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Vaccinations are one of the greatest achievements of medicine and were considered the discovery that, throughout human history, has brought benefits second only to those derived from drinking water. Childhood vaccinations are very important because they represent the first action brought prior to your child, to eliminate the risk of dangerous infectious diseases. Vaccinate children means being part of an action brought in the world by the World Health Organization. The ultimate goal of vaccination is to be able to decrease the incidence of very serious diseases or even to make them disappear (smallpox, a terrible disease and now forgotten, nor the most concrete example). The human body protects itself against infectious disease by producing antibodies, substances that neutralize the "infectious agents" is what happens "naturally" when one is struck for the first time an infectious disease. The principle on which is based vaccination is to induce the production of antibodies agains...
The purpose of this article is to provide the necessary information on vaccination in children and the diseases they preventable. Recall that the staff of vaccination and your family pediatrician are always available to go into that and clarify all doubts. Index of diseases: - Poliomyelitis - Diphtheria and Tetanus - Hepatitis B - Pertussis - Haemophilus influenzae type b - Measles - Mumps - Rubella - Pneumococcal - Meningococcal - Varicella - Useful if after vaccination ... POLIOMYELITIS What is polio? Polio is an infectious disease caused by three different types of viruses that enter the body primarily through the digestive system. This disease is very dangerous because, in severe cases, can cause irreversible paralysis, usually of the limbs and sometimes death. Unfortunately there are no medicines to cure this disease once it has developed, the only real possibility to prevent these serious health consequences is represented by prevention through vaccination. In...
What? There is talk of diarrhea when the child has several volleys of liquid or unformed stools and mucous membranes, often also shows the child a stomach ache, irritability, fever and vomiting. Diarrhea and vomiting almost always depend on infections caused by microbes (viruses, bacteria, parasites), arriving in the body through the mouth. When to worry? Whatever the reason for determining the diarrhea, the most worrying aspect is the onset of dehydration. The most important thing in these cases is whether there is loss of peso.Occorre, therefore, weigh daily the child with diarrhea and vomiting and should consult your pediatrician in case of weight loss. The presence of dry mouth and produce little pee in the day may be associated with dehydration and should be considered as warning signals. What to do? It is essential that the child in the first 4-6 hours drink at will must be given orally, and for the duration of symptoms glucosalina a solution (there are several on the mar...