Tetravac
Tetravac is a vaccine that helps protect children against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and polio by helping their body build defenses.
Form
injektioneste, suspensio, esitäytetty ruisku
Active Ingredient
Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxoid, adsorbed
Manufacturer
Sanofi Winthrop Industrie
How to Use
Dosage
For young children, it's usually 2 or 3 shots given a few months apart, followed by a booster at 12 months. An additional booster is recommended between 4-13 years of age.
Method
A doctor or nurse will give this vaccine as a shot into your child's thigh or upper arm muscle. It should never be injected into a blood vessel.
Important
Only one dose of the vaccine is given at each scheduled visit.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Vomiting
- •Loss of appetite (eating problems)
- •Drowsiness
- •Headache
- •Nervousness (irritability)
- •Abnormal crying
- •Muscle pain
- •Redness at injection site
- •Pain at injection site
- •Swelling at injection site
- •Fever of 38°C or higher
- •Feeling unwell
- •Diarrhea
- •Sleep problems (insomnia)
- •Hardening at injection site
RARE
- •Severe allergic reactions (contact a doctor immediately)
- •Difficulty breathing
- •Blue discoloration of the tongue or lips
- •Rash
- •Swelling of the face, throat, or other body parts
- •Low blood pressure causing dizziness or fainting
- •Long-lasting, inconsolable crying
- •Redness and swelling over 5 cm at injection site
- •Fever of 39°C or higher
- •Fever over 40°C
- •Seizures, with or without fever
- •Fainting
- •Rash, redness, and itchy skin (hives)
- •Large injection site reactions (over 5 cm), including extensive swelling of the limb extending across one or both joints.
- •Swelling of lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, or groin.
- •Swelling of one or both legs, with bluish skin discoloration, redness, small skin bleeding, and intense crying (when given with Hib vaccine).
Important Warnings
- Do not use if your child is allergic to the active substances, any other ingredient in Tetravac, or other vaccines that protect against whooping cough.
- Do not use if your child has an active brain disease.
- Do not use if your child has had a severe brain-affecting reaction after any previous whooping cough vaccine.
- Tell the doctor if your child has a high fever or an acute illness (like a cold or flu). Vaccination might be postponed.
- Tell the doctor if your child has previously had a high fever (over 40°C), a temporary pale/floppy state, persistent crying for 3 hours or more, or seizures (with or without fever) after a whooping cough vaccine.
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- Tell the doctor if your child is allergic to glutaraldehyde, neomycin, streptomycin, or polymyxin B, as these may be present in tiny amounts in the vaccine.
- If your child has a history of fever-related seizures not linked to vaccines, it's important to monitor their temperature for 48 hours after vaccination and give fever-reducing medicine regularly.
- Tell the doctor if your child has previously had temporary loss of movement or feeling (Guillain-Barré syndrome) or arm/shoulder pain and numbness after a tetanus-containing vaccine.
- Tell the doctor if your child has a weakened immune system or is receiving treatment that weakens it, as the vaccine might not work as well.
- Tell the doctor if your child has a low platelet count or a bleeding disorder (like hemophilia), as there's a risk of bleeding at the injection site.
- Fainting can occur after or even before any injection. Tell the doctor if your child has fainted with previous injections.