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Hib Vaccine
Price: HK$500 /dose
4 shots in total, injection schedule as shown in the below
Hib vaccine can prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease, which is a bacterium that commonly infects children under 5 years of age.
Despite its name, this disease is not the same as influenza (the flu).
How does it spread?
- Hib infection is spread by coughing, sneezing, or having close face-to-face contact.
Hib infection can also cause:
- a mild illness, such as ear infections or bronchitis
- pneumonia
- severe swelling in the throat, making it hard to breathe,
- infections of the blood, joints, bones, and covering of the heart,
- meningitis, an infection of the lining that covers the brain, which can lead to brain damage and deafness.
- Other effects: sepsis, otitis media, acute epiglottitis, and even death. Epiglottitis may occur in patients with fever, sore throat, drooling, swallowing pain, refusing to swallow, and even breathing difficulties and other symptoms.
- Death
CDC recommends Hib vaccination for all children younger than 5 years old. Hib is also included in some of the mixed vaccines, such as 5 in 1 and 6 in 1 vaccine, as shown in the table.
