Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child
Immunizations can save your child’s life. Because of advances in medical science, your child can be protected against more diseases than ever before. Some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children, have been eliminated completely and others are close to extinction– primarily due to safe and effective vaccines.
Vaccination is very safe and effective. Vaccines are only given to children after a long and careful review by scientists, doctors, and healthcare professionals.
Immunization protects others you care about.
While some babies are too young to be protected by vaccination, others may not be able to receive certain vaccinations due to severe allergies, weakened immune systems from |
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conditions like leukemia, or other reasons. To help keep them safe, it is important that you and your children who are able to get vaccinated are fully immunized. This not only protects your family, but also helps prevent the spread of these diseases to your friends and loved ones.
Immunizations can save your family time and money. A child with a vaccine-preventable disease can be denied attendance at schools or child care facilities. Some vaccine-preventable diseases can result in prolonged disabilities and can take a financial toll because of lost time at work, medical bills or long-term disability care.
Immunization protects future generations. Vaccines have reduced and, in some cases, eliminated many diseases that killed or severely disabled people just a few generations ago.
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Common side effects
Most common side effects in babies and young children are at the site where the injection was given such as swelling, mild redness and small hard lump. Usually these symptoms disappear within a couple of days and nothing is required to be done about them.
In some cases, children may develop a fever. If this happens, the child should be kept cool by removing excess clothing or blankets and more fluid intake to be encouraged. In addition, some antipyretics could be administered such as infant paracetamol or ibuprofen liquid as per the advice of the healthcare provider.
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