Liver disease(HepA) - Vaccination - At Chennai

Liver disease(HepA)

The best way to prevent hepatitis A is through vaccination with the hepatitis A vaccine. Vaccination is recommended for all children age 12 months or older, for travelers to certain countries, and for people at high risk for infection with the virus.

The hepatitis A vaccine is given as two shots, six months apart. The hepatitis A vaccine also comes in a combination form, containing both hepatitis A and B vaccine, that can be given to persons 18 years or older. This form is given as three shots, over a period of six months or as three shots over one month and a booster shot at 12 months.

For Children

Getting hepatitis A vaccine is much safer than getting the disease. But a vaccine, like any medicine, could possibly cause serious problems such as severe allergic reactions.

The first dose should be given at 12-23 months old. Children who are not vaccinated by two years old can be vaccinated at later visits.

For Travelers

Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for healthy international travelers age 12 months or older; the first dose of Hepatitis A vaccine should be administered as soon as travel is considered. A shot called immune globulin (IG) can be considered in addition to hepatitis A vaccine for older adults, immunocompromised persons, and persons with chronic liver disease or other chronic medical conditions who are traveling within two weeks. 

IG without hepatitis A vaccine can be given to travelers who are younger than 12 months old, allergic to a vaccine component, or who elect not to receive vaccine.

For Others

The hepatitis A vaccine series may be started whenever a person is at risk of infection:

• Men who have sexual contact with other men.
• Users of certain illegal drugs, both injection and non-injection.
• Family and caregivers before arrival of international adoptees.
• People with chronic (lifelong) liver diseases.
• People who are treated with clotting-factor concentrates.
• People who work with hepatitis A infected animals or in a hepatitis A research laboratory.

Our experienced nurses visit patient’s home and help with vaccination at home. We also provide vaccination at corporate offices for employees and for institutions also. 

We offer Flu/H1N1, HBV, HAV, Typhoid, Pneumonia, chicken pox, DTP, MMR, meningitis, cholera, HPV/cervical cancer and Zoster vaccines. 

Other vaccines can be made available on request.