BCG vaccination is recommended for all older children and adults at risk of TB, including:. BCG vaccination is recommended for people aged 16 to 35 who are at occupational risk of TB exposure, including:.
The BCG vaccine is also recommended for people under the age of 16 who are going to live with local people for more than 3 months in an area with high rates of TB or where the risk of TB that is difficult to treat is high. Read more about travel vaccinations. If you want BCG vaccination for yourself or your child, you'll be assessed to see if you're at high risk of catching TB. If you're at risk, you'll have a tuberculin skin test.
If this is negative, you'll be offered BCG vaccination according to local arrangements. Cases of TB can be found all over the world. With increasing numbers of people travelling around the world, the risk of people coming into contact with the disease or bringing it into this country is increasing. More about tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine's offered to those babies who are more likely than the general population to come into contact with someone with TB.
This is because they either:. UK website. The vaccine's usually offered soon after birth, while your baby's still in hospital or soon after you return, however, it can be given at any time if necessary. The vaccine will be made available to your baby at birth, or it can be given later. Your local Health Board will advise you about arrangements. The vaccine doesn't actually cause TB, but it helps your baby develop protection immunity against the disease in case he or she ever comes into contact with it.
The vaccine meets the high safety standards required for it to be used in the UK and other European countries. The vaccine has been given to millions of people worldwide. Immediately after the vaccine's given, a raised blister will appear. This shows that the vaccine's been given properly. Within 2 to 6 weeks, a small spot will appear. This may be quite sore for a few days, but it'll gradually heal and may leave a small scar.
Occasionally, your baby may develop a small sore where the vaccine was injected. If this is leaking and needs to be covered, use a dry dressing — never a waterproof plaster or creams — until a scab forms.
It's better to leave the sore uncovered if possible and it's fine to leave it uncovered when bathing. This sore may take several months to heal completely. If you're worried, or you think the sore has become infected, see your GP. Vaccines protect your baby against the risk of very serious infections and should not be delayed.
TB is a serious, but curable, infectious disease that can lead to TB meningitis in babies. Most people in Northern Ireland recover fully after treatment, however, TB meningitis can be fatal or cause severe disability. When they cough, tiny droplets are produced that contain the bacteria.
If you breathe in the droplets you too can catch the infection. You usually need to spend a long time in close contact with an infected person with TB in their lungs or throat before you catch TB. Immediately after the injection, a raised blister will appear. This shows that the injection has been given properly. Within two to six weeks of the injection a small spot will appear. It may leave a small scar. Occasionally, your baby may develop a shallow sore where they had the injection.
If this is oozing fluid and needs to be covered, use a dry dressing — never a plaster — until a scab forms. This sore may take as long as several months to heal.
Back to Vaccinations. It can be less effective against TB affecting the lungs in adults. It was hoped that with the invention of the BCG vaccine and medicines against TB, it would be possible to wipe out TB in the same way that smallpox has been eradicated.
TB is not very common in the UK. In s, in the UK, there were over 50, new cases of TB every year. Today, this number has dropped to just over 5, new cases a year. Rates of TB are higher in some communities of people who were not born in the UK. This is largely because of their connections to areas of the world where rates of TB are high.
TB is spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air when a person with TB coughs or sneezes and somebody else breathes in these droplets. But TB is not as easy to catch as measles, the common cold or flu.
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