Vaccination against pneumococcal infections
I’ve been undecided whether to give my son the pneumococcal jab or not since he was one month or two. And I still am. At the moment, the Malaysian government is not making it compulsory, but Persatuan Pediatrik Malaysia recommends it. From the materials I read (including a leaflet I picked up at AzZahrah), pneumococcal infections are caused by a type of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae, which could cause serious illnesses like meningitis, pneumonia, bacteremia, and otitis media. There are risks of death and diabilities associated with this infection. I can’t find any information containing the statistics of the incidence of pneumococcal infections in Malaysia.
To mummies out there, did you give your kids this jab? What do you think about it?
(I don’t even know what’s the big deal. It’s not like there’s any harm or risk just taking the vaccination right? Perhaps I’m not convinced that there really is a need for it? Better be safe than sorry?)
7 comments:
Salam mynie.
Saya sendiri pun tak pernah terfikir pasal pneumococcal jab ni. Bila dtg sini baru tahu... hehe.. sebab kat sini kan wajib... tapi cuma utk under 3 years old aje kalau tak silap. Walaupun Ahmad tak pernah ambik jab tu, dia tak kena ambik... syukri aje yg kena. So saya rasa penyakit tu utk budak kecik aje ke (under 3)? Kalau kat msia, saya pun tak tahulah nak decide macam mana...Lack of knowledge pasal menda ni.
Anyway, selamat menghayati Ramadan utk mynie sekeluarga... Rindunya saya kat msia. Walaupun dah biasa duk sini, tapi sekali-sekala tu homesick jugak...hehe...
You...assalamualaikum. tak kenai pun you tapi sebab memang hoby blog dropping, i have frequented your blog. On this piece, my daugther ada ambik this jab. Rasanya jab ni lagi sakit dari jab biasa yg gomen suruh tu sebab she will get sick and sometimes bum dia keras. So kena tuam area jab tu. But the apparent benefit nye, my daughther seldom got sick. I personnaly think udara kita ni kotor. Banyak airborne disease. and for somebody yang tak penah breastfeed (my bad!!) my daughter ok - alhamdullilah. Tak tau la samada kena mengena ke idak, when the house (3 cousins satu rumah and 3 relatives play mates petang2) semua kena hand-foot-mouth, my daughter sorang je tak kena. So tak tau la nak cakap whether its the jab or her own immune system.
Uwaa terpanjang lak. But salam perkenalan and if there is extra budget..i would say go get the jabs.
kak cuya, i baca leaflet tu, dia kata the risk of infection is higher for below 24 months old.. which munief will be soon enough sebenarnya.
ramadhan mubarak to you n family too! jangan rindu malaysia, nanti insyaAllah panjang umur akan berramadhan disini banyak tahun... yang di sana tu yg limited. so enjoy it while you can :)
pinkytoe, salam perkenalan to you :) thanks for sharing your experience. now i know that should i decide to give my son the jab, kena plan jugak timing dia, supaya dpt jaga in case dia demam etc.. jab2 sebelum ni, dia tak demam.
mynie,salam ramadhan...
bestnyer awak puasa penuh tahun ini yer. Bila due?? end of okt kan?
munief sayang, moga selamat dan sihat sentiasa.amin!!
mynie,
if ada allocation, then go for it. benda2 ni untuk kebaikan jugak. macam insurance. sometimes tak jadi apa2. tapi bila penyakit nak datang tu at least ada jugak pendinding..
kak najah, salam ramadhan. insyaAllah puasa penuh tahun ni :) bukan end oct, tp mid-dec insyaAllah :) doakan...
kak ana, alamak - terkena sekali bila sentuh bab insurans ni. i know i need perlindungan tu, tp masih tak terbuat. niat ada, tp menangguh2.. hahah.. mcm sama je dgn kes injection nih..
mynie.. my 3 kids.. i tak inject pun this pnemucoccal injection
sebab, injection ni wajib kalau pergi haji/umrah.. kerana terlalu ramai org, keadaan cuaca yang sentiasa panas dan kering di mekah dan madinah, hygenic issues menyebabkan bakteria senang masuk.
so fret not, sebab kita insya Allah masih terkawal.. kalau nak gi umrah/haji tu, lain ceritalah.. mg wajib ambil
-limaunipis
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