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Baby Shots

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

The vaccine is a subject that has become very controversial in recent years. More and more people against vaccines and there are more parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. As always it is important to be informed and make the best decision for your baby consider depending on the circumstances of your son and the lifestyle that bears the family.

Any medical intervention, it is tiny, has any consequence or reaction in our body, and vaccines as well as antibiotics and other medicine are no exception. To say nothing of vaccines, drugs, and antibiotics are bad but be aware of the possible consequences when deciding to use them.

Most of those opposed to vaccination argue that cases of autism have increased due to vaccines. However, no study has so far failed to demonstrate that vaccines cause autism. According to these investigations alone vaccines do not cause or autism or allergies. Apparently what happens is that babies with genetic predispositions are likely to develop autism or other allergies. So babies do not have the ability to effectively detoxify your system are more susceptible to developing reactions once they are vaccinated.
In my case, after studying the pros and cons and consult with experts, we decided to bring them to our daughters vaccines. Then I’ll tell you some things I consider important to know once you decide to vaccinate your child.

Avoid at all costs to vaccinate your baby when you are sick.

The vaccines may worsen or complicate any disease that has the baby. If your baby is sick and it’s a regular medical checkup which is accompanied by the making of vaccines, requires not vaccinated at that time. When babies are sick have weaker immune systems and therefore have fewer defenses against all the diseases that you are pumping your body through vaccinations.

I avoided even when suspected vaccines that could be more ill because they were sneezing, coughing, decayed, inapetetentes or any other symptoms that would indicate that disease may be developing. The idea is not to compromise your immune system.

Also, when a baby vaccines are sick you will not know if the reactions could be having such as fever and rashes due to the disease is developing or are reactions to vaccines received. It is important to know how your baby reacts to vaccines to make decisions regarding the implementation of future vaccines.

Do not give pain medication before vaccinate
Again and again I say give him some medicine before you put effects shots hinder him as fever and malaise. The problem with using medications such as Tylenol and Motrin, before putting your baby vaccine is that the use of the medicine your baby may be hiding a reaction to the vaccine. That is, if you give the medicine will not have a fever but do not know if the effect of medicine or because they really did not develop fever after the start of the vaccine.

In families with a history of reactions to vaccines or with many allergies have to be even more careful and consider whether it is worth or not to vaccines or separated to minimize the risk of reaction.
You can require that you separate the set of vaccines and not put them all in one medical visit
It is common and “normal” (standard) since the two-month-old babies to put them four five vaccines in one visit. This is repeated at four months, six months, after a year, 15 months, 18 months to 2 years and yearly thereafter. That is, are four and five diseases that a baby of two months is getting into your body at one time and are four diseases that her tiny body and immune system must fight.

There are alternative methods and programs in case you do not want to put your baby or four vaccines in one visit. Ask your doctor about these alternative programs of vaccination. When you use these methods you do is space the set of vaccines. This program seeks to minimize the risk of reaction that can have a baby and also provides for the implementation of all recommended immunizations.

Keep a record of the shots you put your baby
Every time you put your baby vaccines ask your doctor or nurse will give you the empty bottle from which the fluid bag to inject your baby. If bottles are larger than several times used to inject different babies and can deliver what you record all data on every shot that will put your son. At least the lot number and serial.

Vaccines for baby

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Vaccines for baby  	The data collected by Mibebeyyo.com very clear results. Most moms have, or intend to, their children all the vaccines currently available, both mandatory (of course) as optional, most recently introduced. Of the more than 1,000 moms who voted in our poll “Hast thou not mandatory vaccines your child”, 46.1 percent claimed to have put more than one of the three most common optional vaccines ( pneumococcal, rotavirus and varicella ). Meanwhile, 17.6 percent say they have not opted for the purchase of vaccines not included in the vaccination schedule mandatory.

The result is not surprising: the vaccines are intended to prevent, in anticipation of a controlled some diseases potentially dangerous to life or cause serious and permanent injury, and can not be cured, for example, viral diseases, which can not benefit from specific therapies.

These medical findings act “tricking” the body, which is introduced through, vaccines, viruses or bacteria, or toxins thereof, which has become virtually harmless to the person who is administered, in order to stimulate the production of effective immune defenses (antibodies).

Thus, when the individual contracting an infection from one of these organisms, your body, which has produced the appropriate antibodies to fight these germs by the effect of vaccination , is ready to destroy them before they can make the disease appear .

The first vaccines are made ??during the second or third month of life the child. It should begin as soon, because the antibodies that are passed from mother to fetus during pregnancy steadily decrease (which is why leaves to protect the child ), and he is beginning to be able to produce their own defenses.

The polio. Polio is a disease very serious virus that attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis and death. Although not recorded in Spain, the disease is still present in many other countries. The vaccine used most often is the Sabin, comprising live virus inactivated, is administered orally. The first dose is given at 2 months, the second dose at 4 months, the third at 6 months, the fourth between 15 and 18 months and the fifth dose between 3 and 6 years .

The hepatitis B. The hepatitis B is a disease that attacks the liver virus. It is transmitted through blood, saliva and sexual secretions. The current vaccine contains only a part of the virus which has no powers pathogens, and is therefore extremely harmless. It is administered by intramuscular injection in the thigh or the deltoid muscle of the arm when the child is older. The first dose was performed at 0 or at 2 months, the second at 2 or at 4 months, the third dose at 6 months, and 11-12 years, three doses.

