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Why is BCG not issued in Cork?

  • 02-03-2008 12:08pm
    #1
    jaydigity
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    Though I think all new parents are, since last year, recommended to vaccinate their children against TB, is there a reason why people from Cork were not usually vaccinated against TB, though this is routine in the rest of the country? (No Corkonian elimination plot conspiracy theories please :p)

    I'm 19 and will be coming in regular contact with cattle and I suppose this is really a vaccine which I should consider getting. I've no fear of vaccines usually, but the scar that BCG leaves makes me absolutely terrified of it!Just wondering why I couldn't have got this as a baby and got vaccine painfree.


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  • #2
    DrIndy
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    talk to your doctor about this - there was a thread earlier about the effectiveness of bcg vaccinations.


  • #3
    Tree
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    i think the hse or what ever they were at teh time deemed the cost of vaccinations to be significantly more than treating the few cases that do occur. people who are high risk will be vaccinated, such as health workers and some farming types.

    your doc will send you along to get it done no hassle. it doesnt leave huge scars on everyone, i got mine done last year and ive only two small pink dots on my arm.

    and besides, as an older person you should be much better equipped to deal w/ pain than you were as a four year old.


  • #4
    Stepherunie
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    I had it done last year (I was 21) and was told after by half of the medical lecturers after that there was absolutely no point in getting it done that late in life.

    It's also extremely difficult to get it done later in life in Cork. There's one private clinic in cork doing it and it's got a huge waiting list of close to 6 months to get it done.

    Otherwise the only way to get it done is via occupational health in a hospital if you're working in healthcare.

    There is a drop in clinic in limerick where you can get it done too.

    My dad, 2 lecturers and I spent about 3 months trying to get mine sorted as I needed it ASAP and these were the main options available.

    Also the pain isn't too bad - I have 2 scars though it took quite a while for them to stop being horrible - I had a dead arm for a while but I know people who had a lot more pain than me - it depends on the person really.


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