Patient's question:
Children with delayed intellectual development and high muscle tone can receive the DTP vaccine? When they were a few months old, the doctors at our local maternal and child health hospital said they couldn't get it vaccinated, and I don't know why.Doctor's answer:
Like the DTP vaccine, Japanese encephalitis, and meningococcal vaccines, these are typically recommended for acute neurological diseases. It is not advisable to administer them for psychiatric conditions. If a child has developmental delays, high muscle tone, or symptoms related to neurodevelopment, it is best to postpone vaccination until these conditions improve before proceeding. Otherwise, it may potentially exacerbate these symptoms. For high muscle tone and abnormal neurological manifestations, vaccination with any vaccine is not recommended. It is advised to undergo a re-evaluation until the muscle tone returns to normal before vaccination.