One of the most important medical acts that are carried out in the pediatrician's consultation is baby vaccination. As WHO says, vaccines save lives, they are a fundamental right, although unfortunately not accessible to all, and they are profitable because they are safe, effective and inexpensive.
In the review of the two months is when babies receive their first vaccines, usually the hexavalent vaccine and that of meningitis C, and it is done at that age because the ideal would be to do it as soon as the baby is born, but then they would be useless because the Baby would not make the necessary defenses as a result of the vaccine.
Once vaccines are given, many parents are unaware of what they have to consider next. That is why today we will try to answer that concern by answering the question: What should we consider after being vaccinated?
Should you eat differently or at other times after vaccines?
Vaccines introduce one or more molecules into the baby that stimulate the immune system's reaction so that it learns to defend against them. just in case one day the virus or the bacteria really arrives. Although it is something more intense than in daily life, it is still something that the baby already happens every day, when particles and microorganisms that breathe or suck on the outside (when it touches things or takes and puts them in the mouth), as it is continually exposed to new molecules.
In Babies and more, what should you consider before vaccinating your children ?: vaccine contraindicationsBy this I mean that in reality, although vaccines have more side effects than most things that can get into your day-to-day life (unless you get a virus), do not have to change your diet or feeding schedules. Simply, continue giving what you drink (breast or artificial milk) on demand, as usual.
What side effects can the vaccines cause?
Between 15 and 20% of vaccinated children may suffer an increase in body temperature, which may become feverish, may be fever and, in 2% of these children, may rise to 39 ° C. In case of fever (temperature above 37.5ºC in armpit) it is recommended give the child some antithermic, usually paracetamol, since ibuprofen is not indicated until they are older. To know how much paracetamol corresponds to your baby according to the weight, you can read this entry in which we explain how to calculate it.
In this regard, there are pediatricians who recommend giving paracetamol as a preventative, that is, after vaccination, taking a paracetamol in the afternoon, whether or not there are symptoms. A priori, It is not a recommended measure, since it has been seen that doing so could decrease the immune response to vaccines, being better to give it when there are already symptoms of fever (if they arrive).
If the baby does not get a fever, but a few tenths, it is recommended to carry out physical measures that help you be more comfortable, such as having it at home with little clothes, or following some (or several) of the four home remedies to lower the fever that we told you a while ago.
The fever may arrive at different times, depending on the vaccine administered. In the case of the two-month ones, which are not live attenuated viruses, the fever may arrive at 6-7 hours after the baby is vaccinated And it can last between 24 and 48 hours. In the case of live attenuated vaccines, such as the triple viral of 12 months, the fever arrives between 5 and 10 days, generally, it tends to last the same in time (one or two days) and this may be something higher.
Other common symptoms are irritability and local pain and swelling in the area of the puncture. In the first case it is recommended to take care of the child, catch him, give him much darling and try to do the usual thing when the baby cries (feed him, walk him, rock him, sing him, etc.). In the second case, it can be applied local cold to reduce swelling.
In principle they are normal symptoms that do not require a visit to the pediatrician, unless the fever is very high (reaches 40 ° C) or an unusual reaction occurs, both to rule out that it is related to the vaccine (in case the child is sick on the other hand and may need some treatment) to, if it is, try to remedy the symptoms and make the declaration of adverse reaction to the vaccine, which must reach higher levels.
Once vaccinated, are you already protected from these diseases?
One of the doubts of some parents is if once the baby has already been vaccinated he is protected from all the diseases for which he has been vaccinated. The answer is a simple and little clarifying "more or less" or a "depends". Vaccines are not infallible and even when a baby is vaccinated of all doses of a vaccine it is possible that he takes that disease equally. This depends on your immune system, on the amount of dose of a vaccine you carry (after two months you get 7 vaccines, but 7 must be repeated again later for the baby to take more defenses towards those same 7 viruses) and it also depends on the vaccine coverage.
This of the vaccination coverage is the way of naming the percentage of population that is vaccinated of the same. Normally, because they are the most contagious and the most contagious, we talk about vaccination coverage in children. The higher it is, the better. If a vaccine has a vaccine coverage of 90% or more (10% or less of children do not carry the vaccine) the risk that both vaccinated and unvaccinated are at very low. There are so many vaccinated children, that is, protected, that it is very difficult for a child to catch one of the viruses that have been vaccinated and, in case of infection, it is very difficult to transmit it, because you will find that most of the children around you are also vaccinated.
On the other hand, if that hypothetical child lived where the vaccination coverage is 50%, to say a figure, the risk of contagion is much higher and all children, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, would be at risk. And of those vaccinated, those who will take few doses, such as those of 2 months of age, who only carry one, would have more risk than those who already have several of the same vaccine.
