First, you should know what vaccination is and how it protects your baby. Vaccination is an injection biologically prepared from assassinated or weakened organism that produces active immunity in the body against that organism and immunization is a process through which person, animal or any other living species are protected from the particular harmful diseases. This will prepare your baby to fight against future infection and make your baby live a healthier life. You know, vaccines not only protect your baby but also the people around them such that it prevents spreading of diseases. One of the important reason for vaccination is it clears the harmful germs that are confronted by immune system immediately, so your baby is 100% protected from illness or some particular diseases.
Now, Let us know about the importance of vaccination to your baby. It may shock you that your baby needs 24 vaccinations for protecting them against 14 different diseases, but the truth is since the immune system of every baby is not mature like an adult, they are most vulnerable to the effects of the harmful viruses.
Follow the pediatrician’s immunization schedule for your baby, which indicates the vaccines that are mandatory for your baby.
Vaccine Name |
Disease |
Age |
---|---|---|
BCG |
Tuberculosis |
At birth |
DTaP/DTwP |
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis |
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15-18 months, 4-6 years |
Hepatitis A vaccine |
Hepatitis A |
12months, 18months |
Hepatitis B vaccine |
Hepatitis B |
At Birth, 1-2 months, 6-18 months |
Hib vaccine |
Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) |
2 months, 4 months, (6 months), 12-15 months |
OPV (oral polio) and IPV (injectable polio vaccine) |
Polio |
At birth, 2 months, 4 months, 6 -18months, 4-6 years |
Rotavirus vaccine |
Rotavirus |
2 months, 4 months, (6 months) |
Typhoid vaccine |
Typhoid |
9-12 months |
PCV 13 |
Pneumococcal Disease |
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12-15 months |
Chickenpox vaccine |
Chicken pox |
15months, 4-6years |
Influenza vaccine |
Influenza type A virus |
6 months, 7-8 months |
Meningococcal meningitis |
Meningococcus |
2years |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) |
12-15months |
Probably yes, but the side effects are milder that does not last longer in your baby’s body and it may extent to hours or two days.
Do not worry about the effect, they are not serious and will fade away on their own within a day or 2 days.
So far we have seen the milder vaccination effects, but the other side is the vaccinations may cause serious effects but are rare i.e. one in a million.
Whatever may be the effect immediate consultation of your doctor cures your baby as soon as possible.