| Subject: Re: How likely is it someone born in 1995 has ever had a shot in the bottom?? |
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Jonathan
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Date Posted: Saturday, May 23, 2015, 09:06: pm
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Anthony
's message, "How likely is it someone born in 1995 has ever had a shot in the bottom??" on Saturday, May 23, 2015, 04:04: am
Giving intramuscular injections in the dorsogluteal site (i.e., what most people would call the "bottom") is no longer recommended as it's possible to damage the sciatic nerve. The ventrogluteal site (i.e., the "hip") is now recommended. They can of course also be given in the deltoid muscle (arm), but with small children this is often avoided as the muscle mass is smaller.
If you think the bottom only as the dorsogluteal site, then some children have never received such inoculations. But many older doctors and nurses learned this way and still use it.
If you think of the ventrogluteal site also as the bottom, then virtually any child who has had his inoculations will have received one there. When any given practitioner would switch to the deltoid muscle would depend on personal choice, the size of the child, and the medicine delivered. Thicker medicines or medicines in large quantities would be switched later.
Many but certainly not all children are switched for the series of inoculations that occur around ages 5-6 before they start school.
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