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DNB - Paediatrics, MBBS

Pediatrician•Chennai
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Hello. Injectable polio is not available since many months. Nothing to worry. Yiu can give oral polio drops instead of IPV according to schedule. In addition to this, give polio drops given by government every 6 months on pulse polio days. Thank you!
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Pediatrician•Ahmedabad
Yes at 5 years there are booster doses of dtwp, oral polio, chickenpox and typhoid booster required.
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Opv is the who-recommended vaccine for the global eradication of polio. Each child requires just two drops per dose to be immunized against polio. Usually administered four times if the epi schedule is followed, opv is safe and effective in providing protection against the paralyzing poliovirus.
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Pediatrician•Delhi
Please leave the lump alone. It will settle down on its own. at most you could to some gentle warm fomentation for a day or two.
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NO need to worry about it ,you can vaccinate your child as per vaccination's schedule and get a dose of IPV or OPV to be delivered at age of 15 months.
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Pediatrician•Jamnagar
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Measles vaccine is after 9 months. Flu is optional vaccine. Two doses at 1 month interval first year. Then one dose every year as of now available vaccine.
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General Physician•Mumbai
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Government is planning to eradicate the polio virus from our country as early as possible and hence they are giving booster dose to the children every year and which needs to be given.
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General Physician•Faridabad
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Polio is a potentially fatal infectious disease that causes paralysis. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the illness. However, there are effective and safe vaccines to prevent it. Polio vaccines are given multiple times to protect a person for life. Every year, World Polio Day is celebrated o October 24 with the objective of making the world free from this crippling disease. The strategy is to eradicate polio by preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops.

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