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Polio drops
Hello my baby is 14 mnths old. He had polio drops at 2 mnths of age. I want to know how many times should we give polio drops and at what age
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good morning. it is written onschedule immunization card. it is tobe given 4-6 weeks interval three doses at 2,3,4 months again booster at one and half years age ,5thdose --2nd booster at four and half years of age. you can give pentavalent vaccine which has intramuscular dose of polio vaccine(Salk Vaccine). we are having drive for polio vaccination . you keep giving whenever there is drive. This is special vaccine specific to strain of polio reported.. please give all vaccines. we are able to prevent many diseases.
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Needs birth dose ,then 6,10,14 weeks then 6 months and 16-18month according to national immunization schedule. Then pulse polio doses upto 5 year s.
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