Vaccines the ideal prevention against polio

The vaccine effectively prevents polio in most people (effectiveness is greater than 90%). Before this vaccine, thousands of children contracted this disease, currently eradicated in much of the world, although it remains a serious child health problem in some other countries according to what the WHO points out.

There are two types of polio vaccines:

 

  • Vaccine deactivated against poliomyelitis (IPV), which is administered by injection
  • Oral polio vaccine (OPV) taken in the form of drops

Your child should receive 4 doses of polio vaccine: at two months, at four months, from six to 18 months and from four to six years, according to the vaccination schedule, in the event that administer the IPV. If the intake is produced by drops, the third intake is made between 12 and 18 months.

Although the greatest effectiveness of the vaccine is given if the first two doses are made by intramuscular means and the last two with dripper:

Your child should not take OPV drops if he, you, someone who takes care of him:

  • It can not fight infections
  • You are taking long-term steroids
  • He has cancer
  • Have AIDS or are infected with HIV
  • If you have not yet been vaccinated

You should not use IPV injections if your child is allergic to the following medications: neomycin, streptomycin, or polymyma B.

You should not receive the vaccine if you have had allergic reactions to it in previous shots, or you should wait for it to be administered if at the time of vaccination you suffer from a moderate or serious illness.


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