Hib, 6in1, 5in1 Vaccine

Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine (Hib)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is an infection that can cause severe invasive bacteria, particularly affecting young children. Contrary to its name, Hib does not cause the flu. 90% patients are children under 5 years old and older children have less chance of infection. Invasive infection can cause a variety of serious diseases, the most common symptoms is meningitis where bacteria going into the blood often occur simultaneously.

Meningitis can cause fever, headache, neck stiffness, and loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, mental symptoms like dizzy and lethargy. Besides, it is possible to cause pneumonia, sepsis, otitis media, acute epiglottitis, and even death. Epiglottitis may occur in patients with fever, sore throat, drooling, swallowing pain, refusing to swallow, and even breathing difficulties and other symptoms.

Injection schedule - injected four doses, respectively when baby is 2 months, 4 months, 6 months and 18 months old


5 In 1 Vaccine & 6 In 1 Vaccine

	4in1 Vaccine (DTaP-IPV)	5in1 Vaccine (DTaP-IPV/Hib)	6in1 Vaccine (DTaP-IPV-HBV-Hib)
Preventable Diseases	．Diphteria ．Tetanus ．Pertussis ．Polio	．Diphteria ．Tetanus ．Pertussis ．Polio ．Hib	．Diphteria ．Tetanus ．Pertussis ．Polio ．Hib ．Hepatitis B

2 kinds of mixed vaccines have adopted non-cellular formula. It can effectively prevent infants from being infected by Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Poliomyelitis and Haemophilus Influenzae. Type B (Hib). 6 in 1 is plus hepatitis B all rolled into 1 vaccine.

Compare with the injection of traditional vaccines, these mixed vaccines can reduce total number of doses greatly and thereby help infants to alleviate with discomfort and pain related to vaccinations in order not to get parents worry.

No of Dose(s) for normal vaccination schedule	12 Doses＊
5 in 1 Vaccine + Hepatitis B Vaccine	5 Doses Less
6 in 1 Vaccine	6 Doses Less

Injection schedule - when the baby is at 6-8 weeks old, they began to inject the first dose of 6-in-1 vaccine. The second and third vaccines are injected, after four months and six months respectively. Finally a 5-in-1 v