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Why vaccinate your child

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...

Special care of premature infants

Talk to your doctor about the diet of preterm infants. He recommends May vitamins, iron and special formula if the baby is fed with a bottle. Doctors give vitamins for premature babies, so that they grow and stay healthy. The doctor may also prescribe iron supplements for a premature baby, at least four months. After four months of a premature baby about the same amount of iron have is that a baby at term, however, your doctor may be able to take a premature baby to iron drops for a year or longer. Premature babies are usually smaller than term infants during the first 2 years of life. As a rule, begin after a while. Keep stimulating activities for your baby. Your doctor needs to know how the child is active when your baby is in the first ramp for the first time, for example. The vaccination schedule for preterm infants Immunization or "shots" are the same age in preterm infants, which has been set for babies. Some doctors recommend the flu vaccine for May against a prema...