Since multiple injections mean repeated episodes of crying and discomfort, moms today can opt for combination vaccination and reduce the ‘pain’ involved. What’s more, combination vaccination is available in several options, covering 3 to 6 of below mentioned diseases with just 1 injection.
3-6 Serious Diseases That Combination Vaccination
Can Provide Protection Against
Understand the meaning and nature of six vaccine-preventable diseases that affect newborns. Also, read how these diseases spread and why vaccination is important for each.
Polio
Can lead to paralysis and disability
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Pertussis
Respiratory disease which can be fatal in infants
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Tetanus
Can cause muscle spasms leading to death
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Polio
• Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus, which primarily infects the nervous system. It can cause paralysis, difficulty breathing, and sometimes even death.
• Polio mainly affects children under 5 years of age and is highly contagious.
• It spreads from person-to-person mainly through a feco-oral route or by a common vehicle (for example, contaminated water or food). Also, if your child puts objects like toys that have been contaminated into their mouth, they can get infected.
• Vaccination can help protect your child from developing lifelong paralysis from polio.
Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by a virus that spreads through blood and body fluids. Chronic hepatitis B can cause liver damage, cirrhosis, liver cancer and even death.
• An infected mother can pass on the infection to her baby during birth. The hepatitis B virus is spread when blood, semen, or other body fluid infected with the hepatitis B virus enters the body of a person who is not infected.
• Vaccination against Hepatitis B can help protect your child from lifelong, serious liver damage.
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
• Haemophilus influenzae disease is caused by a bacteria called H. influenzae.
• In spite of the name, H. influenzae does not cause influenza (the flu). Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) is a bacteria that can cause many different kinds of infections ranging from mild ear infections to severe pneumonia, meningitis, and other invasive diseases almost exclusively in children aged less than 5 years.
• People can spread H. influenzae, including Hib, by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others.
• Vaccination can help protect your child from Hib disease, which can cause lifelong disability and be deadly.
Pertussis
• Pertussis (also known as whooping cough) is a highly contagious respiratory infection that can be very serious, especially for newborns and young infants.
• Pertussis is spread through the air by infectious droplets, so it is easily transmitted by other people coughing or sneezing or being close to a person with the disease.
• Pertussis can be prevented by vaccinating the infant.
• Vaccination can protect your baby from severe coughing fits caused by whooping cough, a potentially serious disease.
Diphtheria
• Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection that usually affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat that can block airways.
• Diphtheria spreads through respiratory droplets from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing. It can also spread through contaminated personal or household items.
• The vaccination is usually combined with vaccines for tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis).
• The vaccination, in combination with other antigens is one of the childhood immunizations that doctors recommend during infancy.
Tetanus
• Tetanus is an acute, often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani, leading to muscle stiffness and rigidity. The muscle stiffness usually involves the jaw (lockjaw) and neck and then may spread to the entire body.
• The bacteria spores are usually found in soil, dust, and manure and enter the body through breaks in the skin - usually cuts or puncture wounds caused by contaminated objects.
• Vaccination can provide protection against tetanus.
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