Vaccination against measles - will protect your baby from serious childhood infection
June 22, 2014
Vaccination against measles - many parents are wondering, is it worth it to do? Modern moms are not quite what the measles. But a hundred years ago, an epidemic of measles literally mowed down the child population. Measles is often complicated by pneumonia, otitis media, and encephalitis. Today, all this has been forgotten, more often parents refuse vaccinations, which makes itself known outbreaks of measles.
When being vaccinated against measles
Vaccinations against measles are included in the national immunization schedule. It was established that year to protect a child against measles antibodies transmitted by the mother during pregnancy and in breast milk. After a year of antibodies the mother of the child removed from the body, and it needs protection. Calendar of vaccination against measles includes vaccination at the age of one year and re-vaccination at the age of 6 years. At the same time they are vaccinated against rubella
Vaccination against rubella - can not be ignored
and mumps. Vaccination against measles in our country is at the end of the 60s of the last century, and revaccination - since 1997, since many school age children to measles immunity is weakened, threatening outbreaks of measles
Measles in children - may cause serious complications
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Immunity after vaccination against measles, unfortunately, is not as stable and life is after the disease. It was found that after 10 years it can drop significantly, so began to appear measles outbreaks among adolescents. In these outbreaks of disease vaccination against measles is done by epidemiological indications.
If a child as children were immunized against measles at the age of 15-17, and 35 years his routine vaccination is carried out, which consists of two injections of vaccine with an interval of 3-6 months.
According to epidemic indications (if the person has been in contact with a patient with measles) vaccinated persons of any age who have not previously had measles had not been vaccinated against it or vaccinated once. All these individuals vaccinated against measles carried out within the first 72 hours after contact with the patient. As the incidence of measles in the outbreak immunization dates may be extended up to 7 days from the date of detection of the first patient in the outbreak.
For emergency prevention of measles and measles immunoglobulin is used. It is prepared from the blood of donors who recover from measles or been vaccinated against measles, and contains ready-measles antibodies. Measles immunoglobulin is administered to persons who have been in contact with a patient with measles and are contraindications to vaccination. As a result of its introduction creates a so-called passive immunity (fall in blood ready antibody) which is short - donor antibody excreted through several weeks.
The vaccine against measles - what does it represent?
All produced today measles vaccine is a suspension of live attenuated (attenuated), measles virus, which enters the body of the child, forced him to develop a strictly specific "weapon" - antibodies (proteins, immunoglobulins), aimed at the elimination of measles.
Vaccination against measles is required for the child's immune system is always recognizable measles virus and destroy them.
Russian industry today produces monovalent measles, as a two-component vaccine against measles and mumps. Rubella vaccine is not Russian, for vaccination against rubella vaccine purchased by the Indian production. All these vaccines are given to children free of charge.
There are three component vaccine - measles, mumps and rubella
Rubella - it is better to be vaccinated
. It is definitely much more convenient, but the vaccine can be purchased only for their money. For a three vaccines are: Priorix (pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, UK) and MMP II (Merck Sharp Dohme, USA).
For a fee, you can also buy a one-component vaccine against measles Ruvaks (Aventis Pasteur, France), but it is believed that this vaccine is no better than domestic. Moreover, all of these foreign vaccines produced using chick embryos, whereas in the production of vaccines using native quail embryos are less allergenic.
Vaccination against measles - contra
Temporary contraindications are any acute illness and exacerbation of chronic diseases as well as pregnancy.
Absolute contraindications: severe allergic reactions to antibiotics
Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future?
aminoglycoside, to chicken or quail protein (these components are used in the preparation of vaccines), severe immune disorders, cancer. Contraindicated as the re-introduction of the vaccine, if the previous administration had expressed the reaction (temperature above 40 ° C, redness or swelling of more than 8 cm in diameter at the injection site), or a complication.
Vaccination against measles is well tolerated and very rarely gives expression to the reaction. Sometimes there is an increase in temperature for 5-12 days after vaccination, the appearance of small scars. All reactions were run in 1-2 days. This measles vaccination protects your child from dangerous infectious diseases.
