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Purified Vi Ploysaccharide Typhoid Vaccine Health Feed

Asked for female, 34 years old from Ernakulam
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M.D.( Pediatrics), DCH

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It is better to take typhoid vaccine at any age after six months of age. For children bellow two years of age (tcv) polysaccharide conjugate vaccine should be used. After two years routine vi surface polysaccharide vaccine can be given every three years. Need for booster dose of tcv conjugate vaccine is not yet studied.
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General Physician•Surat
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Typhoid fever is a bacterial disease caused by a bacteria Salmonella typhi. It spreads through consuming food or water that has been contaminated by stool of an infected person. The bacteria spread rapidly through your blood and causes a range of ailments.

It can cause bleeding in the intestine and perforations. This results in stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, and sepsis. Repair of intestinal damage may require surgery. In less frequent cases, typhoid can result in inflammation of muscl...more
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C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

General Physician•Alappuzha
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Yes typhoid conjugate vaccine and hepatitis A1 vaccine can be taken together for 12 month old baby
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Asked for male, 35 years old from Kanpur
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MD - Homeopathy, BHMS

Homeopath•Vadodara
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It is better to avoid unnecessary vaccination.
There are many long term side effects of vaccination.
Better take Homoeopathic immunization.
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C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

Cardiologist•Alappuzha
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There is a need to take the vaccines if there were taken in your childhood. Only the chicken ox can give lifelong protection and hepatitis b also for a long time like 20 years or more
Asked for female, 32 years old from Dehradun
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C.S.C, D.C.H, M.B.B.S

Cardiologist•Alappuzha
It is not possible that after being vaccinated a person will have typhoid fever. The positive result is the indication of proper / successful vaccination
Asked for male, 33 years old from Delhi
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MBBS,MD(PGI,Chandigarh)

Pediatrician•Kolkata
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There is nothing to be worried. You are giving vaccination for development of immunity against that particular disease. That fever indicates immunogenic reaction .That is very safe and good vaccine. You should definitely give her 2nd dose also.
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Asked for female, 27 years old from Kanpur
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Yes u can give typhoid vaccine,,one thing u should clear that there is no specific data which proves that typhoid vaccine protects 100% ,,,if u don't take then there will not be any problem,, because typhoid is very much curable now a days
Asked for Male, 37 years old from Chennai
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BHMS, MD - Homeopathy

Homeopath•Vijayawada
Hi lybrate user, too many vaccinations are blow to natural immunity, try to restrict them after 2 years of age.
Asked for Male, 24 years old from Delhi
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General Physician•Secunderabad
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100% Dtap vaccine must give to children's.
Even you can give pain less Dtap vaccine. It is less pain no fever.
Children's Vaccines. DTaP is a vaccine that helps children younger than age 7 develop immunity to three deadly diseases caused by bacteria: diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (pertussis). Tdap is a booster immunization given at age 11 that offers continued protection from those diseases for adolescents and adults.
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