One of the vaccination should be done prospective pilgrims are to prevent meningitis. Vaccination should be performed at least 2 weeks before leaving for Hajj so that antibodies are formed.
"At the latest two weeks before departure because the antibodies formed 2 weeks after injection. So do not already there but not yet formed antibodies," said Dr. Dr. Iris Rengganis, SpPD, K-AI, FINASIM in layman's symposium PAPDI Physical and Physical Health During Worship Hajj in the Hall of Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, Tuesday (09/13/2011).
Dr. Iris says meningitis vaccination time is injected in the deltoid area SK (upper right arm) with a single dose of 0.5 ml. This is because the disease can be transmitted by contact direct or through a 'carrier'.
"This vaccine can be administered simultaneously with influenza vaccine, usually meningitis vaccine in the upper right arm and the influenza vaccine in the left arm. Meningitis vaccine could provide immunity to 3 years whereas influenza vaccine is only one year," he said.
Meningitis vaccine is given to prospective pilgrims to prevent bacterial meningitis is still endemic in several countries. Commonly known as the African Meningitis Belt originating from sub-Saharan Africa.
Meningococcal Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes lining the brain and spinal cord are acute, the condition is caused by gram-negative bacteria growing in hot or cold temperatures with low humidity.
Symptoms or signs that appear are the sudden heat, nausea, vomiting, a rash on the skin, pain in the head, the physical becomes weak even to a decreased consciousness or coma.
Meningitis vaccine is a mandatory requirement of the government of Saudi Arabia for all pilgrims. For the meningitis vaccine in Indonesia is the last stage of the process of medical examinations for prospective pilgrims.
"Candidates that have been vaccinated this congregation will be given a yellow card and immunity can be up to 3 years, so if next year would not have meningitis vaccine umrah again," said Dr. Iris is also a big board Peralmuni (Allergy Immunology Society of Indonesia).
"At the latest two weeks before departure because the antibodies formed 2 weeks after injection. So do not already there but not yet formed antibodies," said Dr. Dr. Iris Rengganis, SpPD, K-AI, FINASIM in layman's symposium PAPDI Physical and Physical Health During Worship Hajj in the Hall of Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, Tuesday (09/13/2011).
Dr. Iris says meningitis vaccination time is injected in the deltoid area SK (upper right arm) with a single dose of 0.5 ml. This is because the disease can be transmitted by contact direct or through a 'carrier'.
"This vaccine can be administered simultaneously with influenza vaccine, usually meningitis vaccine in the upper right arm and the influenza vaccine in the left arm. Meningitis vaccine could provide immunity to 3 years whereas influenza vaccine is only one year," he said.
Meningitis vaccine is given to prospective pilgrims to prevent bacterial meningitis is still endemic in several countries. Commonly known as the African Meningitis Belt originating from sub-Saharan Africa.
Meningococcal Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes lining the brain and spinal cord are acute, the condition is caused by gram-negative bacteria growing in hot or cold temperatures with low humidity.
Symptoms or signs that appear are the sudden heat, nausea, vomiting, a rash on the skin, pain in the head, the physical becomes weak even to a decreased consciousness or coma.
Meningitis vaccine is a mandatory requirement of the government of Saudi Arabia for all pilgrims. For the meningitis vaccine in Indonesia is the last stage of the process of medical examinations for prospective pilgrims.
"Candidates that have been vaccinated this congregation will be given a yellow card and immunity can be up to 3 years, so if next year would not have meningitis vaccine umrah again," said Dr. Iris is also a big board Peralmuni (Allergy Immunology Society of Indonesia).
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