How to get measles vaccine

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The full name of measles vaccine is freeze-dried live attenuated measles vaccine, which is used to prevent measles disease. Measles is a systemic rash acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus. About 90% of measles cases occur in infants aged 6 months to 5 years who have not been vaccinated with measles vaccine. Measles can occur all year round, but most of them occur in late winter and early spring. The symptoms of measles include fever, upper respiratory tract inflammation, conjunctivitis, oral mucosal spots and systemic papules. Let's talk about how to get measles vaccine.

How to get measles vaccine

First of all: the measles vaccine immunization procedure stipulated by the Ministry of health is that the measles vaccine can only be vaccinated at the age of more than 8 months after birth. This is because the blood of infants under 8 months old contains anti measles virus antibodies brought from the mother, and the infants have the ability to protect themselves from measles. If the measles vaccine is inoculated too early, the antibody will neutralize the virus in the vaccine, so that the measles vaccine can not play its due role. Babies will not be able to develop immunity against the measles virus.

Second: eight months after the birth of the baby, the maternal antibody gradually disappeared, when the vaccination of measles vaccine, the virus in the vaccine will not be neutralized, the baby can produce their own ability to resist the measles virus. Another reason for measles vaccination after 8 months of age is that the immune system of 8-month-old children is mature and can produce ideal immune effect. Therefore, it is scientific to prescribe measles vaccination at the age of 8 months after birth.

Finally: measles vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine, the general side effects are very light, the vast majority of infants after vaccination reaction is mild, no discomfort. Individuals may have fever, sporadic rash and catarrhal symptoms 6-10 days after vaccination, which lasts for no more than 2 days, and generally does not affect the spirit and appetite.

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Measles vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine can not be inoculated at the same time, because there is interference between antigens. The problem of combined immunization with measles vaccine is the focus of planned immunization. According to observation, measles vaccine can be inoculated with most vaccines at the same time without affecting the immune effect of each vaccine. Such as sugar pills, DPT triple, hepatitis A vaccine, mumps vaccine, rubella vaccine, BCG, meningitis polysaccharide vaccine can be inoculated at the same time.