The causative agents of dangerous diseases are everywhere. Immunization will help protect against harmful microorganisms. Parents today decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their child. Many people decide this issue positively, but for vaccination they choose a foreign vaccine, considering it safer than the domestic one.
How easily a child will tolerate vaccination also depends on compliance with medical recommendations in the days following vaccination. Parents are especially interested in whether it is possible to go for a walk after Pentaxim and similar vaccinations.
Before you get vaccinated
Taking into account the fact that in the vast majority of cases, vaccinations are well tolerated by healthy children without any preparation or pre-treatment, the most important point in preparing a child for vaccination is to determine contraindications to vaccinations, that is, those cases of illness in a child in which vaccination can give serious adverse reactions. Contraindications and precautions for vaccination; in some cases, vaccination in children is either strictly prohibited or should be postponed to a later date. In order to correctly assess contraindications and precautions for vaccination in a child, it is important to follow the vaccination calendar and know in advance which vaccination should be given to the child and when. Before vaccinating your child and on the day of vaccination, read what contraindications and precautions are associated with the administration of a particular vaccination and make sure that the child does not have any contraindications for the vaccination. If you find it difficult to determine certain contraindications or precautions (for example, how dangerous a child’s cold or cough is), show it to your doctor. You should not blindly refuse vaccination because of a slight runny nose or cough - this will only disrupt the vaccination plan.
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The multicomponent vaccine Pentaxim is designed to protect the child’s body from 5 different serious diseases. If medical instructions are correctly followed before and after vaccination, the vast majority of children do not have any negative manifestations.
A rise in temperature, rashes, and other negative reactions to vaccination occur due to the individual characteristics of a particular child and if recommendations are not followed during preparation for vaccination. But they also pass quickly and without a trace.
The child receives immunity from deadly, intractable diseases that can lie in wait for him everywhere. Therefore, parents who care about the health of their baby should definitely get this vaccination to provide him with reliable immunity.
Treatment of fever and prevention of allergies after vaccination
An increase in temperature is a normal reaction of the child’s body to a vaccination, which means that the immune system has responded to the vaccine and is beginning to develop immunity (however, the absence of an increased temperature after vaccination does not mean that the vaccination was ineffective). In the case of completely healthy children, the temperature should not be lowered after vaccination if it does not exceed 38.5C. In cases of a more significant increase in temperature, and also when the temperature remains at 38.5 C in the evening, the child should be given an antipyretic. To treat fever after vaccination, it is recommended to use Paracetamol. Aspirin should never be used as an antipyretic in children.
In the case of children with a tendency to febrile convulsions, treatment should be started when the temperature rises above 37.5 or the child should be given an antipyretic before the temperature appears, if so advised by the neurologist observing the child.
Prevention of allergic reactions after vaccinations is indicated only in the case of children prone to developing allergies. In such cases, it is recommended to use Suprastin or another antihistamine as prescribed by a doctor.
What else should you not do after vaccination?
The quality of vaccinated immunity largely depends on the characteristics of the post-vaccination period. Doctors never cease to draw the attention of parents of children to this, advising them to follow simple rules that help protect the child’s body from harmful influences.
The fact that after vaccination it is forbidden to swim for three days has already been mentioned in the article. But what else cannot be done after immunization?
For several days after vaccination, doctors do not recommend:
- introduce foods into the child’s diet that he had not tried before vaccination;
- feed your baby foods containing potential allergens (chocolate, citrus fruits, eggs, etc.);
- visit crowded places where there is always an increased risk of contracting infectious diseases;
- staying outside for a long time in too hot or rainy weather, which can cause overheating or hypothermia of the baby’s body;
- expose the child to psycho-emotional and physical stress, as well as stress.
In addition, parents should be attentive to the child’s health status, monitor general body temperature, the presence of a rash on the body, or changes in the injection wound.
If alarming symptoms appear, it is necessary to immediately show the little patient to a pediatrician so that he can determine their true causes and prescribe the most correct means of eliminating them.
Treatment of redness and swelling at the injection site
Most vaccinations result in more or less severe redness or swelling at the injection site. The most severe local reaction to vaccination is observed in the case of DTP (redness, swelling and pain at the injection site) and BCG (formation of a long-lasting non-healing ulcer). For all types of vaccinations, it is recommended to avoid any local treatment for redness or swelling at the injection site. If the child scratches the injection site, it can be covered with a light gauze bandage. At the site of the DTP, a compaction often forms, located deep in the muscle - a “bump”. Often such a lump is painful, and the child easily limps on one leg (if the vaccine was injected into the thigh). The formation of a dense “bump” after DPT is considered a normal reaction and does not require any treatment. Within a few weeks, the lump will resolve on its own.
Why is it undesirable to bathe a child after vaccination?
The Pentaxim vaccine is a powerful stimulator of antibody growth in a child’s body. In any case, the administration of the drug is a huge stress for the patient’s immune system, as it forces it to work in enhanced mode.
Vaccine Pentaxim
All pediatricians warn the baby's parents about this before vaccination and recommend that for several days after the procedure they protect him from possible irritating factors, in particular, swimming or visiting the pool.
