Vaccination is the only way to protect yourself from the complications  COVID-19.

What are the contraindications to vaccination from COVID-19?

The only true contraindication to vaccination from COVID-19 is currently a serious allergic reaction to the first vaccine dose, such as anaphylactic shock.

It is also not necessary to make vaccination at a body temperature above 38 ° C.

If you take drugs that affect the immune system, or just fear that your health status may be a contraindication to vaccination, advise your doctor.

Chronic illnesses are not contraindicated by vaccination! On the contrary, people with chronic diseases risk it harder to transfer COVID-19 and therefore require protection that gives vaccination.

Be sure to inform the doctor who inspects you before vaccination, about your chronic diseases and any allergic reactions that were previously.

 

• Can we vaccinate pregnant women?

If a pregnant woman has a high risk to get sick with COVID-19, for example, works in a detached hospital and/or has a concomitant disease, she can discuss the possibility of vaccination with a doctor.

If according to the doctor, the benefits of vaccination exceed the potential risks from it, the woman is recommended to slaughter the mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty / Pfizer-Biontech).

If a pregnant received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on the vector platform (Astrazeneca / Covishield / Skbio) before or during pregnancy, then the doctor should tell her about the ratio of risks and benefits from the second vaccination, and the woman itself will decide whether to receive a second dose of this same vaccine during pregnancy or after childbirth.

 

• Do you need to vaccinate for a pregnancy test?

No. There is no such recommendation.

 

• Can you vaccinate breastfeeding women?

Women who feed children with breast milk can be vaccines Covishield / Pfizer-Biontech and AstraZeneca (Covishield, Skbio).

Coronavac / Sinovac Biotech vaccine instruction is prohibited by breastfeeding women.

 

• Can people be vaccinated with allergies?

If you know what allergies you have, see the warehouse of the vaccine:

In the instructions on the website of the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health (www.dec.gov.ua), on the site Vaccination.covid19.gov.ua, in medical workers that carry out vaccination;

If you have allergic to one of the components, then you do not grab this vaccine.

 

 

• Can people vaccinate with seasonal or household allergies?

Yes, you can. Household or seasonal allergies are not a contraindication for vaccination.

People with polynomial or allergic rhinitis can be muted even during the period of exacerbation of the disease.

 

• Is it possible to vaccinate with bronchial asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes?

Yes, these people risk it difficult to get sick of COVID-19 and get complications. Therefore, they need vaccination.

 

• Can people be vaccinated against cancer diseases?

So. Such people are in a risk group and can be difficult to transfer COVID-19.

However, if a person undergoes a course of immunosuppressive therapy, vaccination may not have a proper effect. Therefore, it is worthwhile to consult with a doctor when it is best to make a vaccination.

For vaccination, you can use any of the available vaccines against COVID-19.

• Can people be vaccinated with autoimmune / system diseases?

In such people, the immune response to the vaccine may be weaker.

Despite this, they need to be vaccinated against coronavirus illness, since COVID-19 disease may be fatal.

Those patients who are not receiving treatment are recommended to make the vaccine two weeks before the immunosuppressive therapy.

 

• Can we be vaccinated by HIV-positive people?

Yes, you can and need. People with HIV are in the risk group for severe COVID-19.

Vaccines can not cause diseases even against the background of immunodeficiency, because they are not alive, "full" viruses.

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