What is the risk of vaccinating a sick child?
In order for preventive vaccinations to fulfill their main task, they must be administered in a timely manner and taking into account the child's current health condition. Worth knowing, what is the risk of vaccinating a sick child - can they be the result complications and how it is handled in such situations. A lot of questions from parents are about possibilities vaccinating a child with a runny noseas well as issues like mother's cold affects child vaccination.
We vaccinate to avoid falling ill with many serious diseases or to alleviate the course of these diseases if it is not possible to prevent it. Vaccinations prevent severe complications in the course of these diseases. Therefore, in Poland, there is an obligation to vaccinate until the age of 19. The first vaccinations take place in the first 24 hours of a child's life, and then in the following months and years, according to the current Protective Vaccination Program, modified every year.
Valid qualification on vaccination day
A medical qualification takes place before each vaccination. It is the doctor who examines the child on the day of vaccination who gives consent to give a specific dose of the vaccine. Such a test is valid for 24 hours and is designed to detect possible contraindications to the administration of the vaccine. If there are any, the doctor decides to change the vaccination date, i.e. to delay the administration of a given dose, to give it up, to use a different preparation or to establish an individual course of vaccination for the patient.
Expert advises
Appropriate qualification is to ensure that vaccination is fully effective and to avoid or minimize the occurrence of risk undesirable post-vaccination reaction. Unfortunately, no qualifying examination can eliminate 100 percent of the risk of an undesirable vaccine reaction, i.e. NOP, but it allows to reduce the risk very much.
When cannot my child be vaccinated?
- It is always a contraindication to vaccination acute infectious disease with fever - e.g. angina, urinary tract infection, bronchitis, viral infections such as chicken pox or infectious mononucleosis.
- The patient must not be vaccinated, if it has occurred exacerbation of the patient's chronic disease - e.g. bronchial asthma or rheumatoid arthritis.
- There is also a contraindication to vaccination allergy to vaccine components or information that any severe allergic reaction has occurred after previous doses of the vaccine.
- Live vaccines must not be given to patients with severe immune disorders.
Vaccination and runny nose in a child
In the autumn-winter season, the question of vaccinating a child with a runny nose becomes particularly relevant. Many parents have doubts whether it is possible to vaccinate a child who has a cold?
A runny nose or a mild infection with a fever below 38 degrees C are not a contraindication to vaccination. However, the doctor examining the child and qualifying him for vaccination, after taking an interview, may postpone the administration of the preparation until the young patient recovers.
Expert advises
It is not that giving the vaccine to a child who may develop an infection will make it more severe or make the vaccination not working. Quite simply, when fever or other symptoms develop, it will not be possible to tell for certain whether they are due to vaccination or due to an developing disease.
Sick mother and child vaccination
What about mother's cold? Can a sick mother come with her baby for vaccination? Cold or some other disease the mother of the child may be a relative contraindication to vaccinations. If symptoms of infection develop in the orphanage where vaccination is planned - and this concerns the child's mother, who is the person who cares for the child the most, then - unfortunately - the child may also develop an infection. It is difficult to predict whether the symptoms will be mild or more severe. Isolating the child from the sick mother for a few days would be the best solution here, but is it feasible? The doctor who qualifies for vaccination should be aware of this situation and, if he or she decides to vaccinate your child, will advise you on how to arrange home care when the mother is ill. If this is not possible, vaccination will be postponed until the infection is cleared up at home.
What is the risk of vaccinating a sick child??
It is worth explaining at this point why vaccines are not given to sick children. Making sure your little one is healthy is important because vaccination of a sick child maybe threaten different complications. Therefore, each vaccine, each administration must be considered individually - for this purpose, an interview is collected and the patient is examined. We call it qualification for vaccination - all to avoid serious complications. During such an interview, the health situation of the family should be reliably presented, the course of previous vaccinations should be mentioned, if something worried us. It is on the basis of this information that the doctor decides whether or not to vaccinate on a given day.
How soon after infection can we vaccinate a child?
We already know that during a severe infection, we cannot vaccinate a child, as vaccinating a sick child may result in complications. However, after its symptoms have subsided, vaccination should be as soon as possible - depending on the patient's condition. There is no specific time period between the end of the disease and the vaccination. The decisive factor is the patient's condition, well-being, and the result of the medical examination. Everyone can get sick in a different way and infection is uneven.
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