Vaccination controversy
Photo:Thinkstock / Fotobank There is a lot of controversy surrounding vaccinations. Someone leads their children for vaccination, someone categorically refuses. What to do after all? Currently, vaccination, of course, is both the only method of protection against infections, and a means of active longevity. And if we all refuse vaccinations, as in ancient times, the infection will raise its head. We have now gotten rid of a very large number of infections. We practically do not have poliomyelitis, measles, and the incidence of diphtheria has decreased 150 times. All this is due to vaccination. Those vaccine-preventable infections that we are currently encountering are extremely mild, without complications. What should we prepare children for now? You need to prepare for any vaccinations. Vaccinations must be taken seriously. Necessarily the child, and members of his family, his environment - all must be healthy. No manifestations of even mild infections, exacerbations of chronic diseases. At the time of vaccination, the person must be healthy. If we talk about people with chronic diseases, then vaccination is unacceptable at the time of exacerbations, and before vaccination it is necessary to pass certain tests and consult a doctor in order to understand that the condition is stable. In other cases, neither preparation nor monitoring of general blood and urine tests is required. When it comes to autumn, we are afraid of the flu. And we are reasonably afraid. A serious opportunity today to protect yourself from influenza is to vaccinate. And we often recommend getting the pneumococcal vaccine in combination with the flu vaccine. The fact is that pneumococcus is the causative agent of severe diseases of the upper respiratory tract, which often accompany the flu. Complicated pneumococcal flu is often fatal. So everyone should get vaccinated? We are not saying that everyone should get vaccinated. It is enough to vaccinate those categories of the population that are most vulnerable: workers in transport, educational, medical institutions, trade, women who have planned a pregnancy, as well as people, let's say, with reduced immunity, children and the elderly. Vaccination room? You can't wait for a flu epidemic. It takes at least three to four weeks to develop an immune response.
