Project Description
Paediatrician near me at Phoenix Hospital Bangalore
A child’s smile or touch changes the mood and whole surrounding into happiness. These happiness spreading lives needs continuous attention and care from parents in every stage of development to master the life skills. During this process, child falls sick, gets wounded and seeks counselling/ guidance to keep learning uninterrupted. Child Specialist/Paediatrician helps parents in child’s journey of development in all manners – health, physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially for fostering a healthy life.
Paediatrician helps parent in dealing with health related to following situations –
Infection/sickness/fever
Vaccination
Healing the wound
Acute/chronic diseases – congenital/allergy/asthma/psoriasis etc
Paediatricians are involved not only in ensuring sickness-free health either by early detection or prevention of disease but also help in management of following development related issues –
Functional disabilities
Behavioural problems
Developmental delays and disorders
Mental disorders like depression
Anxiety disorders
Social stresses
Vaccination plays an important role in preventing or controlling or eliminating life threatening infectious diseases like Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Polio, Pneumonia and Meningitis due to Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib), Rubella, Measles,Rotavirus diarrhoea and Japanese Encephalitis (JE).
Paediatric Immunization Time Table (IAPCOI based recommendations)
Age | Vaccines |
---|---|
Birth | BCG, Hepatitis B1, OPV |
6 Weeks | DTwP /DTaP1, Hib-1, IPV-1, Hep B2, PCV 1,Rota-1 |
10 Weeks | DTwP /DTaP2, Hib-2, IPV-2, Hep B3, PCV 2, Rota-2 |
14 Weeks | DTwP /DTaP3, Hib-3, IPV-3, Hep B4, PCV 3, Rota-3* |
6 Months | Influenza-1 |
7 Months | Influenza -2 |
6 – 9 Months | Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine |
9 Months | MMR 1 (Mumps, measles, Rubella) |
12 Months | Hepatitis A- 1 |
12 – 15 Months | PCV Booster |
15 Months | MMR 2, Varicella |
16 – 18 Months | DTwP /DTaP, Hib, IPV |
18 – 19 Months | Hepatitis A- 2**, Varicella 2 |
4 – 6 Years | DTwP /DTaP, IPV, MMR 3 |
9 – 15 Years (Girls) | HPV (2 doses) |
10 – 12 Years | Tdap/ Td |
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Year | Annual Influenza Vaccine |