Most of pediatricians incline to opinion that it is not necessary to bathe the kid in day of vaccination and two days after it. The fact is that after an inoculation the organism of the baby begins to fight against the entered microorganisms. At the same time at the kid temperature can rise, and water procedures at such state are undesirable.
Instruction
1. Inoculations do to kids of the first year of life different, and the children's organism differently reacts to them. Therefore to make the decision on that, to bathe the child or not, it is necessary being based only on a condition of the baby. Doctors do not recommend to bathe the kid at least in day of performing vaccination to exclude a possibility of infection with any infections or cold.
2. Most often temperature at kids increases after an inoculation of AKDS of domestic production. At introduction of import medicines such reaction is observed much less often. Temperature increase after performing vaccination is shown within the first day and usually falls down in three days. Therefore after this inoculation holding any water procedures is not desirable.
3. Even if the child well transfers inoculations, you should not neglect the recommendations of the pediatrician and to bathe the kid in day of vaccination. Next day, if the baby feels well, it is necessary to take temperature and if she is normal — to bath the child.
4. The vaccines against poliomyelitis and hepatitis extremely seldom cause any reactions in an organism of the kid. Therefore after carrying out these inoculations it is possible to bathe on the same day.
5. Vaccine BCZh is usually entered to kids in maternity hospital. In day of inoculation of the child you should not bathe. Reaction to this inoculation appears usually in 1.5 — 2 months in the form of the prick formed a gnoynichka in the place. It is possible to bathe the child at this time, but it is necessary to avoid active impacts on skin in the field of an inoculation.
6. Injections from a mumps, measles and a rubella give reaction for 10 — 14 day after vaccination therefore there are no restrictions for bathing this day. It is necessary to watch closely a condition of the kid further and to do not miss possible temperature increase.
7. All known to Mant is not an inoculation - it is skin test by means of which check susceptibility of an organism to tuberculosis. Doctors recommend not to wet an inoculation three days, before check. In general, water ingress on an inoculation does not influence its result, the main thing, not to scratch and not to rub this place a bast or a towel. Therefore if there was a need to expiate the kid, it is necessary to make it quickly, trying to subject the place of a prick to water ingress less.
8. Bathing of the kid after vaccination has to be carried out with observance of some rules: - it is not necessary to rub the place of a prick sponges, basts or a towel; - water temperature has to correspond to the body temperature of the kid; - if in the bathroom it is cold, it is better to heat it by means of the heater; - you should not include hot water, creating thereby the increased humidity indoors; - long water procedures are undesirable, it is necessary to expiate quickly the child that he did not catch a cold.
9. Bathing of kids after an inoculation is not forbidden if it has no temperature. If the child after vaccination cries, or he is hurt by the place of a prick, bathing will be very useful and will help the baby to relax and remove emotional and muscular pressure. Therefore, making the decision on holding water procedures after an inoculation, it is necessary to be guided only by health of the child.