What is Bzzh Inoculation?

The most optimal vaccine against tuberculosis is vaccination btszh. You ask, from where went such an interesting name? To all the source is Latin, in translation from which the abbreviation literally means struggle against bacilli. The main task of the vaccine is to protect the human body from a primary encounter with the infection. This preparation contains microbacteria of tuberculosis. These bacteria are alive, but do not pose a threat to health, since their function is weakened. After the bacilli enter the body, they develop a specific immunity that allows them to cope with mycobacteria that are dangerous, in case the person has to meet them.

Vaccination bzzh newborn

Even before the baby is discharged from the hospital, he is injected with the vaccine btszh. This is about the fifth day after birth. The drug is injected into the shoulder intradermally, near the attachment site of the deltoid muscle.

Response to BCG vaccination. At the site of the vaccination, the compaction of the tissues should gradually form, and then the vesicle is seen. The size should not exceed 10 millimeters. The pustule dries up and a crust appears in its place. Six months later, only a small hem reminds of vaccination.

The main thing is not to touch the place of vaccination. Do not remove the formed crust, open the vial and do not use disinfectants. The main concern of parents is the control over the reaction of the baby. If complications occur, you should immediately go to the hospital.

Repeated subsequent vaccination btszh

Revaccination, that is, repeated inoculation, should occur at 7 and 14 years.

Contraindications to vaccination

Such a vaccination should in no case be done if the child suffers from severe immunodeficiency, who has undergone tuberculosis and a patient with oncological pathologies. Also, vaccination is not suitable for those children whose brothers and sisters suffered a severe reaction to this drug. Such cases are rare, but they are. The most common contraindication is the development of acute disease in children. First of all, you should postpone the vaccination and follow the doctor's instructions. Return to vaccination is recommended only for 3 weeks after full rehabilitation. Of course, this period is rather mobile and it should be discussed with specialists. The reason for a categorical refusal from vaccination is an exacerbation of a chronic illness or an urgent illness of a child.

The most common reactions to BCH:

• The onset of a cold abscess. This is the pus that is brewing in the vaccination area. It occurs as a result of getting under the skin of the drug itself.
• Occurs ulceration, just over 10 millimeters. This is the result of increased sensitivity of the body.
• The nearest regional lymph node may be inflamed.
• A large scar may form. If this effect occurs, revaccination is contraindicated.
• Infectious generalized process. The vaccine can cause disease under the condition of severe immunity damage. But, such pathology is single, therefore there is nothing to be afraid of.
• At the injection site, there may be bone damage, the so-called osteitis or osteomyelitis. This is also a single phenomenon.

Recently, the vaccination btszh began to cause a lot of controversy. Should it be done at all if the incidence of tuberculosis continues to grow significantly? Doctors say that vaccination btszh - a chance to protect people from bacilli, but sometimes the practice shows a very different. Firstly, for many newborns it is a test. Either vaccinations are substandard, or the children are not the same as before, but such vaccinations negatively affect the nervous system of the kids, leading to a stupor. The choice is only for you!