Everyone wants the best for their children. You are aware of the importance of baby gates, car seats, and other methods in order to keep your child safe? But did you know that one of the best ways to keep your children safe is to make sure that they have all of their vaccinations?

There are different types of vaccines that provide protection against a lot of diseases.  With all types of vaccines in your body, your body will know how to fight that virus in the future. After getting a vaccination, it typically takes a few weeks to build up that protection against the disease.

Vaccination helps in strengthening your baby’s immune system. The immune system of the babies is not fully developed at birth which puts them at higher risk for infection. Hence, vaccines reduce the risk of infections by working with the natural defense mechanisms of the child and help safely develop protection against diseases.

In today’s time, vaccines use ingredients that are safe and effective for children. All ingredients that are there in the vaccines are responsible for playing important roles either in making the vaccine, triggering the body to develop immunity, or making sure that the final product is effective. Some of the ingredients are:

• Adjuvants

It helps in boosting the body’s response to vaccination.

• Stabilizers

It helps in keeping a vaccine effective after it is manufactured.

• Formaldehyde

It helps in preventing contamination by bacteria when the vaccine is manufactured. It resides in the body naturally.

Before any new vaccine is given to people, extensive lab testing is done to test the effectiveness of the vaccine. Once the testing is started among the people, it might take a few years for the vaccine to get licensed.

Once a vaccine is licensed, the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other federal agencies keep a check on its use and investigate its potential safety concerns.

Vaccines help in the prevention of a lot of serious diseases that once killed a lot of infants, children, and adults. Without vaccines, your child is at greater risk for serious illnesses o even death from a lot of serious infections like measles and whooping cough.

One way to keep your family healthy is to get a vaccination because it is very effective and safe. The timing for getting a vaccination depends on how your child’s immune system responds to vaccines at different ages and how likely your child is exposed to diseases.

It is always better to prevent diseases rather than treat them after it has occurred.