What does the baby's five-in-one vaccine include?

Babies often need vaccinations when they are young because vaccines can prevent children from various diseases. Among them, the pentavalent vaccine is a relatively special vaccine, and children need to pay attention to changes in their diet after the injection. Because no matter which vaccine it is, you need to pay attention to dietary issues. Once a child eats some irritating foods, it is easy for the body to have a special reaction. But what does the baby’s pentavalent vaccine include?

1. What is the Pentavalent Vaccine?

A pentavalent vaccine is a vaccine containing five live, inactivated organisms or purified antigens, jointly formulated by producers for the prevention of multiple diseases or diseases caused by different species or serotypes of the same organism. The pentavalent vaccine is definitely not a simple combination vaccine. Each combination vaccine is an independent vaccine that has been scientifically researched.

Pentavalent vaccine generally refers to a combined vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, and Haemophilus influenzae. The pentavalent vaccine not only reduces the total number of doses required to prevent these five diseases from 12 doses to 4 doses, but also provides babies with the same immune protection as single vaccines.

2. Pentavalent vaccine vaccination time

Many mothers choose the relatively expensive pentavalent vaccine in order to reduce the number of vaccinations for their babies. When is the vaccination time for the pentavalent vaccine? The baby's pentavalent vaccine vaccination consists of 4 doses. Three basic immunizations are given when the baby is 2, 3, and 4 months old, respectively. Then, when the baby is 18 months old, another dose of the children's pentavalent vaccine is given for booster immunization. If you miss the vaccination time when your baby is 2 months old, you can give your baby basic immunization at 3, 4, or 5 months old. The booster immunization time is still 18 months old.

3. Is it necessary to take the pentavalent vaccine?

Whether to get the pentavalent vaccine should be considered based on the child's constitution and physical condition. If the child is in good physical condition, sugar pills will be enough and there is no need to get the pentavalent injection. Expensive vaccines are not necessarily better. But the biggest advantage of the pentavalent vaccine is that it requires 8 fewer shots, and parents can consider whether to vaccinate based on their family circumstances. Many mothers want to know the price, advantages and disadvantages of the pentavalent vaccine, so as to compare it with other vaccines and consider whether to give their babies the pentavalent vaccine. By comparing the price of the pentavalent vaccine and the sugar pills and IPV, parents can clearly see the necessity of the pentavalent vaccine.

Is the Pentavalent Vaccine Safe?

Many people are concerned about the safety of the pentavalent vaccine, fearing that their children will not be able to tolerate it after the vaccination. In fact, the pentavalent vaccine is not simply a random mixture of several vaccines. It takes into account the solubility, physical compatibility, antigen stability of various antigen combinations, as well as the immunization procedures and adverse reactions during use.

Researchers have conducted a large number of studies on the comparison between multi-combination vaccines and traditional vaccines around the world, showing that in addition to achieving the same or better preventive effects as the corresponding traditional vaccines, multi-combination vaccines have even better safety.

A total of 12 clinical trials of the pentavalent vaccine have been conducted in nine countries using five different vaccination schedules. The results of the studies have all confirmed that the pentavalent vaccine is a safe and effective vaccine for children. The safety and effectiveness of vaccinating children with the pentavalent vaccine are comparable to vaccinating them with polio, diphtheria, pertussis and Hib vaccines separately. Clinical trials conducted in China in 2009 further proved that the pentavalent vaccine for children is also suitable for Chinese babies.

5. Side effects of pentavalent vaccine

Children may have adverse reactions after vaccination, which are usually more obvious after the second shot. Parents should pay attention to observation. The main adverse reactions include local redness, swelling, fever, pain, fatigue and itching. Most children's fever is transient and can be recovered on its own by drinking more water. A few children with fever need to use antipyretic and analgesic drugs; local redness and swelling can be treated with hot compresses.