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Today we are going to talk about H Influenza B vaccine which is conventionally called Hib vaccine .Now why is this vaccine required ?
H.Influenza is a bacteria which commonly effect children less than 5 years of age .It can cause serious effects like effecting the vocal chords and causing a disease called epiglottitis or it can cause pneumonia or it can cause serious skin infection also a very dreaded infection of the brain called meningitis .To prevent these this vaccine have been available for the last thirty years.And has become very popular and has been included in most countries as a compulsory vaccine i the schedules .Hib vaccine is generally conjugated with the DPT vaccine and given as a quadrivalent vaccine or in association with Hepatitis B as a pentavalent vaccine .I am sure all of you may be familier with Pentavac or Pentavalent vaccine various brands are available .It is relatively safe vaccine and a good vaccine to give .Most countries which have adopted this vaccine have eradicated this dreaded diseases of children .Particularly in less than 5 years of age by using this vaccine Now is this vaccine same as the meningococcat vaccine?No meningococcal is another brai fever disease caused by another bacteria .Meningococcal commonly effects a age of children slightly inthe elderly age group beyond 10 years of age .Most commonly in adolesent age that's why most western countries insist on giving the meningococcal vaccine to children or when they enter collage .If we have a collage going child who is planning to go to abroad .In particularly USA-thay may insist on giving ths vaccine.So the meningococcal vaccine is not a routine vaccine prescribed .You will have to talk to your doctor to see if he deserves the vaccine not only because he may not require the vaccine And two the coast of the medicine is really stiff.So that the doctor will counsel you wheather he needs the vaccine or not


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