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Pneumoniae vaccination
My son is 4 years and 8 months old. I just wanted to know whether he can take pneumonia vaccine at this age and if yes which will be better.
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You can go ahead with single dose of pneumococcal 13 valent vaccine single dose is sufficient.
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Yes you can give him pneumonia vaccine two doses 4 to 6 weeks apart
You can go for sinflorix Or prevenar
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Dr. Hari Om
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Yes u can vaccinated ur son
with Prevenar 13 ( PCV-13)
single dose suffice at 4 year age
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