Why Immunizations are Important
One of the most important ways you can protect your child’s health is to make sure your child is current on immunizations. Your pediatricians can help. Dr. Anissa August and Dr. Lisa Minsloff, Melissa Franklin CPNP, K. Parker Keener, CPNP, and Kessley Mayrath, CPNP at August Pediatrics in Decatur, TX, provide comprehensive medical care for children, including immunizations. We serve Decatur, TX, Wise County, and surrounding areas.
What You Need To Know About Immunizations
Did you know that your child’s immune system is not as well developed as yours? That means your child is more vulnerable to infectious, contagious diseases. Symptoms can be much more severe in children too, and a child is more likely to experience complications from illness. Immunizations can protect your child against a wide variety of severe illnesses and diseases like meningitis, hepatitis, measles, and more.
When your child is immunized, it also helps prevent the spread of illnesses and diseases. Immunizations can protect you and your family. Immunizations are also important because they are required for your child to attend daycare or school. Immunizations are also:
- Safe, because they are rigorously tested and approved by the FDA and CDC before they are released to the public
- Convenient, because they take only a few minutes and can be administered at regular well-child appointments
- Effective, because they boast a success rate of 95% to 99% according to healthychildren.org
These are the recommended immunizations from birth to age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control:
- Hepatitis B
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
- Haemophilus influenza type B
- Polio
- Pneumococcal conjugate
- Rotavirus
- Measles, mumps, 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?
To find out more about the importance of immunizations and how they can protect your child, talk with the experts. Call Dr. Anissa August and Dr. Lisa Minsloff, Melissa Franklin CPNP, K. Parker Keener, CPNP, and Kessley Mayrath, CPNP at August Pediatrics in Decatur, TX. You can reach them in the office by calling (940) 627-8044, so call today.