP vaccine are subunit type of vaccines containing only a part of Pertussis causing bacteria and not the whole of it.  They are actually  DTaP vaccines but known as painless as they do not cause pain and fever. Recent research has shown that DTaP fails to prevent transmission and spread of Pertussis among people … Read more

Is it still possible to get the disease for which vaccine has been given?

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If a baby can get a disease even after giving the vaccine, then why are vaccines important and how effective they are? Vaccines are not 100% effective. There is always a slight chance to catch infections even after immunization. But post vaccination, symptoms of the disease are usually much milder and infection normally does not … Read more

Why are booster doses important?

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Question: I see that you have mentioned booster doses for some vaccines in the immunization schedule. How are these important. Booster doses serve as a reminder call to our immune system to prepare itself for protecting against future infections. Memory antibody reserves produced by primary doses of vaccine, tends to decline over a period of … Read more

Is it important to give vaccine of same brand for different doses?

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No, it is not essential to give vaccines of same brands only for all the doses. The more important concern should be to timely administer the doses to complete the primary series with the best available options of vaccines. According to scientific studies, all brands of Hib conjugate, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Rotavirus and meningococcal … Read more

Why some vaccines are optional?

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Some vaccines are optional in contrast to the mandatory vaccines which should be given essentially to all the children of certain age group. Optional vaccines are the vaccines which are not made compulsory by the government, to be administered to each child. Parents can decide on these vaccines after discussing with their doctor. Decision can … Read more