Recently, the situation around vaccinations has been heating up. The media described terrible complications after such a medical procedure, including even deaths. I must say that mankind has not yet come up with anything that could protect it from serious ailments. In rare cases, the procedure had terrible consequences. Such situations make parents think about the need for vaccinations for infants. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to get unvaccinated in a kindergarten, so the majority of parents take the procedure for granted. And still there are those who write the refusal of vaccination.
The law in this case is on the side of the parents. Of course, the child may not be taken to kindergarten, but it is still not as bad as a threat to health. However, it is worth looking at this issue from another perspective. For example, if a child has not been vaccinated against measles, he may well become infected with this serious illness. The virus is stored indoors for two hours. Unvaccinated children almost all have measles.
Symptoms
An infected child has a fever, cough, lacrimation, runny nose, conjunctivitis. All these symptoms also occur in acute respiratory infections, but after 2-3 days a rash appears on the face, head, behind the ears. This is a serious illness with complications. When deciding to write a refusal of vaccination, you need to know everything about him.
In children, after birth, immunity is maintained. If the mother previously had measles or was vaccinated against this disease, the child will not get sick within six months. Measles is a rather serious disease with complications such as loss of hearing and vision, otitis media, pneumonia, and even mental retardation. Also, this disease has a high mortality rate. Therefore, refusal of vaccination can cause death.
Course of the disease
The latent period of infection is 9-11 days. Even at this stage, the first symptoms of measles may appear. In the initial, non-specific period, whitish spots appear on the mucosa of the cheeks, hard and soft palate, conjunctivitis. Cough and runny nose also increase, temperature rises. There is a rash on different parts of the body in strict sequence. First, it covers the face, neck, trunk, hips, arms, feet, legs. Irregular spots are most concentrated on the face, neck and chest. Currently, there is a decrease in the incidence of measles. Refusal of vaccination, if it will become widespread, can change the situation not for the better.
Graft
Measles vaccination is given to children aged 12-15 months. The second vaccine is given at 6 years. The immunity lasts for 25 years. Sometimes after vaccination such reactions are observed:
- heat;
- conjunctivitis, runny nose, cough;
- pale pink rash.
All these phenomena disappear after 3 days. However, there are complications that lead to allergic reactions, lesions of the nervous system, convulsions. Thrombocytopenia is also sometimes found. In case of contamination of an open ampoule with Staphylococcus aureus, toxic shock syndrome may appear, which can lead to death.
Conclusion
Complications that occur after vaccination sometimes scare people. Having weighed all the pros and cons, after listening to the opinion of the doctors, the parents decide on whether to get the vaccine or refuse it. Formally, the law is on the side of the parents, but in real life without vaccination a small child is not taken to an institution. And this is quite acceptable, since it can lead to mass quarantine.