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Friday, June 15, 2007

DPT Immunization

DPT immunization is a vaccine 3-in-1 securing against difteri, pertusis and tetanus.
Difteri is a bacterium infection groaning red lane and can cause the fatal or serious complication.
Pertusis (whooping) is infetion bacterium at air-duct marked coughedly is excitement which remain to and also screechy exhalation sound. Pertusis take place during some week and can cause the attack cough the excitement so that child cannot breathe, eat or drink the. Pertusis also can generate the serious complication, like pneumonia, spastic and brain damage.
Tetanus is bacterium infection which can cause the inertia at jaw and also spastic.
Vaccine DPT is vaccine 3-in-1 which can be passed to a child which old age less than 7 year.
Usually vaccine DPT there are in the form of injection, what is inseminated at muscle of arm or thigh.
DPT immunization given by counted 3 times, that is at the time of child old age 2 month (DPT I), 3 month (DPT II) and 4 month (DPT III); a time gap not less than 4 week. DPT Immunization repeat given 1 year after DPT III and at age preschool (5-6 year).
If child experience of reaction of allergy to vaccine pertusis, hence better be given DT, non DPT.
After getting to with refer to to immunize early, better be given booster of vaccine Td at age 14-16 year later, every 10 year (because vaccine only giving protection during 10 year, after 10 year require to be given booster).
Almost 85% child getting to minimize 3 times pregnant injection of vaccine difteri, will obtain, get the protection to difteri during 10 year.
DPT often light caused side effects, like light fever or pain in bone in place inoculation during few days. The side effects happened caused by component pertusis in vaccine.
Less than 1% inoculation, DTP cause the complication of following:
  • high fever (more than 40,5° Celsius)
  • spastic
  • fever spastic (higher risk at previous child have experienced of the spastic or there are spastic history in its family)
  • syok (blue, pale, weak, not give respon).
If child is suffering more serious pain from light flu, DPT immunization can be delayed until healthy child.
If child have experienced of the spastic, encephalitis or its growth is abnormal, inoculation DPT is often delayed until its condition is good or its spastic can be controlled.
1-2 day after getting injection DPT, possibly will be happened the light fever, pain in bone, squeezing or abscess in place inoculation.
To overcome the pain in bone and degrade the fever, can be given asetaminofen (or ibuprofen).
To lessen the pain in bone in place inoculation also can be conducted a warm compress or a more regular move about the and also arm pertinent leg.


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