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Children in the process of their growth and development still have too weak immunity, so they often suffer from various infectious diseases, such as diphtheria and whooping cough, as well as polio and tetanus. Therefore, in the first year of life (and beyond) vaccination is so necessary. It will help protect the child from dangerous infections and develop his immunity to a particular disease. Too much danger for young children is whooping cough: the likelihood of the disease is too high, it is very difficult, the child may begin complications that lead to cerebral hemorrhages, especially in children under the age of one year. Yes, and tetanus, diphtheria and polio can not be called trifling infections.
Infanrix vaccine: instructions for use
After vaccinations were started for children (DTP vaccine, Infanrix), diseases such as whooping cough and diphtheria got up very, very rarely. Although recently (in connection with the mass refusal of vaccination), such ailments are again "raising their heads." Currently, the new and fairly high-quality Infanrix vaccine, which is produced in the UK by Glaxo Smith Klein, is most often used. It is the first cell-free vaccine that contains only the acellular pertussis antigen, which can significantly reduce the risks of complications and reactions after administration of serum, especially in young children.
Infanrix vaccine is also good because it can be used not only for primary vaccination, but also for booster vaccination, including for children over 4 years of age. In some states, such a vaccine has been used for a long time.
Infanrix vaccine exists in several forms.
The first is Infanrix Hexa. It is used to prevent diseases such as poliomyelitis, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, as well as hepatitis B and hemophilic infection. Thus, one vaccine protects against six types of infections, hence the name "hexa". The composition of this vaccine includes tetanus and diphtheria antitoxins, purified pertussis antigens. It also includes inactivated polio viruses, a purified surface hepatitis B main antigen and a number of other active substances. Such Infanrix vaccine can be given to children from the age of 6 weeks (usually from 3 months). Such a vaccine most often does not lead to significant deterioration in the well-being of the child, however, as with the introduction of other vaccines, fever, moods, pain at the injection site, and general anxiety are possible.
The second type of vaccine - Infanrix IPV - consists of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, as well as three purified pertussis antigens and three types of inactivated polio viruses. This vaccine is used to prevent polio, pertussis, tetanus and diphtheria. They begin to do it after three months of the baby’s life, then they are revaccinated at 18 months. This vaccine is for intramuscular administration. Many doctors recommend starting vaccination with Infanrix IPV, and continuing with Infanrix Hex (due to the fact that more pronounced reactions are most often associated with a component against hemophilic infection).
Also, the Infanrix vaccine exists in a “pure” form - in this case it only protects against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. Most often it is combined with polio drops (OPV), however, progressive doctors say that it is more advisable to use the IPV vaccine (in injection).
The main contraindications that the Infanrix vaccine has are that children with high hypersensitivity to any type of vaccine should not be vaccinated, as well as babies suffering from encephalopathy of unknown etiology.
All of these vaccines have proven themselves, due to the fact that they have an excellent preventive effect and are relatively easy to tolerate.