Can babies with mild eczema be vaccinated?

After a child is born, parents must take the child to get vaccinations, because doing so can prevent many diseases. However, there are only a few types of vaccinations, and not all diseases can be prevented. Parents must understand this clearly. Moreover, vaccinations generally require that children should not be sick, so can babies with mild eczema be vaccinated?

Babies with eczema cannot be vaccinated for the time being.

To ensure that your child is vaccinated smoothly, parents need to make five preparations:

(1) Pay attention to your child’s health status and ensure that he or she does not have fever, diarrhea, allergies or other diseases before vaccination.

(2) Bring your vaccination certificate with you. Do not fold or damage it so that the vaccination information can be printed or registered at the vaccination clinic.

(3) Dress your baby in soft, loose clothes.

(4) Ensure your baby’s diet and regular rest, because vaccination when the baby is hungry or overly tired can easily cause “needle sickness”.

(5) Carefully read the contents of the notice and ask about what vaccine your baby will receive, what diseases it can prevent, what the contraindications are, possible adverse reactions after vaccination, and matters that need attention, etc. Be sure to tell the vaccinating doctor truthfully about your baby's health condition.

Babies with eczema cannot be vaccinated for the time being; the baby's skin is fragile, so we need to prescribe the right medicine; in addition to good after-care, we also use pure herbal plant extracts, natural, non-irritating, and targeted ointments with no side effects for external application, which are suitable for babies with eczema.

Situations where babies should not be vaccinated

1. People with immunodeficiency or those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy (such as corticosteroids, radiotherapy, antimetabolite chemotherapy) cannot be vaccinated with live vaccines.

2. Children with a history of contact with acute infectious diseases or those who are recovering from acute infectious diseases should not be vaccinated. Because the child has come into contact with children with infectious diseases, although he has not yet become ill, he may become ill. If he gets vaccinated at this time, he will be exposed to a certain infectious disease, which is equivalent to contracting two diseases at the same time. During the recovery period of an acute infectious disease, the child's body is still producing antibodies against the infectious disease. If vaccination is given again, it will interfere with the production of antibodies and reduce the amount of antibodies.

3. Children with chronic heart disease, kidney disease, and liver disease should not be vaccinated. Children with these chronic diseases often have reduced protein in their bodies, and the main component of antibody formation is globulin in protein. Therefore, fewer antibodies are formed after vaccination, and the preventive effect is poor, while it will also have adverse effects on the original disease.

4. Children with underdeveloped brain or a history of convulsions may experience severe neurological reactions when vaccinated, so they should not be vaccinated.

5. Children who often suffer from allergic diseases such as urticaria and wheezing should not be vaccinated, otherwise they may have allergic reactions.

6. Children with severe malnutrition and rickets should not be vaccinated.

7. Infants and young children with diarrhea who have more than 4 bowel movements a day should not take polio pills. You can take the medicine again after the diarrhea recovers.

8. If severe post-vaccination reactions occur after vaccination with a combined diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus preparation, such as fever, collapse, shock, convulsions, body temperature exceeding 40.5℃ or other neurological symptoms, the "diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus" should be discontinued next time and only diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (two-unit preparation) should be injected.

9. People who have recently received polyvalent immunoglobulin (such as gamma globulin) should not receive measles vaccine within 6 weeks.

10. Vaccination may be postponed for common diseases such as common cold, mild low fever, etc. depending on the situation.

11. Children with eczema should not be vaccinated with vaccinia vaccine to prevent systemic vaccinia reaction.

12. Severe dermatitis at the vaccination site. Psoriasis. Children with eczema and purulent skin diseases should be vaccinated after these diseases are cured.