Vaccinations For Your Baby

 

How do vaccinations?

The word vaccination is often used interchangeably with vaccination, because the body's response to pathogen infection and is immune. If we infect us with something, the body produces substances called antibodies to fight against the invaders. After that we are immune to the virus or bacterium for the rest of our lives, because the body's immune substances has now almost always at hand. We can now stimulate the body's own immunization by vaccination without getting the disease. These immunizations are swallowed or injected. They may contain a small dose of the pathogen (vaccines) or the antigens are injected (killed vaccines) against which the body then produces antibodies before the disease breaks out.

What effect did this have on diseases?

There are many successful examples of the Impferfolge in Germany. Was against polio in 1960 in the GDR and the FRG in 1962 introduced the polio vaccine. During 1961 in West Germany 4670 cases of polio were reported, there were only 50th in 1965 The last case of polio occurred in Deutschland1992 on by an entrained virus. Today the disease is officially eradicated Europe. Even with diphtheria since 2000, no more illness was reported. Another interesting example is pertussis. In the FRG, about 10 percent of children were vaccinated, accordingly, many children were sick. In the GDR, the vaccination was common since 1964, the disease was still not as good. Immediately after the reunification, the number of vaccinations in East Germany - the number of sick children grew rapidly in 2000, there were 200 times as many as in 1991.

Are the vaccines safe?

Vaccinations have had a clear positive effect on the number of diseases, some diseases are eradicated almost even. Nevertheless, the debate about sense and nonsense of vaccinations and their side effects is justified. The above-mentioned oral polio vaccine was not safe. Because the virus could live to reproduce. When the immune system is not fast enough, could therefore lead to disease vaccination. Since 1998, however, inoculated with a so-called "dead" vaccine and rendered safe. the other hand, links between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism suspected, as well as between the whooping cough vaccine and asthma . However, it has been shown clearly that there are no correlations. The opposite is the case, the pertussis vaccine protects against asthma and asthma sufferers.

How can I take my child's fear and pain?

Vaccination hurts, everybody knows that that was ever pricked with a needle. Of course it will help if you reassure your child during the vaccination and comfort. Take it in your arm, you stroke it, talk to him and give him his pacifier, if it feels safer. They promise him not to say that it will not hurt. They prefer to say "Everything is good" or "Soon it's over." If you are afraid of needles themselves, then it can be a good idea to leave your child with the physician / doctor and the nurse alone, because children are very sensitive and your baby may feel your fear, and thereby become nervous as well. On Good news for babies and their parents, suggests a study from the United States. Researchers in Pennsylvania report that could help ease the pain if they are to drink his baby two minutes before the vaccination, a sugar solution. This 100 ml of sterile water (boiled or carbonated mineral water) with 2.4 g of ordinary table sugar (sucrose) were mixed. From this mixture gets the baby to drink 2 ml. Infants who were given the sugar solution showed a significantly lower pain response than the comparison group. Although the pain was not precluded, but at least greatly reduced. If confirmed, the results could in the future may be Impfzuckerchen routine.

Do I have to vaccinate my child?

In Germany there is no compulsory vaccination. The STIKO (standing Committee on Vaccination at the Robert-Koch-Institute) meets regularly and advises on new vaccines and whether they are recommended - also and especially for babies. The vaccinations are free of charge a consultation fee is in children under 18 years is not even due. For many parents the decision for or against vaccination, yet no-brainer. They wonder whether it is really necessary to torment her little darling with a needle and are concerned about possible side effects of vaccination. The decision can not relieve you. You should find out but before the vaccination and the doctor can advise whether the vaccine is really necessary. For more information read our article on childhood diseases and their vaccinations .