A Healthy Start: Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child
August 14th, 2015
National Immunization Awareness Month is a reminder that we all need vaccines right from the start and throughout our lives.
To celebrate the importance of immunizations for a healthy start and throughout our lives – and to make sure children are protected with all the vaccines they need our office is joining with partners nationwide in recognizing August as National Immunization Awareness Month. The theme for this week is “A Healthy Start” and will focus specifically on protecting babies from birth through age 2 though immunization.
“Children who don’t receive recommended vaccines are at risk of getting the disease or illness, and of having a severe case,” as reported by the CDC, “Every dose of every vaccine is important to protect your child and others in the community from infectious diseases. Talk to Dr. Kostecke or other health care professional to make sure your child is up to date on all the vaccines he or she needs.”
Today’s childhood vaccines protect against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases, including polio, measles, whooping cough and chickenpox.
There are many important reasons to make sure your child is vaccinated:
• Immunizations can protect your child from 14 serious diseases before they turn 2 years old.
• Vaccination is very safe and effective.
• Immunizations can protect others you care about.
• Immunization can save your family time and money.
• Immunization protects future generations by reducing the prevalence of serious diseases.
When children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk and can spread diseases to others in their family and community – including babies who are too young to be fully vaccinated, and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer and other health conditions.
Parents can find out more about the recommended immunization schedule at:
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents or call our office at (248)676-0991.
REMEMBER: We are always here to help, Healthy kids = Happy Kids!