Is An Extra Dose Of Hepatitis B Vaccination Along With DTP Safe?

Posted on Sat, 26 Nov 2016

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Sat, 26 Nov 2016 Answered on

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Question : my daughter was vaccinated with all 3 shots of Hepatitis B as per the vaccination chart after her birth.
Now she is 4 1/2 year old and recently the pediatric has given her again the hepatitis B vaccination along with the DTap/IPV vaccination.
will the hepatitis B re-vaccination cause any harm to her?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (43 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No harm. No need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

The extra dose of Hepatitis B vaccine will simply serve as a booster for the immunity already gain. It will not do any harm. You need not worry.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar