What to do if you have a fever after polio vaccination

Many children will experience some adverse side effects after using polio vaccine, such as fever, abnormally weak physical constitution, and severe cases may even lead to rickets. Polio vaccine can only be taken orally and cannot be injected. If the patient happens to suffer from gastrointestinal diseases, the injection needs to be postponed at this time. Polio vaccine is a sugar pill and is afraid of heat and will become ineffective when exposed to heat, so do not take it with hot water, but use cold water, soak it, and give it to your child after it melts.

Precautions

If you have fever, abnormally weak constitution, severe rickets, active tuberculosis or other serious illnesses, or have diarrhea 4 times a day within 1 week, you should temporarily suspend taking the medicine. HIV infection, dysgammaglobulinemia, lymphoma, leukemia, extensive malignant lesions and other immunodeficiencies (such as taking corticosteroids, anticancer drugs, immunosuppressive drugs or receiving radiation, etc.) are contraindicated.

1. This vaccine can only be taken orally, not injected. It is best to delay its use when suffering from gastrointestinal diseases.

2. The polio vaccine is in the form of sugar pills or liquids. It is afraid of heat and will become ineffective when exposed to heat. Therefore, do not take the medicine with hot water. When taking the medicine, first crush the sugar pill with a spoon or chopsticks, or dissolve the sugar pill in cold boiled water (do not use hot boiled water) with a spoon and take it. Older children can swallow it directly.

3. It is best to stop breastfeeding within two hours after taking the vaccine (you can use milk or other milk substitutes), otherwise the antibodies in the breast milk will neutralize (kill) the vaccine and affect its effectiveness.

4. If vomiting occurs while taking the medicine, take it again.

5. There are generally no adverse reactions after taking the medicine, only a few mild gastrointestinal symptoms.

6. People with high fever, impaired immunity, or those who are taking corticosteroids or anti-cancer drugs should not take the myelitis vaccine.

7. For those with contraindications, 0.3 ml/kg body weight of immunoglobulin can be injected once a day for 2 to 3 days.

8. Once the disease occurs, you should go to the hospital for isolation and treatment in time, report to the health and epidemic prevention station, disinfect the epidemic site, and place close contacts under medical observation for 20 days. Those who have not taken the vaccine or have taken incomplete vaccines should take them immediately.

Adverse Reactions

Fever, headache, diarrhea, and occasional rash may occur, which will heal on their own after 2 to 3 days. A very rare serious adverse reaction is vaccine-related paralysis.

Vaccine storage and transportation

OPV is heat sensitive and should be stored and transported under low temperature conditions. The shelf life is 2 years below -20°C and 1 year at 2-8°C (the vaccine packaging label can only specify one storage temperature and shelf life).