Contents:
- Medical Video: Vaccines & Mercury Concerns-Mayo Clinic
- Get to know the vaccine content
- What other ingredients are in the vaccine?
- There are preservatives in the vaccine content
Medical Video: Vaccines & Mercury Concerns-Mayo Clinic
There is a lot of confusing information about vaccine content. For example vaccines containing mercury. Information that circulates can actually be more incorrect than the right. Actually, what are the main ingredients of the vaccine? Is there really mercury? You need to find out the facts below.
Get to know the vaccine content
The main content of the vaccine is usually called the active ingredient. Active ingredients are ingredients that will stimulate the activity of the immune system so that they are better able to fight disease. A vaccine that aims to maintain the human immune system also contains several other ingredients such as water.
The main vaccine content is a virus or bacteria. Why are viruses or bacteria injected into the human body? Relax, you don't need to worry, these viruses and bacteria have been weakened. Natinya, when the seeds of this weakened disease enter the body, you will not get the disease. Instead your immune system gets stronger.
The reason, your immune system has recognized the seeds of this dangerous disease through vaccines so that one day if the original germs enter the body, you have alreadyimmune to disease that is.
Vaccines are produced to produce maximum benefits for the human body. Some active ingredients as a vaccine content are made by taking part in viral DNA, and are inserted into other cells to become active. This combination of DNA and viruses is indeed effective in preventing several infectious diseases.
Some vaccines that contain it have been combined with other viruses or bacteria, namely the hepatitis vaccine. This vaccine uses hepatitis B virus DNA and other cell DNA. Later this combination will produce protein. This protein is the active ingredient of the vaccine which will prevent hepatitis.
What other ingredients are in the vaccine?
Besides active ingredients, there are adjuvant which is in the vaccine content. This is known as auxiliary material. Where these ingredients function to maximize efficacy vaccine in fighting disease.
The combination of the main active ingredient (antigen) and adjuvant this is more effective than just using an antigen vaccine. However, please also note that adjuvant this is more often used using aluminum salt.
Yes, aluminum salt is permitted by the FDA (Foods and Drugs Administration, equivalent to the Indonesian Food and Drug Administration in Indonesia) for only 1.14 milligrams per dose of vaccine. The POM said that the use of aluminum salt in vaccines is safe and effective.
In addition to both active ingredients and auxiliaries, vaccines also contain liquid solvents. Usually using clean water or sodium chloride, which is also used as intravenous fluids.
Besides solvents, there are stabilizers. This content serves to stabilize the vaccine in hot or cold conditions for example. Usually, the womb stabilizers this includes made of sugar (sucrose and lactose) or protein (albumin and gelatin).
There are preservatives in the vaccine content
In addition to the three ingredients, there are also preservatives in it. Basically, vaccines do need preservatives, but not for all types of vaccines. This preservative is needed to prevent the growth of microorganisms so that the vaccine will continue to function properly.
Unfortunately, of the 4 types of preservatives, there is one preservative that is widely used as a debate. Thimerosal is a type of preservative in vaccines that can cause autism and ADHD because it is made from mercury. However, some further studies have found no link between vaccines with autism or ADHD.
While the content of the mercury itself has been proven safe for the body in various studies throughout the world. Moreover, thimerosal made from mercury also includes chemicals that are easily and quickly disposed of by the body. Therefore, mercury will not settle and harm you.
However, to reduce the risk and public unrest, modern vaccines are no longer using thimerosal. Some types of vaccines still contain thimerosal, but the dosage is very small. It is also important to remember, the risk of getting a disease that could have been prevented by administering a vaccine is still greater than the risk that thimerosal might cause.
