A child has snot - is it possible to get a vaccination or manta?

The question is ambiguous. Old-school pediatricians and young specialists, reinsuring themselves, are more likely to prohibit vaccination for a certain period. The arguments will be very different. These are weak immunity during and after illness, the risk of complications, a hidden picture of newly appeared symptoms (i.e., that they were caused by vaccination or new manifestations of pathology).

Modern pediatricians, focusing on European and world medicine, believe that banal rhinitis or “snotty childhood” is not a reason to slow down the vaccination schedule. They explain that vaccines contain weakened viruses or bacteria, and such injections cannot cause serious reactions. Complications occur only in exceptional cases, and their occurrence is in no way related to a runny nose in a child.

The question of whether it is possible to get vaccinated or not for snot is difficult for ordinary parents who do not have a medical education to understand.

It happens that the baby begins to runny nose in the fall, and the breaks without a runny nose are a maximum of 10 days.

And how to get vaccinated then? After all, diseases such as whooping cough, measles and other dangerous infections, especially in the first two years of a baby’s life, are very dangerous to health.

First of all, you need to find a competent and competent doctor. The pediatrician collects a primary medical history, examines the baby and draws conclusions about admission to vaccination, not to mention whether there is snot or not.

There are various reasons that are much more dangerous than a runny nose, and first of all the doctor should pay attention to them.

Admission to vaccinations in state children's clinics

Many pediatricians say they have to follow protocols.
If the doctor at the appointment notes that the baby has running snot, a red throat and other signs of a viral infection, vaccination is cancelled.

If the body temperature is normal and there are no other pathologies, the pediatrician makes a decision independently.

In 90% of cases in public clinics with a runny nose, pediatricians refuse to vaccinate. Moreover, doctors recommend getting vaccinated no earlier than 10–14 days after recovery.

What to do before and after vaccination

There are many myths about how to prepare for vaccination. In fact, you should always proceed from how you feel. If a person is sick or does not feel well, they should temporarily refuse vaccination. In Russia, vaccination is voluntary.

A healthy person does not need any preliminary preparation, including testing. Before vaccination, you also do not need to take antihistamines or avoid normal physical activity.

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Immediately after the procedure, you should definitely wait at the vaccination office for about half an hour. This is necessary so that doctors can quickly provide the necessary assistance if an allergic reaction occurs. After vaccination, significant stress on the body is undesirable. It is better to postpone training in the gym, going to the bathhouse or to the beach for a couple of days. It is advisable to have the evening off after vaccination due to possible illness. Then it will be easier to bear possible unwanted post-vaccination effects.

I want to get vaccinated: instructions Since the increase in the incidence of influenza in Russia begins in the fall, it is better to get vaccinated against this infection in early September. However, you can get the vaccine later, even in winter. If you do not have exacerbations of chronic diseases or acute infections, feel free to go to the clinic.

You can get a flu vaccine for free at any clinic. Take your passport and compulsory medical insurance policy with you.
Contact your primary care physician. He will examine you and send you to the vaccination office. Be sure to tell your doctor if you have any allergies, in particular an allergy to egg whites. Find out which vaccine you will be vaccinated with.
In the vaccination office, the doctor must open the vaccine preparation in front of you and, upon request, show you the packaging.
After vaccination, spend 30 minutes in a medical facility in case of severe reactions.
Follow all doctor's recommendations. For 3 days after vaccination, avoid physical activity, going to the pool or sauna. If you have a fever, you can take an antipyretic drug.

If you want to get a foreign flu vaccine, you can go to any commercial clinic and find out what products are available this year.

Which vaccine is better to choose?

Today there are many problems with the issue of vaccination.
Parents are trying to vaccinate their children with drugs from Belgium and France, which children's clinics do not always receive in sufficient quantities.

Russian vaccines are time-tested, but pediatricians claim that children tolerate them less well. Indian vaccines do not have a very good reputation, but there are no problems with their supply. This turns out to be another task that, in addition to snot, parents face - choosing a drug for vaccination.

By communicating with each other, mothers share their experiences. The doctor advised one to only use the French vaccine, the pediatrician told another woman that many people are vaccinated with Indian drugs, there is no need to invent anything, calmly go for the injection.

The child has snot, can he be vaccinated?
Temperature after Mantoux is quite common;
– white transparent snot.

