Vaccination PDA is a comprehensive vaccine against three diseases: measles, rubella and mumps, better known as mumps. From vaccination of the child, doctors are advised to give up only in rare cases, as these three diseases are dangerous for their complications. About the age at which the CCP is vaccinated, whether it has contraindications and side effects, and will be discussed in this article.
Vaccination: measles, rubella, mumps
Measles is a disease characterized by fever, rash, cough, rhinitis, and inflammation of the eye mucosa. The disease causes complications in the form of pneumonia, seizures, accompanied by protrusion of the eyes, eye diseases and can lead to death.
Rubella is an ailment that is characterized by a skin rash. During illness in children, there is an increased body temperature. Complications of rubella affect the girls more, in the form of joint diseases.
Parotitis or mumps , in addition to temperature and headache, are characterized by swelling of the face and neck of the sick child and swollen testicles in boys. It is for boys that illness is the greatest danger, since they can remain barren. Also among the complications can be noted deafness, meningitis and even death.
Vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps suggests the introduction into the body of the child of the viruses of these diseases in a weakened form. Risks of development of serious side effects with the introduction of the vaccine are available, but they are many times less than the risks associated with the development of these same diseases in children.
When and where are the vaccines given to the CCP?
According to the vaccination calendar, vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps occurs twice. The first time the vaccine is done at the age of 1 year, the second time, provided that the child did not suffer the disease for this period of time - at 6 years.
In some cases, for example, if parents need to go abroad together with the child, a KPC vaccine can be given to a baby aged 6 to 12 months. However, it does not affect the vaccination schedule, and the year the CCP will do it the first time.
Injection with the vaccine PDA is administered subcutaneously. It is done either in the deltoid region of the baby's shoulder, or under the shoulder blade.
Response to measles, rubella, mumps
Among the frequently occurring reactions in children to inoculate the PDA, the following can be noted:
- skin rash;
- increased body temperature;
- coryza;
- vomiting, diarrhea;
- a small swelling of the testicles in boys.
With a rise in body temperature and the appearance of a rash or swelling of the testicles in boys after the MMR vaccination, parents should give the child paracetamol. If the temperature is high, the child should be given an antipyretic. It is given immediately after vaccination to those children who are prone to convulsions as the body temperature rises.
Vomiting and diarrhea caused by the vaccination of CPC, as a rule, do not need treatment.
Possible severe allergic reactions in children to inoculate the PDA, but this is only one case per million. Observed in children and such conditions as meningitis, pneumonia, deafness and even confusion in the state of coma. These cases are isolated and it is not possible to determine reliably whether the vaccination was the cause of these conditions, failed.
Contraindications for the introduction of a vaccine PDA
Inoculation of the PDA is contraindicated in children who suffer from intolerance to the protein of chicken eggs, kanamycin and neomycin. Vaccination of CPC is not done to children who became ill at the time of vaccination. Re-introduction of the CCP vaccine is prohibited for those children who have had a hard time suffering the first vaccination of the PDA.
Also, the introduction of the PDA vaccine to children suffering from AIDS, HIV and other diseases that depress the body's immune system is prohibited. In some cases, the vaccine can be administered to them, but subject to strict control by a specialist. The possibility of vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps should be consulted parents of cancer patients. Consultation with a doctor is also mandatory for children who received blood products during the last 11 months before vaccination.