Is accidental oral polio vaccine overdose harmful?

This study aimed to assess the safety of accidental oral poliovaccine [OPV] overdose. The study included 29 children, less than 5 years old, who received an overdose of OPV. 15 of them were managed by gastric lavage and were followed up for 2 months to record any hazards of OPV overdose. The results revealed that most of the children who are exposed to accidental overdose of OPV were aged 12 months and more [85.7%] and females [67.9%]. 71.4% of the children had received more than three doses of OPV essential vaccination. Only two signs appeared during the follow up period; the first one is fever and appeared during the first two weeks from exposure to overdose and the second is cough and appeared in the third and fourth weeks after exposure. It was concluded that no specific hazards were recorded and OPV overdose is safe among the previously vaccinated children, whether gastric lavage is done or not

Comparison between growth of infants of working and non-working mothers in El-Minia city

This work was carried out to study the impact of work of mothers on the anthropometric measurements of the infants in El-Minia City. A follow-up of infants of 500 working mothers was done during the first year of life. 458 infants [244 males and 214 females] were followed up by anthropometric measurements [weight, length and head circumference] at birth and monthly up to 12 months. The measurements were compared with measurements of 244 infants [126 males and 118 females] of non-working mothers. The results revealed that there was a significant difference between both groups of infants in achieving physical growth during the first year of life [P < 0.05]. All measurements were compared with National Center of Health and Statistics USA [NCHS-USA] growth chart. In the present study, the irregularity in practice of breast feeding and lack of time for daily care and proper nutrition as regards working mothers were the most common causes of under growth of infants of working mothers during the first year of life