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Paracetamol Reduces Effectiveness of Vaccines

For the parents should not have to panic too much when a child is experiencing fever after being immunized. By giving fever-lowering drugs such as paracetamol can actually reduce the effectiveness of vaccine. Because fever after immunization is normal and it is a sign that the body is forming as an army of antibodies, where the troops will provide protection for children who have been immunized from diseases. And keep in mind that a fever is normal and not a disease. Another case if the child has a high fever and doctors specifically recommend it, should not have to use fever-lowering drugs after vaccination, especially if the reason to prevent fever.

The researchers tried to find out the effect of paracetamol against vaccination. Type of vaccine received after the researchers conducting research in mind that impact of paracetamol include Hib, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, polio, and rotavirus. And there are two possibilities that will happen to the baby or child on relation to effects of paracetamol. First is when a baby or child receive the first vaccination and second vaccination when they receive further vaccination. The second is the child does not get paracetamol. At first baby paracetamol was given and baby has a slight fever, but the system also produced antibodies that allow low-activity anti-inflammatory substances found in the fever-lowering drugs can lead to interference with the system so that antibodies produced antibodies is low.

Of the above exempt if there are special reasons to control the fever, such as a history of seizures, with fever, fever-lowering drugs should not routinely given after immunization. Fever-lowering drugs will reduce the antibody response is reasonable. Moreover, the immune system response is inflammatory response. When a child is ill, overcome the pain. But if the child high fever, you should immediately lower the fever with fever-lowering drugs.

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