CHILDHOOD VACCINATION-SOME NEW THOUGHTS

EVER SINCE IMMUNISATION BECAME A NATIONAL PROGRAMME MAJORITY OF VACCINE PREVENTIBLE DISAESES GOT DWINDLED.SOME OF THE WORST IN THE INDIAN HISTORY WERE ; --1)CHOLERA,2)PLAGUE 3)SMALLPOX 4)MENINGITIS 5)TETANUS 6)WHOOPING COUGH 7) POLIO IN ANY TOWN 1-2 CHILDREN WERE DYING EVERY DAY ABOUT 5-6 DECADES BACK DUE TO ONE OF THE ABOVE DISEASES.CURRENTLY ALL THESE DISEASES ARE WELL CONTAINED.EVEN THEN TWO DISORDERS ARE STILL OCCURRING SPORADICALLY.ONE IS DIARROHEA.NEXT IS PNEUMONIA

DIARRHOEA;--ROTO VIRUS  IS CONSIDERED MORE HARMFUL THAN OTHER TYPES.VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR ORAL USE AT 1 1/2, 2 1/2 MONTHS OF AGE.

PNEUMONIA:--TO PREVENT THIS IN YOUNG BABIES LESS THA 6 MONTHS PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE IS AVAILBLE
USEFUL AGAINST LUNG &BRAIN INFECTION.INJ.Hib protects against brain infection

COST FACTORS:--AS ON 01-02-2014

ROTOVIRUS ORAL DROPS--BELGIUM--PER DOSE INR 1220
           DOCTOR'S RATE--------------------------------INR 845
PNEUCOCCUS VACCINE--PREVNOR .0.5 ML-INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION
PRICE  PER DOSE--------------------------------------INR3801
DOCTOR'S RATE---------------------------------------INR 3193
MULTIPLE  INJECTION OF VACCINES:--
AUTHER HAS COME ACROSS 3 CASES  WITH SIDE EFFECTS DUE TO MULTIPLE INJECTIONS AT 2-3 DIFFERENT SITES ON THE SAME DAY,CAUSING THROMBOCYTOPENIA

SAFE ORAL DROPS ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE:-
1) MAKE SURE CHILD'S STOMACH IS NOT FULL.NO FEEDING PRIOR TO VACCINE.ADMINISTRATION IN FULL STOMACH CAN CAUSE THROAT IRRITATION ,COUGH,VOMITING &ASPIRATION(VIDE NEWS OF 2 CHILDREN DEAD AFTER POLIO DROPS DUE TO ASPIRATION
2)PUT FEW DROPS OF HONEY ON THE TONGUE WAIT FOR ONE MINUTE
3)INTRODUCE NOZZLE OF ROTOVIRUS VIALON THE SIDE OF BUCCAL MUSCLES.
4)TAKE CARE NOT TO GIVE DIRECT INTO THE PHRYNX.
5)KEEP CHILD IN ERECT POSITION WHILE FEEDING.
6)HOWEVWER IF THE CHILD VOMITS PUT HIM ON LATERAL POSITION TO CLEAR
MILK/ MUCOUS FROM MOUTH