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Cards (13)

  • Vaccine
    • BCG
    • DPT
    • OPV
    • Hepatitis B
    • MMR
  • Minimum Age at 1st Dose
    • Birth or anytime after birth
    • 6 weeks
    • 6 weeks
    • At birth
    • 12 mo-15 mo of age
  • Number of doses
    • 1
    • 3
    • 3
    • 3
    • 2
  • Minimum interval Between doses
    • -
    • 4 weeks
    • 4 weeks
    • 6 weeks interval from 1st and 2nd dose; 8 weeks interval from 2nd to 3rd dose
    • 1st- 12- 15 mo, 2nd- 4-6 yrs of age
  • Reason
    • Protect the infant from possibility of TB meningitis & other TB infection
    • Reduce chance of pertussis
    • Protection against polio
    • Reduce chances of being infected and becoming carrier
    • Protect against measles, mumps and rubella
  • Route of administration
    • Intradermal
    • Intramuscular
    • Oral
    • Intramuscular
    • Intramuscular
  • Disorder
    • Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
    • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
    • Galactosemia (GAL)
    • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
    • G6PD (Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase)
  • Deficient
    • TSH (GH, adrenocorticotrophic , antidiuretic hormone)
    • 21-hydroxylase
    • Galactokinase
    • Phenylalanine hydroxylase
    • Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
    • Severe mental retardation
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
    • Severe salt loss, dehydration & ABN high levels of male sex hormones in both boys & girls
    • May die within 7-14 days
  • Galactosemia (GAL)
    • Unable to process galactose – accumulation leads to liver and brain damage, cataracts
  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)

    • Unable to utilize phenylalanine → accumulation in blood – brain damage
  • G6PD (Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase)

    • Hemolytic anemia resulting from exposure to oxidative substances in drugs, foods & chemicals