Dear all mums,
I extracted this from another forum, and looks like the $400 shot is not the same as 肺炎鏈球菌針, please do check.
Extract from 嬰兒醫護 » 可怕的肺炎鏈球菌,謝謝日希媽媽的分享,快d帶仔女去打疫苗啦!
I am a general practitioner working in private clinic. I will have my first baby in coming November and thus want to have a look for care of babies here.
I saw there were a lot of questionings from mothers here about the use of Prevenar (肺炎鏈球菌針). I would like to clarify here.
The best time of getting the injection is 2, 4, 6 and 18 months old, as mentioned by one of the mothers. The injections are recommended to be given at the same day and time when getting 四合一(included in immunization package from Department of Health) or 五合一(available in private). It should be emphasized that the earlier the baby is having injection, the earlier he/she getting protection. So don't wait until 1 or 2 year old. The Streptococcal bacteria tends to affect the children below 2 years old, who are the ones susceptible to this severe infection due to relatively less developed immunity. Those over 2 years old have relatively better and developed immunity against bacterial infection. Therefore you can see why the children older than 2 years old only need one injection.
By the way, there is another pneumoccal injection called Mencevax ACWY. The Chinese name is similar. However, it is injected for those older 2 years old and adults and is totally different from Prevenar. If you don't know how to differiate them, the cost will tell you. Prevenar injecitons cost from $650-750 but Mencevax ACWY around $200-400.
Hope the above information help you all.
Hope all babies are healthy all along and growing peacefully.
I did not recommend M. ACWY, another type of pneumoccal injection because the main target is for elderly, children with lowered immunity due to chronic diseases (like leukaemia, "white blood disease"). Therefore, it is not commonly to see such injections for normal children.
原文章由 Laputa 於 07-7-19 17:53 發表
Dear all mums,
I extracted this from another forum, and looks like the $400 shot is not the same as 肺炎鏈球菌針, please do check.