Splitting vaccines – what can it lead to? What concerns do parents have?

The topic is more and more often discussed in the doctor’s office. First of all, due to the number of punctures we have to do during vaccination visits. Parents are increasingly asking for a split vaccination. What objections do they report?

One visit = one vaccine

There is no way to separate measles, mumps, and rubella. Vaccination against these diseases is included in one MMR vaccine and there are no separate vaccines on the market.

Parents often want to vaccinate their child but want to do it on “their own” terms. Guided by what? For me, this is a big surprise, what factors are taken into account in dividing the vaccinations planned in the vaccination calendar?

Parents increasingly want to vaccinate their children against the guidelines of scientific societies and for irrational reasons they create for themselves.

5 parents’ attitudes towards vaccination were distinguished:

1. complete acceptance
2. prudent acceptance
3. indecision
4. moderate opposition
5. strong opposition

One visit = one vaccine. This is the wrong approach. Let’s start from the beginning. In the first year of life (up to the age of 12 months), a child receives, taking into account “sanitary” vaccinations:

1. 3x DTP;
2. 3x HiB (Haemophilus influenzae B);
3. 2x IPV (polio);
4. 3x hepatitis B;
5. 1x BCG (tuberculosis);
6. 2x pneumokoki.

If the parent decides to have additional vaccinations, we must add:

1. 2x meningokoki B;
2. 2x meningokoki A+C+W+Y;
3. 2-3x rotaviruses (orally).

To sum up, in the “health care” cycle, in the first year of a child’s life, we will perform 14 obligatory punctures + 4 recommended punctures, ie 18. Choosing the 6-in-1 cycle, we reduce the number of punctures to 7 obligatory punctures + 4 recommended punctures, ie 11 punctures.

Scientific research has shown that one of the most important reasons for the unsatisfactory vaccination coverage of children was the unjustified postponement of vaccination. Some of them are responsible for the decision to divide the vaccinations that, according to the vaccination schedule, were to be administered simultaneously.

Recommendations Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) they make it clear that one should vaccinate according to the vaccination schedule: “Both the results of the experimental clinical trials and the extensive clinical experience provide the scientific basis for the simultaneous (ie during one visit to the doctor’s office) administration of several vaccines to one person”.

ACIP allows 9 different vaccine preparations to be administered during one vaccination visit, if needed:

1. DTP,
2. IPV,
3. Hib,
4. MMR,
5. Hepatitis B,
6. flu,
7. Hepatitis A,
8. Chickenpox,
9. pneumococcal.

Also read: Mandatory vaccinations – everything you need to know

“I don’t want to vaccinate with mercury vaccines”

In this situation, if parents, despite (of course) lack of scientific grounds for vaccination with vaccines containing thiomersal (ethylmercury), are afraid to administer such a vaccine, one must remember one thing. In Poland, thiomersal contains the DTPw vaccine, that is the one in the free vaccination course (“sanitary”). Then we vaccinate the child with a highly combined vaccine that does not contain thiomersal, i.e. 6in1 or 5in1. And the problem is solved, you do not have to postpone anything, move or combine anything. Unfortunately, you have to pay.

“I will get vaccinated later because the baby is too young for vaccines and his immune system is not ready for it”

Firstly, I congratulate the uhlan fantasy to create this type of nonsense ourselves, because what we rely on, thus justifying the postponement of vaccinations, because certainly not on the basis of medical knowledge.

Although statistics and experts clearly say that the youngest patients are most exposed to diseases and their consequences, for some unknown reason parents create pseudo-theories that vaccinations are harmful to children. These parents neither know the statistics of their children nor the complications of such toddlers.

“DTPw vaccine damages the baby’s brain”

It’s a myth. The DTPw vaccine itself has convulsions, inconsolable crying or hypotonic-hyporesponsive syndrome in post-vaccination reactions, but these are not permanent symptoms and do not damage the nervous system. Quite the opposite is the case with whooping cough, which not only can be fatal (1% of infants), but also causes many neurological complications, including encephalopathy in 0,3% babies.

“There is no disease, why get vaccinated against tetanus”

The first fundamental mistake. It must be remembered that the disease is not caused by vaccinations and until the disease is completely eliminated (as in the case of smallpox), it should be vaccinated so that the disease does not return.

Also read: Doktorek Radzi. Łukasz Durajski deals with medical myths on a daily basis

“Polio is no longer present in the world, why vaccinate?”

There were only 2018 cases of polio in the world in 33. This has been a huge success since the World Health Organization (WHO) first passed the resolution to eradicate (i.e. eliminate) polio in 1989. Recent cases of polio come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. It would seem that far. But travel and travelers keep the risk of the disease spreading.

“In Europe, they no longer vaccinate against tuberculosis, so why should I vaccinate?

In Europe, they do not vaccinate, because the number of cases is lower than in Poland. The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases recommends that vaccinations may be withdrawn when the incidence of the most infectious form of tuberculosis, i.e. pulmonary tuberculosis with positive sputum microscopic examination results, falls below 5 per 100 people. In Poland in 000 it was 2016 , 6,3 cases out of 100. It’s close, but the percentage is still high.

Also read: Travel vaccinations – when and what do you need to get vaccinated for?

«Vaccines cause autism»

There are already so many studies debunking this myth that it’s hard to believe it’s still being rolled over and over again.

“It’s better to get sick of smallpox, so many people got sick and nothing happened”

This is the biggest mistake we can make. Of course, I agree that in most cases, smallpox is mild, but what about severe patients. Do we want to play roulette for the health and life of our child, risking whether our child will have complications after chickenpox or not?

The text comes from: www.doktorekradzi.pl

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