WARTA PONTIANAK Ronald Irwanto, a Specialist in Internal Medicine, Consultant of Tropical Diseases and Infections at Pondok Indah Hospital – Puri Indah and Pondok Indah Hospital – Bintaro Jaya, suggested that before being vaccinated condition body not in a state of fever, cough and colds.
“Make sure you are mentally prepared, think positive, and stay optimistic. If possible, it is best to wear short sleeves when vaccinated to make it easier for health workers to administer. vaccine, “he wrote as quoted by Antara, Monday, January 25, 2021.
Pulmonary specialist, Sylvia Sagita Siahaan also said the same thing, in her opinion, apart from condition body fit, candidate receiving vaccine also have to meet a number of other criteria, one of which includes the age 18-59 years.
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“We must first know what the priority candidate is vaccine or not, have comorbidities or not, aged 18-59 years. Tips in particular meet the criteria first and when vaccinated candidates in condition fit, “he said.
In addition, you also need to understand the instructions of health workers when they are at the location of the distribution vaccine. Irwan said, giving vaccine COVID-19 is the same as vaccine in general, namely by injecting a small needle into the area deltoid or the outer arm muscles.
Before being vaccinated, you will be asked to pull out the sleeve, and the health worker will perform a sterilization procedure (the act of rubbing the area to be injected with alcohol).
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“You will then be given a signal to be injected, needle vaccine stabbed in the area deltoid, then vaccine put in. After that the needle is removed again, followed by rubbing the alcohol back into the area that was injected, “said Ronald.
After vaccine given, the recipients vaccine it is recommended to wait for 30 minutes. At that time, health workers will monitor and ensure there are no post immunization events (AEFI).
A specialist in internal medicine, consultant allergy immunology at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Iris Rengganis. He revealed, this procedure is common for every gift vaccine other, not only vaccine COVID-19.
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AEFI can occur with a variety of symptoms, namely local in nature such as pain from the injection site, swelling at the injection site and redness at the injection site, or systemic such as fever and headache.
People can also experience allergic reactions and this is not unexpected. However, health workers generally have prepared an antidote called an anaphylactic kit.
Ronald recommends that you rest for at least one day after getting vaccinated. Pay attention to the presence or absence of reactions, though in general terms vaccine COVID-19 is safe and does not cause any serious incidents.
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After being vaccinated, no special foods or certain sports are prohibited. You can freely consume any food and exercise as long as it is good and right
“So don’t be afraid to get vaccinated, this is our joint effort to fight this COVID-19 pandemic. It should be remembered afterwards vaccine, we still have to comply with the health protocols established by the government, “said Ronald.
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