How many shots of hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine are needed

How many shots of hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine do I need?

1. Hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine generally requires two injections. Infants over six months old can get the hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine. The second injection should be given more than one month after the first injection.

2. The hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine is called enterovirus 71 inactivated vaccine, which is mainly developed for enterovirus 71. Hand, foot and mouth disease is mainly an acute infectious rash disease caused by enterovirus infection. The main enteroviruses are coxsackie virus and enterovirus 71. Among them, enterovirus 71 is the main cause of severe hand, foot and mouth disease. Therefore, the hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine is mainly effective against enterovirus 71 infection, and has little effect on the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by other viruses.

3. Therefore, the hand, foot and mouth disease vaccine is not very useful for preventing mild hand, foot and mouth disease, but it is still very effective in preventing severe hand, foot and mouth disease. It is recommended that children of appropriate age receive the vaccine as soon as possible. Common hand, foot and mouth disease is relatively simple to treat and the mortality rate is also very low. In clinical practice, doctors are still afraid of encountering hand, foot and mouth disease in the intensive care unit.