Contents:
- Medical Video: Carilion Clinic Living: Child Vaccinations
- Controversy
- Vaccine
- Stroke and infection in children
- Stroke prevention
Medical Video: Carilion Clinic Living: Child Vaccinations
Recent concerns about vaccination in children have triggered fear among some parents, resulting in uncertainty and confusion about the effect of vaccines on health and additives used in vaccine preparation. Parents make health care decisions for their children based on serious consideration, and always want the best long-term results for their children.
Controversy
Recently the vaccine has been controversial because of doubts about the possibility of dangerous neurological consequences, especially autism. The diagnosis of autism can be annoying and disappointing for parents. And the fact that detection of autism has increased in recent years raises questions about the existence of environmental causes or poisons that increase cases of autism, and this is a question that does not yet have an answer.
The time that coincides with the administration of vaccines and the detection of early symptoms of autism can be a reason for parents to wonder, "How can my child suffer from this?"
Strict standards of scientific research strongly support vaccination of children for the prevention of infectious diseases. Furthermore, various scientific studies have now failed to show evidence that vaccines are the cause of autism, and the CDC has concluded that there is no causative relationship. Although autism is a frightening diagnosis, the cause is still not determined.
Vaccine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines currently recommended for children can protect themselves against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, haemophilus influenza b, hepatitis, tetanus, pertussis, polio, pneumococcal, rotavirus and varicella zoster.
These diseases are all different types of infections, which means that they are caused by micro-organisms (small organisms) such as bacteria or viruses that attack the body. When one organism infects into the body, they produce a number of effects, including fever and inflammation, and attacks targeted at various organs in the body.
Stroke and infection in children
Stroke in children can cause physical disabilities, impaired vision, decreased speech, and learning difficulties. Stroke is rare in children, and when it occurs, it is generally associated with risk factors, such as genetic conditions, serious heart disease, blood clotting disorders, vascular disease, cancer or drugs that are strong and increase the risk of stroke.
Infection has been found as one of the risks of stroke in children. A study published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Neurology reported strong effects of stroke infections on children, especially within the first 3 days after the infection was determined. Other studies published in the journal, Infectious Disorders-Drug Targets, specifically evaluated children diagnosed with a stroke after being infected with the varicella zoster virus (chickenpox) and found that most of these children showed evidence of injury to the arteries in the brain caused by this virus. The author of the article also explained that several other viruses had been recorded causing the same type of injury to the brain, and affecting stroke.
Stroke prevention
The best stroke prevention is to control risk factors. Preventable risk factors for stroke, such as avoiding infection, must be treated first, if possible. Vaccination is an important step in reducing the risk of serious infections, especially because effective treatments are not available to treat these infections if they occur. Infection treated by vaccination is an aggressive infection that usually does not have effective treatment during infection or after.
Potentially reducing the risk of small strokes is only one of the many important reasons to routinely vaccinate your child's health. Your pediatrician is the best and accurate source, to find out the latest information and recommendations about your child's health. Make sure you carefully consider decisions regarding your child's health, look for health information that can be accounted for from trusted sources.
