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My baby is now 6 month old..Pnumemococcal 1 vaccine is done for my baby after completing one and half month.. unfortunately we missed second vaccine..My questions is can we give the second vaccine now or what will be the minimum gap between two vaccines
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Pneumococcal vaccine can be give now
U need to take 2 more doses of pneumococcal vaccine with a gap of 4 weeks between each dose. This is followed by booster doses in 2nd year of life.
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yes get ur child vaccinated.
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Dr. Aakansha Singh
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6 yrs exp
Varanasi
Hi.
Yes you can give the second vaccine now. The gap between second and third dose should be atleast 4weeks.
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use the same vaccine product for the second and third dose as the first dose. interchanging vaccine products after starting the schedule is not recommended.
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