The measles. The measles is a highly contagious viral disease that manifests with cough, high fever and skin spots. One in ten children may have complications, the most severe encephalitis (brain inflammation). This vaccine comprises attenuated live virus but, ie practically harmless. It is administered by subcutaneous injections. The first dose is between 12 and 15 months, the second dose between 3 and 6 years, 3-6 years, recovery is transient unvaccinated children MMR.

The mumps. Mumps is a viral disease that is usually benign. It is characterized by swelling in front and below the ear. This vaccine comprises attenuated live virus but, ie practically harmless. It is administered by subcutaneous injection. The first dose is between 12 and 15 months, the second dose between 3 and 6 years, 3-6 years, recovery is performed transient unvaccinated children MMR.

The rubella. The rubella is a mild viral illness. It manifests itself through skin spots, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and fever. But it is very dangerous to the fetus if the mother contracts it during the first three months of pregnancy. This vaccine consists of live, weakened virus and is administered by subcutaneous injection. The first dose is between 12 and 15 months, the second dose between 3 and 6 years, 3-6 years, recovery is performed transient unvaccinated children MMR.

Conjugate vaccine against meningococcal C meningitis is called inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the central nervous system. The most common cause is an infection that can be caused by viruses and bacteria. Among the latter is the meningococcus, which can be found several highly contagious strains.

The vaccine antimeningitis C protects against the C strain of meningococcus . Symptoms of meningitis usually include fever, difficulty moving the neck, vomiting and the appearance in many cases, a dot on the skin. Babies tend to show a special drowsiness, lack of appetite and general malaise. Since September 2000, we have this vaccine, which is conjugated, is effective from the first months of life and has immunological memory, ie the immune system “remembers” the substances contained and can get to protect life.

The tetanus-pertussis-antidifteria. The difetria is a very serious disease that causes a sore throat, breathing difficulties, heart disease, bronchopulmonary complications and often death.

Tetanus is also a very dangerous disease, which contracts when a wound comes into contact with soil contaminated by this bacterium. It manifests as painful contractions of all muscles and is usually fatal.

Whooping cough is a dangerous disease, especially during the first year of life. It is manifested by violent coughing spells that often occur at night, which may be accompanied, especially when it comes to very young children, by serious crises of respiratory failure, pulmonary complications, brain hemorrhage and, rarely, death.

The haemophilus influenza type B. Although rarely, during the first years of life, Haemophilus may be responsible for severe infections such as meningitis and epiglottitis, which is a serious inflammation of the epiglottis, which is located in the throat.

Children And Tooth Decay

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Children And Tooth DecayIn 1996, scientists at the University of Helsinki found that children without caries had very low levels of these bacteria. In contrast, children with caries had extremely high concentrations, as about 100 times higher.

Caries appears as white spots on teeth, plaque deposits or brownish tartar and can lead to small fractures or cavities. The destruction of the tooth extends to spread the permanent tooth that is still hidden.

Once you start, it’s matter of time before it spreads and attacks the entire dentition. Incidence It is considered that caries is the most common infectious disease in American children (5 to 8 times more than asthma), with 8.4% of affected children under two years and 40.4% at 5 years .

Of these, 47% of children between two and nine years never treated. The cavities in baby teeth is one of the main reasons for hospitalization in children and has a high health care costs.

Vaccines for Children

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Vaccines for Children

Side effects, precautions and contraindications
The effectiveness and safety of modern vaccines has been demonstrated in different clinical scenarios, however, have reported some adverse effects including allergic reactions (urticaria, anaphylaxis), local inflammation, fever and / or clinical symptoms of the disease . As to the general precautions should be taken into account before the application of vaccines include the history of hypersensitivity reactions against any kind of immunization, the diseases of moderate to severe intensity with or without fever, pregnancy and nutritional deficiencies or general disturbance that may compromise the immune system.

Special-use vaccines
Other vaccines approved by FDA for use in specific clinical conditions (increased risk of disease, location in specific geographical areas, immune system deficiencies, tourism, among others) include inactivated preparations against Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough), Borrelia Burgdorfer (Lyme disease), Neisseria meningitidis (meningitis), Streptococcus pneumoniae (meningitis), Vibrio cholerae (cholera), Yersinia pestis (plague) and against Japanese encephalitis virus and rabies; toxoids against Clostridium tetani and Corynebacterium diptheriae, live attenuated vaccines against M. Tuberculosis (TB), adenovirus (respiratory diseases) and yellow fever virus and inactivated live vaccine against Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever) .

The vaccines of the future
Immunization by application of DNA vaccines is a new technique that efficiently stimulate the humoral and cellular immune response against protein antigen. The DNA responsible for encoding infectious antigens can be incorporated into plasmids or vectors (attenuated bacteria or viruses) which, when introduced into the body triggers a response mediated by T helper and subsequent lymphocyte as B.1, 2

The use of peptides (antigen-specific fractions) as vaccines against certain diseases has been gaining strength in recent years. The advantages of such vaccines include greater chemical stability, greater specificity of the immune response and therefore safer for the patient, but there are still some technical difficulties must be overcome before achieving a more widespread .1, 2