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Asked for Female, 39 years old from Mumbai
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C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

Cardiologist•Alappuzha
Polio vaccination by oral drops is certainly painless .If you are asking about IPV which is injection it is not very painful and only calpol is enough if there is any pain.
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Fellowship In PCCM, Fellow-Pediatric Fle...read more

Pediatrician•Ahmedabad
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yes oral polio given is fine.
ipv as it is better vaccine.. it is better if you take ipv at later stage also is fine
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Asked for female, 34 years old from Bangalore
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MD - Paediatrics, MBBS

Pediatrician•Tumkur
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All primary vaccines except BCG and oral polio till 9 months of age are given in the thigh which is a safe place. So your nurse has done right. Nothing to worry.
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MBBS , MD - Biochemistry

General Physician•Lucknow
Almost all cases of polio occur before age 5, therefore oral polio vaccine is usually not recommended beyond 5 years.
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MBBS, Basic Life Support (B.L.S), Advanc...read more

General Physician•Delhi
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At 6 months of age, your baby should receive vaccines to protect them from the following diseases:
diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (pertussis) (dtap) (3rd dose)
haemophilus influenzae type b disease (hib) (3rd dose)
polio (ipv) (3rd dose)
pneumococcal disease (pcv13) (3rd dose)
rotavirus (rv) (3rd dose)
influenza (flu) (every year)
let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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Asked for female, 28 years old from Bangalore
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MD - Paediatrics

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The Pentavalent vaccine is a combination of five vaccines:-
(1) DTwP - Diphtheria, Pertussis (whole cell) & tetanus (3 vaccines) (2) Hepatitis B (1 vaccine)
(3) Hemophilus Influenza B (1 vaccine)
Making a total of five vaccine combined in a single injection
IPV - is the injectable Polio vaccine
OPV is the oral Polio vaccine
The Government provides the above vaccines free of cost.
The private hospital chart includes two more vaccines viz: -
Rotavirus vaccine is giv...more
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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!
Asked for female, 27 years old from Hyderabad
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MBBS MSc, MSc Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Specialist•Motihari
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Good evening
yes you can take the vaccine. But you have to avoid breast feeding for at least week.
Thank you.
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