Proactively vaccinating your children against measles is the best and safest way to protect your child from this dangerous epidemic. However, when and how safe is it? Refer to the following information, mom!
The safety of vaccines is a concern for many mothers
Child vaccinations: The shots are indispensable! Infants with poor resistance are very susceptible to infectious diseases, and vaccination is the safest way to protect them. Immunizations help prevent the spread of disease and help protect children and babies from dangerous complications. Right now, vaccinations can protect babies against 12 diseases ...
According to experts, the reason vaccines are ineffective is because when babies are still in the womb they received antibodies from the mother to protect them from the virus. At birth, babies receive more antibodies from the umbilical cord. As a result, when the child is vaccinated too early, the antibodies mentioned above can actually kill the viruses that were injected into the body in the vaccine before the child has acquired immunity, or the ability to protect itself from the virus. withdraw. However, by 1 year of age, the antibodies are no longer strong enough to kill the vaccine virus, making the vaccine more effective.
This also makes children under the age of 1 more susceptible to measles, a contagious disease that causes fever, runny nose, cough and a rash all over the body. Measles can develop into pneumonia, brain infection (encephalitis), epilepsy, brain damage and even death. About 28% of young children with measles are hospitalized due to complications.
Prevention of measles when children go to school
- Ask about the nursery school's immunization policy: Immunization is optional in the child care facility. So, to protect your child, ask if the nursery requires all children and staff there to be vaccinated.
Child vaccination: Tips to help your baby stop fear of needles No need to wait until the baby is vaccinated, normally when a sick child needs an injection, your baby is crying. Just scare the doctor or go to the hospital, the baby will have all the spines. Sometimes this non-cooperation makes it very difficult for physicians to fulfill their responsibilities ...
Make sure you get vaccinated too: Make sure you and any close contact adults have been fully vaccinated.
Talk to your doctor: The risk of getting measles is still very low, but it can be increased if you live near an outbreak. So if you hear about an outbreak in your area, check your local health department's website for more information or talk to your pediatrician for guidance. If you live near a large outbreak that puts your child at higher risk, your local health department may recommend that you vaccinate early or keep at-risk children at home instead of going to daycare.
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