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Posted On : 13 Mar 2007

Dear sir,madam,when we see a patient of chicken pox or mumps, parents ask for vaccination of other siblings. Should we wait till incubation period for disease to manifest, especially for mumps or can we immunize them?

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sadaf farhat khan

yes we can immunize them

18 years ago

pediatriconcall

The mumps vaccine cannot be used to prevent the development of mumps after exposure in unimmunised people. However giving the vaccine leads to no harm.
For chickenpox, in non-immune patients, prevent infection by vaccination with varicella vaccine within 3 days of exposure. Although you may not be able to prevent infection if you are vaccinated within 5 days after exposure, you will get a milder case of chickenpox.

18 years ago

zabrul haque

should get immunoglobulin in 96 hrs of exposure in case of chicken pox.

18 years ago

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