Why should you not bathe your child until three days after vaccination with Pentaxim? Swimming can increase the stress of the vaccination field, which will negatively affect the production of immune complexes and reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine.
In addition, in this situation, the baby’s body may react to such actions incorrectly.
This will result in sad consequences, the development of side effects or complications of immunization. So, the ban on swimming after Pentaxim vaccination is associated with the following dangers:
- increased risk of developing unpredictable post-vaccination reactions;
- the occurrence of allergy symptoms;
- increase in general body temperature;
- redness of the skin and itching at the injection site.
As a rule, doctors strongly recommend completely avoiding bathing on the day of vaccination, regardless of the patient’s age and the characteristics of his body. Parents should listen to such advice, and not rely on the experience of their acquaintances or random people they met who “everything was fine.”
How many days can you not wash after the Pentaxim vaccination and why?
Comparative vaccination schedule with conventional vaccines and Pentaxim
It all depends on the health of the baby and the common sense of the parents.
If the child is active and cheerful in the first 5-6 hours after vaccination, which implies a normal reaction to the procedure, and bathing is an important point in the child’s daily routine, bathing can be done on the same day, following all the above recommendations. But it’s better to postpone water procedures for at least 24 hours.
If you observe some deviations from the norm, such as increased nervousness, lack of appetite, fever, etc., postpone bathing for a few days and allow the child’s body to recover.
How much and when should you refrain from walking outside?
After the vaccine is administered, the body temporarily rearranges its functioning. The reaction to the vaccine lasts from 3 to 72 hours. During this period of time, walking in the fresh air is extremely undesirable. If you feel well, they can be resumed in a day. To avoid the development of negative reactions, doctors recommend taking a break for 3 days.
In the summer, it is best to walk in the fresh air in the morning or evening. In winter, lunchtime is suitable for this. In autumn and spring the weather becomes rainy and windy. This can cause the development of negative local reactions, and therefore for the first 3 days after immunization there is a taboo on walking outside.
There are a number of restrictions that do not allow walking in the fresh air:
- if after vaccination the body temperature exceeds 37.5 ° C;
- when the baby’s poor health is accompanied by fatigue and lack of desire to play;
- decreased appetite and feeling of nausea;
- if the lymph nodes are enlarged or the child experiences coldness in the extremities;
- when compaction and redness appear at the injection site.
Decoding DPT
DTP is an adsorbed pertussis-diphtheria-tetanus vaccine.
From the transcript it is clear that the vaccine is a simultaneous prevention of the three most dangerous childhood infections: whooping cough, diphtheria, and tetanus.
These diseases cause severe complications that can remain with the child for life, and are also one of the main causes of child mortality. DPT vaccination is carried out not only in the Russian Federation, but also in almost all countries of the world.
DTP is a cloudy liquid. Consists of killed cells of dangerous pathogens: small particles of whooping cough microbes, tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid.
In Russia, both the domestic DPT vaccine and proven imported vaccine are used.
The mechanism of action of the vaccine is aimed at creating artificial immunity in the baby, because the child is not yet able to independently fight such infectious diseases. The baby did not receive the necessary antibodies from the mother during intrauterine development and lactation.
After the vaccine is administered, foreign agents immediately enter the bloodstream, creating an imitation of the disease. The body begins to develop immunity to infections. The production of protective factors, antibodies, interferons, and phagocytes is activated.
Thus, blood cells (leukocytes) remember the microbial agent, and if a child gets sick with diphtheria, whooping cough or tetanus, his immune system will be able to overcome the disease.
Why you can’t walk outside on the day of vaccination
The ban on walking on the day of vaccination is explained by the risk of complications and adverse reactions. But not all doctors are unanimous in this opinion, as the popular TV presenter and pediatrician Komarovsky claims that walks in the fresh air in summer and winter will improve the child’s well-being.
Another opinion of doctors is that after passive immunization, the body intensively produces immunity, and during this period it is most vulnerable. Therefore, vaccinated children should stay home for the next 3 days.
It is important to know! Do not confuse the physiological reaction to vaccination with the development of complications. The latter are observed in rare cases and are accompanied by a sharp rise in temperature up to 40 degrees, loss of consciousness, the appearance of convulsions and rashes throughout the body.
When is the first vaccination given?
The first vaccination for a puppy takes place at two months, before that it needs to be dewormed - 10-14 days in advance, while deworming tablets are given a second time after a certain time. It may seem to some that vaccination is a common procedure that animals tolerate easily and painlessly. There is some truth in this - the vaccine is administered quickly, the manipulation time does not exceed 30 minutes, however, due to the individual characteristics of the body, puppies react to it differently. For some dogs, after vaccination, everything goes well, for others, complications arise, which can be divided into two groups: local and general.
Local include lumps and bumps at the injection site. Usually the tumor resolves naturally after some time, but in some cases it can become inflamed and cause discomfort to the puppy.
Common complications are characterized by:
- general depressed state of the animal;
- soreness;
- increased temperature, sometimes even up to 40 degrees;
- allergic reactions (swelling, itching, anaphylactic shock).
Similar complications are observed during the first days after vaccination. If the painful condition does not go away, you should seek help from a veterinarian.
