Polio vaccine (IPV)

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3. When it's time for your appointment, a provider will call your name.
4. Your provider will conduct a thorough examination based on your reason for the visit, presenting symptoms and health history. Charges will be based on examination and services provided during the visit.
5. At the end of your visit, you will provided with a visit summary, a receipt and educational material about your diagnosis. At your request, we can send your primary care provider information about your visit.

MinuteClinic® health care providers can give the IPV vaccine to children to prevent polio. Most adults have already been vaccinated against polio as children. Adults who either have not received the IPV vaccine or who are at higher risk and should consider getting the polio vaccination, including:

• People traveling to certain parts of the world
• Laboratory workers who might handle the poliovirus
• Health care workers treating patients who may have polio

• Anyone who’s sick with more than a common cold: If you’re ill with a fever or are sick, talk to your health care provider before getting this vaccine
• People who may have serious allergies to the vaccine

The full polio vaccination for children consists of 4 shots. The suggested ages for each shot are as follows:

• First shot: 2 months old
• Second shot: 4 months
• Third shot: 6 to 18 months
• Fourth shot: 4 to 6 years

For adults who’ve never received the polio vaccine, the vaccine comes in 3 shots. The schedule is as follows:

• First shot: When treatment starts
• Second shot: 1 to 2 months after the first shot
• Third shot: 6 to 12 months after the second shot

The vaccine protects you from polio. It’s typically injected into your arm or leg. The vaccine is an inactivated poliovirus that will not result in infection.

• Allergic reactions: These are rare (estimated at 1 in a million) but can be serious
• Fainting: This might occur if the patient tends to faint during medical procedures
• Shoulder pain: This rarely occurs
• Soreness: This is felt at the injection site

The polio vaccine is one of several vaccinations recommended for children to protect them from infectious diseases. If your child needs multiple vaccinations, additional shots may also be given during the same visit.

• Fecal-oral transmission: This takes place when someone drinks water containing feces (stools) or comes into contact with objects from an infected person
• Oral-oral transmission: When saliva from an infected person is transferred to another person’s mouth

Up to 95% of people with polio show no symptoms. Infected people without symptoms can still spread the virus to others who can then develop polio.

When symptoms do occur, they can be flu-like at first. As the disease gets worse, symptoms can include:

• Confusion
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Headache
• Pain in the limbs
• Stiff neck
• Vomiting

In severe cases, polio can cause paralysis (an inability to move a part of the body). It can even paralyze the lungs and make it impossible for a person to breathe. Polio can cause permanent disability or death. For the most part, people who’ve been vaccinated do not have to worry about the dangers of polio.

Talk to a MinuteClinic health care provider to learn more about the IPV vaccine and polio. You can also ask questions about vaccinations for you or your family. Your provider can administer the polio vaccine for children and adults, as needed. You provider can also help you schedule multiple doses of this vaccine.