MMR Vaccination At Home
Measles Mumps and rubella vaccine is one of the most critical childhood vaccines. Medintu brings you the home-based vaccination for MMR vaccine in any part of Hyderabad. Take a step towards a healthy life with us as we give you the comfort of hospital care at your home with our trained and qualified team of nurses.
What is MMR Vaccine?
It is a vaccine that protects from 3 significant viral diseases that affect people in their childhood. Protecting children from these infections helps ensure good growth and good health throughout childhood. It gives lifelong immunity to the vaccinated individual.
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Note: Prescription is Mandatory for Home Vaccination
Types of Vaccines
- Rotaviral vaccination
- Newborn Baby Vaccination
- Varicella Vaccination
- Pertussis vaccination
- Mumps vaccination
- Adult Vaccination
- BCG Vaccination
- Polio Vaccination
- Swine flu Vaccination
- Rubella vaccination
- Rabies vaccination
- MMR vaccination
- Typhoid vaccination
- HPV vaccination
- Tetanus Vaccination
- Hepatitis A Vaccination
- Hepatitis B Vaccination
- Measles Vaccination
- Yellow Fever Vaccination
- Pneumococcal Vaccination
- Chickenpox Vaccination
Causes of MMR
Measles: it causes fever, rash, and cough in the child. If not treated early, it can cause complications like pneumonia, ear infection, etc.
Mumps: It causes an infection of the salivary glands, causes fever, body pain, swelling of the cheek, and tiredness in children.
Rubella: it causes fever, rash, cough, body pain etc. and is very similar to measles.
How to Treat and Prevent MMR?
It is mainly based on the symptoms of the disease—anti-fever medication, fluids, a good diet, vitamin supplements ais recovery.
The MMR vaccine, which contains all three viruses in killed or attenuated form, can prevent all these infections and gives lifelong immunity. They are provided with vitamin A injection and sometimes along with the varicella vaccine.
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When to take the MMR vaccine?
It is usually taken around 12-15 months of age and a booster dose at 4-6 years. Suppose an infant travels to an area where these infections are prevalent. In that case, she may be vaccinated at 6-7 months of age and then get a repeat vaccination with two doses.
Up to what age can we take the MMR vaccine?
Anyone who has not been vaccinated against these infections can take the vaccine, including adults. A single shot of the vaccine may be accepted if there is an epidemic of these infections.
What are the side effects of the MMR vaccine?
The side effects are mild and go away in 2-3 days.
- Pain at the injection site
- Redness at the injection site
- Fever
- Joint pain
- Nausea
- Rash
- In severe cases, allergic reaction to the vaccine is hives, facial swelling, etc.