Vaccination, in addition to effectiveness, should also be safe. To follow these conditions, you need to know the list of contraindications to vaccinations. These contraindications can be absolute and relative. If post-vaccination conditions can lead to life-threatening conditions, then such contraindications are considered absolute. These include:
- severe reaction in the child to the same vaccine introduced earlier (temperature above 40 degrees, swelling, redness more than 8 cm);
- complications arising after the introduction of the same dose of vaccine (collapse - a sharp drop in pressure, anaphylactic shock, encephalitis, convulsions);
- immunodeficiency states ("live" vaccines are contraindicated, "killed" vaccines are not contraindicated, but may not lead to the development of immunity).
Contraindications relative are considered temporary conditions in which proper immunity may not be achieved:
- SARS running at a high temperature. The vaccination is postponed to a later date;
- the presence of an easy disease can not be a contraindication to vaccination, if the child is often sick with ARVI;
- If there is a chronic illness in the child, then a specialist consultation is necessary;
- After the blood transfusion, the planned vaccination should be postponed for 3 months;
- preterm infants are vaccinated only if they have a good weight gain.
Contraindications to vaccination Mantou are:
- skin diseases;
- infectious diseases in the stage of exacerbation;
- epilepsy;
- allergy.
In teams where quarantine is introduced for children's infections, the introduction of Mantoux samples is prohibited.
Contraindications to polio vaccination are as follows:
- the child has an immunodeficiency state or the child is in contact with a person with immunodeficiency;
Vaccination against hepatitis B has a number of contraindications:
- allergy to food yeast;
- intolerance of individual components of the drug;
- there was an allergic reaction to the administration of the drug the previous time;
- elevated temperature.
Vaccination of DTP is contraindicated if:
- the child is ill with any infectious disease;
- after the previous vaccination, the child had encephalopathy or anaphylactic shock.
Contraindications to BCG vaccination are:
- immunodeficiency states;
- malignant tumors;
- previously there was a strong reaction to the previous vaccination.
Pediatric Doctors are required to notify parents of any contraindications to vaccination of any of the vaccines. And it's up to parents to decide whether to vaccinate a child or not, which should understand well what they are going to, refusing to vaccinate a child.