“Dr. Yong” warns not to panic about “whooping cough”, pointing out that 50% of Thai people have immunity.

Prof. Yong Phuworawan, Head of the Specialist Center in Clinical Physiology The post warns not to panic about “whooping cough” and points out that around 50 percent of the Thai population will be immune to whooping cough.

Today (November 14) Facebook “Yong Poovorawan” or Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the center specializing in clinical psychology. Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University As a royal graduate of the Bureau of Science of the Royal Institute he presented the topic “<a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/lipi-reveals-the-reasons-for-the-corona-red-and-white-vaccine-2-times-injection/" title="LIPI Reveals the Reasons for the Corona Red and White Vaccine 2 times injection”>Pertussis: Immunity to whooping cough in Thai people”

Saying “Whooping cough is not a new disease. Thailand has had vaccines in the national immunization plan for 47 years, with an emphasis on children. Because of the seriousness of the disease in young children less than 1 year of age, we give vaccines containing pertussis in the form of a combination vaccine at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 1½ years, and 4-6 years of age. for the last time. Vaccines for use in adults or older children have only been used in Thailand for almost 20 years, but the vaccines are expensive. And the injection must be given voluntarily and at your own expense.

Immunity to whooping cough In Thai children, it is high so in the first 10 years after the age of 10 years, about 50 percent of the Thai population will have immunity from whooping cough because after 10 years of age, there is no Thai population receives very little pertussis vaccine.

The disease is worse in young children. Especially those younger than 1 year old, so in older children there is a chance of getting an infection. But there are very few symptoms. And many can be infected without symptoms. such as this outbreak If we examined the throat of each child You may come across some diseases that have no symptoms.

Outbreak among school children Of the 20 older children who tested positive, 2 of them had no symptoms and were able to spread the virus. And if you search You will find more than this. Vaccination of older children is not necessary. Diphtheria and tetanus vaccines are recommended every 10 years, but pertussis is not included. Events that are happening now, if we look at the past, they may have already happened. But we didn’t check. There was no exit. Currently, searching is very easy. Therefore, it was found that there was an outbreak in older children. If you don’t check, there will be no exit.

Whooping cough vaccine So it is in the voluntary sector. Therefore, when testing immunity in children after 10 years of age, it is not unusual to find only 50 percent of the immunity. find But when considering the seriousness of the disease and the need to encourage So, it is another matter that this vaccine has not yet been given in the national vaccination plan.

And if you want to increase the level of immunity for the majority of the population against whooping cough. The remaining 50% is still impossible for our country. Because there will be very high costs. And vaccines that are higher in priority, more useful, are still waiting. which should get Thai children or Thai people

There is no need to panic for older children and adults. We make it a priority for young children to get basic vaccinations. To achieve all the goals or in every child according to the national vaccination plan.”