When is measles vaccinated?

Measles is a very contagious, volatile, viral infection, so most often it infects young children. Immunity, worked out by the human body after the disease, is life-long, which means that the infected person will not become infected with measles. That is, the duration of the measles vaccine is not limited in time.

If before the beginning of the last century each child who became ill with this disease could not survive, today the number of deaths is reduced by hundreds of times. And this is explained by the fact that since 1916 children have been immunized against measles. Despite the fact that measles vaccination is included in the National Vaccination Schedule, more than 0.9 million children die each year from this disease.

Best prevention

Only a timely vaccination from this dangerous infectious disease can guarantee your child protection. It is necessary to clarify that the viruses contained in the drug are so weakened that they do not pose a threat to the baby or to those who surround him. But even if a child over six months of age who did not have time to inject was infected with measles, it can be protected. To do this, within three days after contact with the patient, he is given a vaccine. Sometimes doctors use immunoglobulin for this purpose, but this immunization protects the child for no more than three months.

Vaccination against measles is done when the child is one year old. Six years later, revaccination is carried out. According to the Vaccination Calendar , the measles vaccine is administered at the same time as mumps and rubella. To be frightened of tripled "attack" though weakened, but viruses, it is not necessary, after all immunity of the child from a birth strong enough. In any case, the decision about which vaccine to choose is for the parents. At the present time in Russia, For example, two mono vaccines from measles and three combined were registered. The place where the measles vaccine is given depends on the country that produces the vaccine. So, domestic vaccines are injected into the subscapular region or thigh, and imported - mainly into the buttock.

Preparing for immunization

To avoid unpleasant consequences and various complications after vaccination against measles, observe the following rules before going to the polyclinic:

• Do not allow the baby to contact with a large number of people;
• avoid stress;
• refrain from vaccination if the baby is sick.