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The combined vaccine saves the child and parents from the stress of having multiple punctures. From the second month of life, three doses are given at least monthly intervals, then a booster dose in the second year of life. Multivalent vaccines contain weak forms of microorganisms that train the immune system to respond properly to immune responses without causing infection.
What distinguishes them from older vaccines is that they contain acellular pertussis antigens and a much lower dose of additives. This reduces the risk of side effects. In composition combination vaccines there should be physicochemical antigens and mutually stimulating antigens. They have been divided into the following three groups within which they should be combining vaccines.
The first group was made up vaccinesto which it belongs Infanrix, includes: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine, poliomyelitis vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine, hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine, meningococcal vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine and typhoid vaccine.
To the second group vaccines include: the measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox vaccine.
Third group vaccines These are: typhoid vaccine, cholera vaccine, vaccine against Shigella, Campylobacter, rota viruses.
Combined vaccinations thus, apart from the obligatory vaccines, they also include those included in the recommended vaccination schedule.
Infanrix – indications
The vaccine actively immunizes children from 2 months of age against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis (Heine-Medina disease) and Haemophilus influenzae type b infections.
Diphtheria it is a disease strongly contagious by direct contact and by droplets. At first, the picture of the disease resembles streptococcal angina. If the disease is not treated, it can lead to paralysis of the soft palate, heart problems, nerve paralysis, liver or kidney damage, and death by asphyxiation. It can also attack the nose, bronchi, eyes, genitals, navel, bronchi and the skin in general.
Tetanus to choroba contagious, but not contagious. About 80 percent of infections are caused by minor wounds. Bacteria that produce the poison tetanospazmin enter the body with dirt and soil. It damages the central nervous system, resulting in increased muscle tone, painful and prolonged contractions, including the respiratory muscles and the larynx, leading to acute respiratory failure.
Whooping cough is a disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Usually, the symptoms resemble a cold with prolonged paroxysmal coughing. Coughing may not occur in children, which is why it causes major diagnostic problems. It leads to pneumonia, bronchitis, otitis, emphysema, inflammation and damage to the brain, bleeding into the central nervous system.
polio otherwise acute widespread childhood paralysis or Heine-Medin disease is an acute infectious viral disease. It can be asymptomatic or show up in the form of paralysis leading to paralysis of the body and, consequently, to disability or even death.
Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib), or haemophilic bacilli, type B, is a bacterium that can cause severe pneumonia, meningitis and even potentially fatal sepsis, among others. Most often it attacks children up to 5 years of age.
Infanrix – warnings
Like any other vaccine it should not be for people in the period of acute and severe febrile diseases. You should notify your doctor if your child is hypersensitive to any of the ingredients or has shown symptoms of hypersensitivity after previous use. vaccine and when the child is taking immunosuppressants.
Infanrix – side effects
Sometimes after vaccination are as follows undesirable effects: soreness, redness and swelling at the injection site. Fever, heavy crying, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, irritability, restlessness, cough, bronchitis, rhinorrhea, rash, hives.
Before use, read the leaflet, which contains indications, contraindications, data on side effects and dosage as well as information on the use of the medicinal product, or consult your doctor or pharmacist, as each drug used improperly is a threat to your life or health.