H1N1 Nasal Vaccine – Are Below Two-Year-Olds Eligible?

The fact is that the H1N1 nasal spray holds a diluted version of the live flu virus. This is recommended to be offered solely to those in the ages of two to forty-nine years. Infants having conditions like asthma are not entitled for the live flu vaccine.

The principal reason why infants that are lesser than two years old must not be given the nasal spray H1N1 vaccine is because it has not yet been adequately tested and hence have not received license to be administered for that age band. There is dearth of substantial data being submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to any medication getting approval for usage in a certain populaces – however this data is non-existent in case of infants who are below two years of age.

Rare complains associated with the nasal spray version of the H1N1 vaccinations have been runny nose, soreness in throat and at times fever. Such symptoms generally subside in few days. In case they do arise in case of an infant, one must not get apprehensive, but in case the symptoms worsen, then one needs to seek advice from the paediatrician.

With several parents still awaiting their turn to getting their kids inoculated, those whose kids have received the nasal spray would shortly be administered the second version of the H1N1 vaccination dosage though in the jab version of the vaccine. Those tending to infants, caregivers for the child are entitled to receive the preliminary dosage of the vaccine.

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