NURSING 3TT3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meningococcal Disease, Pertussis, Rotavirus
8 Apr 2017
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How to protect children from 2 months to 3 years with safe and reliable vaccines. In the first few years of life, your child is most at risk of contracting a serious disease that can be prevented through vaccines. These diseases can cause very serious illness and even death. If you don"t vaccinate your child early, infection from certain diseases can kill or seriously harm them before their body develops a strong immune system. Vaccines use weakened or killed virus or bacteria to trigger your child"s natural immune response to provide long-term protection against a disease (without the risk of getting the disease). Scientific studies and reviews continue to show no relationship between vaccines and autism. Some people won"t develop immunity to a disease after being vaccinated, but the vaccine itself cannot infect someone. If a vaccinated individual does contract a disease which they were vaccinated against, their illness will be less severe.
