Vaccines are essential to prevent childhood illness and protect children's health, and knowing some common sense questions about vaccinations can reassure you and keep your child on schedule.
1.Is there a time requirement for vaccination?
It is necessary to follow the immunization schedule on time, such as hepatitis B vaccine 24 hours after birth, BCG vaccine should be given within 3 months of birth, and other vaccines also have corresponding requirements. If you don't get vaccinated in time, you need to catch up as soon as possible. For catch-up vaccination, there is no clear time limit, and it is necessary to make up the vaccination as soon as possible and complete the immunization program.
2.Can several vaccines be given at the same time?
At present, all vaccines in the national immunization program can be administered at the same time. If two or more injections of live attenuated vaccine are not given at the same time, the interval needs to be more than 28 days, and there is no requirement for other vaccines.
3.How to vaccinate premature babies?
If there are no other comorbidities, the vaccine should be given according to the chronological age after birth. The hepatitis B vaccine requires early vaccination, and if vital signs are unstable after birth, the hepatitis B vaccine is required as soon as the vital signs are stable.
Neonates with BCG can be vaccinated after a gestational age of >31 weeks and a normal medical assessment. Less than or equal to 31 weeks can be vaccinated before discharge.
4.Can children with allergies be vaccinated?
Allergies are not contraindicated to vaccination;If you have a severe allergy to a vaccine component or if you have a severe allergic reaction after vaccination, you cannot get the vaccine.
5.If my child is sick, can I get vaccinated?
Physiological jaundice, breast milk jaundice, history of febrile convulsions, stable brain disease, liver disease, congenital heart disease, Down syndrome, etc. are not contraindications to vaccination. In other cases, after the doctor's evaluation, if there is no safety risk, normal immunization can be performed.
6.Is it possible to get vaccinated with immunoglobulin?
If the live attenuated vaccine is given, an interval of 3 months is generally required. Inactivated vaccines require 1 month, such as JE inactivated vaccines. In the case of Kawasaki disease, etc., if excessive doses of immunoglobulin are used, it is generally recommended not to receive live attenuated vaccination for 11 months.
7.Can I get vaccinated if I am using immunosuppressants or have immunodeficiency disease?
In general, live attenuated vaccines cannot be given, but inactivated vaccines can be administered;Vaccines that are live vaccines include measles-mumps vaccine, live attenuated hepatitis A vaccine, varicella vaccine (self-financed), oral polio vaccine, and live attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Vaccination of children with HIV infection or suspected of infection is described in detail in the national immunization programme procedure.