What You Need To Know About Immunizations

Pediatric Immunizations and Preventing Disease Outbreaks

When your child is immunized, it protects your child and the people around your child from developing serious, contagious illnesses and diseases. Pediatric immunizations can prevent disease outbreaks, and they are easily available from your pediatrician. The pediatricians at All Children Pediatrics in Louisville, KY, offer a wide range of pediatric medical services, including immunizations.

What You Need To Know About Immunizations

Before vaccines were developed, millions died from contagious diseases and illnesses like influenza, polio, and diphtheria. Thanks to the development of vaccines, disease outbreaks are far fewer. In some cases, serious diseases like tuberculosis have almost been eradicated.

Immunizations are especially important for children because a child’s immune system is not as robust as that of an adult. Children are one of the most vulnerable populations and need to be protected from the spread of disease and illness.

There is a lot of misinformation about vaccines, so you need to know the facts. Vaccines are:

• Safe, because they are rigorously tested and approved by the FDA and CDC before they are released for public use
• Effective, because they boast a 95% to 99% success rate, according to healthychildren.org
• They are convenient because they can be easily administered during your child’s routine examination and physical appointments

Immunizations are also required for your child to attend daycare or school. Children being immunized helps prevent the spread of illness and disease among other children, teachers, family members, and you.

These are the required immunizations from birth to age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control:

• Hepatitis B
• Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis
• Haemophilus influenza type B
• Polio
• Pneumococcal conjugate
• Rotavirus
• Measles, mumps, and rubella
• Chickenpox
• Hepatitis A
• Human papillomavirus
• Meningococcal conjugate
• Flu
• COVID

To view or print this list from the CDC, please click here.

Want To Know More About Immunizations? 

To find out more about immunizations, call the pediatricians at All Children Pediatrics in Louisville, KY. You can reach them in the office by calling (502) 244-6373, so call today.