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Is It Safe To Go For Painless Vaccinations?
Question: My son is 2 months old.. on his 6 week vaccination(Vaccines: IPV-1, HEPATITIS-B2, DTwPDTaP-1/hIB-1) we went for painful injection.. that night he cried a lot and next day he had mild fever and we gave him dolo drops as suggested by doctor. Can we go for painless vaccination during his second dose? Is there any side effect if we give painless injection during second dose after giving painful one first?Also he has terrible gas problem.. sometimes he is suffering a lot to release the gas..
Brief Answer:
yes you can change
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us.
1.DTwP is more painful than DTaP because the former one has whole cell pertussis vaccine while the latter has acellular or part of pertussis vaccine.
Both are equally good in efficacy as per current World Health Organisation recommendations.
You can change to DTaP from the second dose.
No issue , no sideeffects no loss in protection.
2. Passing lot of gas is very common in this age mainly because of the swallowed air along with feeding. Ensure burping by patting on the child's back for atleast 15 minutes after each and every feed. This will reduce the air going down the intestines.
But despite burping some amount of air does go down resulting in colicky pain and gas passage.
You can try gastica drops 0.3ml thrice daily which I usually prescribe in my clinic for 2 to 4 days.
It is harmless without side effects.
Continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.
Regards
Dr Arun
yes you can change
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us.
1.DTwP is more painful than DTaP because the former one has whole cell pertussis vaccine while the latter has acellular or part of pertussis vaccine.
Both are equally good in efficacy as per current World Health Organisation recommendations.
You can change to DTaP from the second dose.
No issue , no sideeffects no loss in protection.
2. Passing lot of gas is very common in this age mainly because of the swallowed air along with feeding. Ensure burping by patting on the child's back for atleast 15 minutes after each and every feed. This will reduce the air going down the intestines.
But despite burping some amount of air does go down resulting in colicky pain and gas passage.
You can try gastica drops 0.3ml thrice daily which I usually prescribe in my clinic for 2 to 4 days.
It is harmless without side effects.
Continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months.
Regards
Dr Arun
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