Immunizations at 3 months: benefit or harm?

All vaccinations given to children are dictated by the care of their health. The first inoculation against hepatitis B is given immediately after birth, the second one in a month. The vaccine against tuberculosis, known as BCG, is placed in the first week of life before discharge.

Vaccination is carried out according to the National Immunoprophylaxis Calendar, which includes the most dangerous diseases - pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus. According to this calendar, these diseases are vaccinated at 3 months.

Newborns are given a combination DTP vaccine against several diseases - pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus. To produce a lasting immunity, the vaccination is carried out several times. The first time they put such vaccinations in 3 months, then at four and a half months and at six months, and after a year and a half they are revaccinated.

Vaccinations for newborns in the hospital are put in a planned order. However, if for some reason the parents refuse to vaccinate the newborn, they can write to the name of the head physician refusal. In order to avoid a mistake, all medical personnel must be warned and discharged from the hospital as early as possible.

Since 1993, economic incentives have been introduced for doctors to cover the population with vaccinations. Medical contraindications for vaccinating children were also significantly reduced . For example, the allergy was deliberately excluded from the list of contraindications. But in a child sensitive to drugs, grafting can cause anaphylactic shock or even death. Vaccination up to six years is contraindicated in premature infants who have neurologic disorders or elevated intracranial pressure. Hypotrophy, hypertonia and dystonia are also contraindications for vaccination.

Diathesis of a child can become a lifelong contraindication to all kinds of vaccination. But not only diathesis can become a lifelong contraindication to vaccination, but other reasons. So, to make a decision to vaccinate a child, it is first of all necessary to make sure that the child has absolutely no absolute and life-long contraindications to any vaccinations.

Therefore, if the parents agree to an inoculation, they have the right to get acquainted with the instructions and the certificate for the vaccine, which they will use to vaccinate the newborn. In the annex to the vaccine, a list of contraindications and complications that may occur after vaccination is attached. If these papers are not available, then the vaccine can be experimental. To vaccinate with such a vaccine is a big risk. For vaccination at 3 months, you can use serum or registered biologics of leading domestic and world manufacturers. Parents have the right to decide which vaccinations the newborn should be given better. Parents should know that they can demand a medical letter from the medical institution, which says that within 10 years the child will not have any complications due to vaccination.

When vaccinations are carried out at 3 months, sometimes the child may receive a response in the form of a rise in temperature and worsening of the general condition. If the temperature rises to more than 38.5 degrees, the child should be given paracetamol. In the case of vomiting and lethargy, you need to urgently call a doctor. If a child falls ill after three days, then the vaccine has nothing to do with the disease. But in any case, you need to see a doctor to find out the causes of the disease and get treatment.

Currently, there is a widely held view that vaccinations for children, as for adults, are not only not useful, but also harmful to health. As evidence shows numerous facts that children, who were not vaccinated at the preschool age and had excellent health, began to feel much worse and become prone to illnesses in the primary school after the start of routine vaccinations. So maybe, from vaccinations only harm?

One of the most important arguments of opponents of vaccinations is the lack of guaranteed protection against diseases during vaccination. In short, parents should decide first of all about the appropriateness of vaccinations for their baby, based on knowledge of the characteristics of their child and many inherited factors.