What vaccine for coronavirus to choose

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

In Russia, the immunization of the population over 60 is in full swing. Specialists spoke about which coronavirus vaccine to choose for these purposes, what the consequences of these manipulations may be for elderly people.

What a diabetic should pay attention to

Leading endocrinologist at the hospital. V. V. Veresaeva Anna Andreeva, in her report at a meeting at the Department of Health, pointed out that it is this chronic disease that contributes to the risk of a more severe health condition in infected elderly people. According to statistics, patients with type II diabetes mellitus were the worst affected by the coronavirus, which indicates that such patients belong to a high-risk group.

Due to the low awareness of the population, people do not know which coronavirus vaccine to choose for a diabetic. In fact, it doesn't really matter. “Both drugs approved for mass vaccination have shown their effectiveness in clinical trials on volunteers, including older diabetics,” says Anna Andreeva.

According to the endocrinologist, in this case, completely different factors are important that a family doctor should take into account when examining patients with diabetes mellitus before prescribing the procedure:

• absence of any signs of ARVI;
• negative PCR test;
• glycemic level within 6, 5-9, 0 mmol / l;
• absence of any allergic reactions.

If a diabetic patient has recently suffered from COVID-19, the family doctor is obliged to send him for an examination in order to determine the amount of antibodies in the blood. This will help to establish the exact timing of the intervention with a minimum risk of complications for patients with diabetes mellitus.

In January 2021, all elderly people are allowed to be vaccinated with two types of drugs - EpiVacCorona and Sputnik V. The family doctor decides which coronavirus vaccine to choose. It all depends on the capabilities of the hospital, since each drug has its own requirements for storage conditions.

Anna Andreeva insists on the need to vaccinate patients of this category and as a psychological aid. After all, for a long time, elderly citizens with chronic diseases were forced to self-isolate due to the risk of infection with a deadly virus.

Autoimmune diseases

Patients with multiple sclerosis are forced to constantly take medications that suppress the immune system. Otherwise, the destruction of the nervous system occurs, which leads to death. And the principle of vaccination is precisely in the production of antibodies to infection.

In other words, no matter what vaccine against coronavirus the doctor chooses for an adult or a child in 2021 with multiple sclerosis, the event will not be effective. The coronavirus is still not well understood and therefore extremely dangerous for this category of patients. For the time being, officials with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis are not allowed to be vaccinated.

For the duration of the pandemic, any experimental treatment of the disease through stem cell transplantation is not permitted. The only salvation for such people of any age is the maximum observance of hygiene, mask regime and restriction of movement in public places.

Allergic reactions and vaccinations

For a long time, the network discussed the advantages of the Novosibirsk drug "EpiVacCorona" and the Moscow "Sputnik V". At the same time, the main question about adverse reactions to vaccination with these drugs was the problem of choosing a coronavirus vaccine for an allergic person. After all, each of them was created according to fundamentally different schemes:

• the Novosibirsk drug is completely synthetic, it does not contain living proteins that can provoke an allergic reaction in a patient with such disorders;
• Moscow specialists developed their remedy with the help of dead cells of the "thorns" of the coronavirus molecule, so in this case, allergic reactions are more likely.

As the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova told reporters, she herself suffers from hay fever every spring - the reactions of the body's seasonal response to flowering plants. For her, as a specialist in this field and a chronic allergy sufferer, the reaction of her body to the new vaccine was important. According to the expert, no symptoms appeared.

In any case, the decision about which vaccine for coronavirus to choose and whether it is worth holding the event at a particular moment is decided by the doctor after a thorough examination of the patient with a tendency to any type of allergy. All this is done on the basis of a blood test showing the presence of antibodies to the stimulus at the time of remission. That is, any vaccinations are prohibited in the active process of the disease and are allowed after it has been proven that there is no allergy now.

Outcomes

1. Both EpiVacCorona and Sputnik V are suitable for older people as a vaccine against coronavirus.
2. Patients with multiple sclerosis should not be given immunomodulatory measures.
3. Allergy sufferers should wait for an improvement in their health and choose a drug based on a synthetic protein.