When a child with a runny nose is vaccinated with DPT and measles

The time for vaccination is limited by age; if you miss the vaccination period, the entire schedule of vaccinations will be disrupted. On the other hand, prolonged rhinitis reduces the protective functions of the body's immune system.

Important!

Whether it is possible to vaccinate a child with a runny nose is decided by the pediatrician, assessing the patient’s condition. If necessary, a consultation with an otolaryngologist is included.

DTP is a combined vaccine that has the ability to protect the body from the appearance of white films on the walls of the larynx and increase the protection of children's immunity against diseases of bacterial and infectious etiology.

The administration of DTP and measles vaccines leads to the production of antibodies that form immune memory cells. Vaccination causes these diseases at an insignificant stage. This manifests itself in a slight weakening of the body, due to which the child develops rhinitis.

Also read: How to treat wet cough in children

If a child has a common runny nose, DTP vaccination is possible. Even if nasal discharge increases after it, parents don’t have to worry. Vaccination is carried out with Russian-made vaccines - Infanrix, Bubo-cok or foreign-made drugs - Pentaxim, Tetracok, Tritanrix-HB.

All of these drugs contain a minimum content of preservatives and additional components, which reduces to almost zero the likelihood of side effects occurring after vaccination. Based on the assessment of the child's condition, the pediatrician may recommend that parents purchase another vaccine.

The famous Ukrainian pediatrician E. Komarovsky claims that it is possible to vaccinate a child with an uncomplicated runny nose. Here we should take into account the importance of vaccination, which protects children from dangerous diseases.

The response to the vaccine depends on the child’s general well-being. If parents are afraid to vaccinate their baby, they must constantly:

monitor your lifestyle;
support natural feeding;
harden the child;
eliminate sources of possible allergies.

Vaccinations must be carried out strictly according to age; the accuracy of adherence to the vaccination schedule significantly increases its preventive effectiveness.

Contraindications to vaccination in children (stop factors)

Exemption from vaccinations is conventionally divided into permanent and temporary.

Permanent restrictions

This group of contraindications includes:

primary hypogammaglobulinemia;
pronounced allergic reactions to the composition of vaccines;
complications after previous vaccinations that caused serious side effects from various organs and systems;
anaphylactic shock;
malignant neoplasms;
post-vaccination toxic erythema;
immunodeficiencies.

Temporary restrictions

Vaccination should be postponed in the following cases:

the patient is in the stage of acute illness or exacerbation of chronic pathology;
viral and bacterial infections;
increased body temperature;
carrying out radiation or chemotherapy;
hormonal treatment in large doses;
the child's body weight is less than 2 kg 500 g;
pregnancy.

After the end of the acute phase of the disease, with the permission of the doctor, the necessary vaccination is carried out. After immunosuppressive therapy (cytostatics, corticosteroids, radiation therapy), vaccination is allowed only after 30 days.

If during a previous vaccination there was a reaction to a live vaccine, for example, against polio, you can replace the drug with an inactivated IPV vaccine.

Now pediatricians are trying to use inactivated vaccines to protect children as much as possible from severe allergic reactions. For example, there are many cases when a child tolerates DTP vaccination with symptoms such as fever, convulsions, neurological symptoms (long crying, screaming, drowsiness). Of course, this is very scary for parents.

On this occasion, Dr. Komarovsky said in one of his programs that encountering a disease is much worse than having a reaction to a vaccine. While working in intensive care, he had to see the suffering of children suffering from various dangerous infections. Evgeniy Komarovsky’s opinion is clear – vaccination is necessary.

Possible side effects and complications

Like any medicine, flu vaccines have side effects. They are divided into serious and frivolous.

Non-serious reactions after vaccination are minor and considered normal. Thus, the body temperature after immunization may increase, but not by more than 0.5℃, and the throat may turn red. Swelling (no more than 8 cm in diameter) may occur at the injection site. A person may feel like they are starting to get sick. Muscles or headaches may ache, and appetite may decrease. Such adverse post-vaccination reactions occur either immediately in the office when the vaccine is administered, or within the first three days and usually do not require special attention.

The live influenza vaccine can also cause symptoms of ARVI: cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, general malaise and loss of appetite. They can last up to 6 days after vaccination. But live vaccines are now rarely used. Doctors give preference to inactivated vaccines, which are easier and faster to tolerate.

The most serious consequence is, of course, anaphylactic shock. It requires immediate resuscitation.

This condition can begin immediately after the start of the vaccine, up to several minutes after its administration, and has clear signs (Fig. 2):

paleness, cold sweat;
difficulty breathing, swelling of the throat;
lethargy, loss of consciousness, in rare cases – convulsions;
swelling, redness, skin rash.

Figure 2. Signs of anaphylactic shock.
Source: Verywell An allergic reaction to influenza vaccines may be associated with an allergy to egg protein if the drug is based on viruses grown on chicken embryos, although in recent years a number of studies have shown the safety of these vaccines even for allergy sufferers (viral proteins pass through them thorough cleaning). Do not be afraid of vaccines because of the possibility of developing a severe allergic reaction. Almost any product can potentially cause anaphylactic shock in a predisposed person. Finding out the cause and predicting its onset is very difficult, unless the patient knows what exactly he is allergic to. Otherwise, the occurrence of allergies cannot be predicted in advance. Fortunately, allergies and anaphylactic shock in response to vaccines are very rare. Much more often, people are allergic to regular aspirin, antibiotics (especially penicillin) or an anesthetic used by the dentist.

In the medical community, flu vaccination is sometimes associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome. This is a condition where the immune system destroys its own nerves. It is accompanied by weakness, loss of sensitivity, mild paralysis of the arms, legs and facial muscles. But the connection of this syndrome has been proven only with the live influenza vaccine against the H1N1 virus (influenza A virus). But, again, such drugs containing live attenuated influenza viruses are rarely used today. There is no reliable evidence for other vaccines.

What Causes Guillain-Barré Syndrome According to WHO, the cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome can be any infection - bacterial or viral. It can also develop after vaccination or surgery.

It is very important to use vaccines correctly and to store and transport them at low temperatures. Violation of storage and transportation rules can lead to damage to the vaccine, and its administration can lead to undesirable reactions. The effectiveness of spoiled vaccines can be significantly reduced or eliminated. Other errors that can significantly affect the effectiveness of vaccination include:

violation of antiseptic rules,
incorrect dose and injection site,
use of expired vaccine.

These are inevitable in large immunization campaigns but are minimized by careful quality control of all vaccination steps.

Fact! For adults, flu shots are given in the upper arm, and live vaccines are administered as a spray into the nose. Doctors vaccinate children in the thigh. The fact is that if there is a reaction to the vaccine, it is easier for the doctor to apply a tourniquet specifically to the child’s thigh.

Finally, a person can provoke a post-vaccination reaction himself. He may forget about his chronic illness or allergies and not tell the doctor about them before vaccination. In this case, responsibility for the health consequences falls on the patient. Reactions to the vaccine may also have psychosomatic causes. Sometimes a person is so afraid of either the vaccination procedure itself or the negative consequences after it that his health begins to deteriorate. This emotional reaction may include fainting, dizziness, and vomiting.

Can I get a flu shot if I have a cold?

A cold is a disease that occurs as a result of hypothermia and decreased immune qualities. Similar diseases include: pharyngitis, laryngitis, nasopharyngitis, ARVI. For the same reason, the flu can also appear, but this condition develops due to the penetration of the virus into the body.

After vaccination, antibodies are produced, the action of which is directed towards the introduced pathogen. The fight against pathogens is a rather serious burden on the human immune system. Therefore, you should not additionally burden it by administering a drug that provokes the occurrence of mild symptoms characteristic of the flu.

Can I get a flu shot if I have a runny nose?

A runny nose is also called rhinitis. This phenomenon is characterized by the development of an inflammatory process on the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, which can be:

chronic or acute;
infectious/non-infectious;
allergic.

This symptom often occurs with viral infections or allergies. If rhinitis appears as a result of an unfavorable environment or mild hypothermia, then it is permissible to administer a flu vaccine for a runny nose in a child or adult. Also, some doctors are convinced that there is no need to postpone the procedure for residual rhinitis.

If a runny nose is a clinical sign of serious allergic complications or diseases of an infectious nature, then the injection cannot be given. However, this condition is a temporary contraindication. After successful recovery, about 1 - 2 weeks should pass, after which vaccination is allowed. During this time, the human body will have time to recover. If all precautions are followed, vaccination is a safe procedure that can prevent the development of painful flu symptoms.