Vaccine
Talk

Don't forget to do a thyroid test for your child at birth because it's important.

Vaccination is never a cause of disease as long as the vaccine is not live.

No one should be vaccinated while having a fever, but it's normal to have some fever after vaccination.

Avoid fever reducers before vaccination or immediately after, as it sometimes affects the effectiveness of some vaccines.

Don't take antihistamines before vaccination, so that if there's an allergy to the vaccine, it will show up.

All vaccines can be taken if we're late for their scheduled time except for Rota, which has a specific timing that the child cannot be vaccinated after.

If you missed a vaccination appointment, don't worry, we continue the schedule normally without repeating.

If you don't remember whether your child was vaccinated or not, there's no problem with vaccinating them again.

Down syndrome patients can take their vaccines normally.

Anyone can get vaccinated while taking antibiotics.

If the person to be vaccinated is taking cortisone or immunosuppressants, you must inform the doctor before vaccination.

If we take multiple vaccines on the same day, we take them with a 2.5 cm gap between each injection and the next.

All vaccines in Egypt are injections except polio and Rota which are drops.

Vaccines except live and tuberculosis are given in the thigh muscle in the first year of the child's life, and from one to three years old it can be in the shoulder or thigh muscle, and after three years old it's better for the injection to be in the shoulder muscle.

If the vaccine was given by mistake under the skin instead of muscle, it doesn't need to be repeated except for rabies, hepatitis B, or HPV vaccines.

If the mother is infected with hepatitis B, the child must receive antibodies with the zero dose at birth.

If the child vomited a little from Rota while taking it, we don't need to repeat the dose.

Chickenpox vaccine can be taken on the same day as the health vaccine at one year and one and a half years, or we separate a month between the health vaccine and chickenpox.

If bumps appear on the person after chickenpox vaccination, keep them away from pregnant women and immunocompromised people.

If we discover a case of chickenpox or hepatitis A, we quickly vaccinate the contacts, as this may prevent infection after exposure in some cases.

If any human is bitten or scratched by a mammal or rodent animal, they should get the rabies vaccine regardless of their age and temperature.