hi, i want to know about DTP vaccine. my baby is of 1.5 month. please suggest i should go for painless or painfull DTP vaccine. I also want to know what all problem baby suffers from if i go for painfull vaccine? please suggest what will Painless vaccine cast me?
Hello, The painless DPT vaccine contains cellular pertussis and has fewer side effects in terms of fever, swelling, pain etc. This vaccine came into use a few years back, but now recent data suggests that this vaccine is not very effective against pertussis (whooping cough). There have been several outbreaks of whooping cough in America and now this vaccine is no longer routinely recommended. You should get your child vaccinated with the whole cell pertussis vaccine or the so-called painful vaccine. The commonest side effects of this vaccine are fever, pain at injection site, swelling at injection site and irritability. There are other extremely rare side effects like fits, shock. The painless vaccine is now recommended only for those child Chat Doctor.  The cost of painless DPT vaccine is around INR 1500 - 2000.  Hope that helps. Preeti