Hello, my child of 3'months is following the vaccine schedule at her pediatrician, she only received one dose for polio so far, is she protected or still at risk? Thanks
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- A person is considered to be fully immunized if he or she has received a primary series of at least three doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), live oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), or four dos... Read More
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My husband took the polio vaccin with my daughter just to encourage her to take it and after a week we made love and i might be pregnant is there any risk on my baby?
Dr. Nemer Charafeddine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- unless your husband is immunocompromised, no there is no risk..
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Hello, should the mothers of children who have been administered the oral polio vaccine avoid getting pregnant in the 6 weeks following the vaccination? Thanks
Dr. Nemer Charafeddine,
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- If the mother did not take the vaccine like her children- as some will take it by curiosity- there is no contraindication to get pregnant ( I suppose that the mother has been vaccinated in her infanc... Read More
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My child is vaccinated with 2 doses of infanrix (4 months old). Do we still need to join the Oral polio campaign administered by the ministry of health?
Dr. Jihad Irani,
Family Medicine
- Even if he is vaccinated, we are still recommending to give the oral polio. The answer is yes.
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Salut...je voudrais savoir dans le cas ou mon garcon age de 3ans etait enrhume ou bine a de la fievre ,peut il effectuer le vaccine contre la polio ??? y a t-il des effets secondaires??? Merci
Dr. Zakia Dimassi,
Pediatrics
- En général si votre enfant a une maladie qui n'est pas sévere ("common cold" ou une rhume sans fievre), il peut recevoir le vaccin. Par contre s'il a de la fie... Read More
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Hello, who should do the polio vaccine this year (precising because the threat this year is real) ? adults should do it even if they already did it while being kids? thank you
Dr. Dina Helou,
Pediatrics
- Usually 4 doses of polio vaccine are enough to provide life long protection.
When there is a potential epidemy, like it is the case actually ( the confirmed polio cases where detected in syria and not... Read More
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What about this polio thing that is spreading around. my daughter did her polio vaccin before now she is 2 years now do you advise me to do it to her again?
Dr. Jihad Irani,
Family Medicine
- Yes. Even if she already took it, it is recommended to take the booster that the Ministry of Health is providing.
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Salut je voulais vous demander a propos du vaccin de Polio pour mon fils age de 3 ans .Il etait deja vaccine.........y a t- il des effets secondaires??? y a t-il un rappel pour le vaccin??
Dr. Jihad Irani,
Family Medicine
- Meme s'il est vaccine, il est recommende de prendre un rappel avec la campagne actuelle du ministere de sante.
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