Category Vaccinations

If there is one word that scares parents and pediatricians, it is, without a doubt, meningitis. It gives name to one of the most feared syndromes in the world, due to its high mortality and percentage of sequelae among survivors. However, the surname that accompanies this term is crucial, because if meningitis is & 39; viral & 39; , the prognosis is excellent in most cases.

Meningitis is a serious bacterial infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. According to the World Health Organization, it can cause significant brain damage and is fatal in 50% of untreated cases. The story we are telling you today has & 34; happy ending & 34 ;.

As I get older, I realize everything my parents have done (and continue to do) for me every day. When we are children we are not aware of it and when we already have the capacity, we take it for granted. And we have so much to thank you for… The one who did find the best gratitude for his mother has been a teenager from the United States: a cake with a very special message.

Vaccines, like any other medicine, can cause adverse reactions. These reactions will almost always be mild, rarely moderate and, exceptionally, severe. Technological development and the quality of clinical trials allow the development of safe and effective vaccines. However, and again, as with any other drug, only post-marketing monitoring will allow us to know the real rate of adverse reactions (such monitoring is known as pharmacovigilance).

Around the subject of vaccines, yes or vaccines, no, I have it clear: vaccines always! Perhaps that is why it is difficult for me to understand that there are parents who put the health of their child at risk, the person they love the most & 39; in the world, when deciding not to vaccinate them.Before judging anyone, I wanted to know the reasons that lead some parents not to vaccinate their children.

Roald Dahl was one of my favorite childhood writers. Their stories took me to a wonderful world in which witches meet in secret, in which little beings make chocolate and in which girls have the super power to move things with their minds, although their children's stories (& 34; Matilda & 34 ;, & 34; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & 34; or & 34; James and the Giant Peach & 34;) also have a slightly dark side, their stories made me imagine, laugh and dream, and it may be because that this message from Roald Dahl has seemed so painful to me.

Air pollution, Ebola, HIV ... and the rejection of vaccines. The anti-vaccine movement is in the crosshairs of the World Health Organization, which this year has included the renunciation of vaccination or vaccination as a threat to global health during 2019.The debate 'vaccines yes-vaccines no' ; It is becoming more and more on fire and there are more and more cases that come to us of confrontations between parents in favor and detractors of vaccinating their children.

Vaccines yes or vaccines no? The controversy is served and it does not stop generating a lot of noise. The latest news comes from Australia, a country that this summer released a law that was going to penalize parents who did not vaccinate their children, where there has been a harsh verbal confrontation between a mother in favor of vaccines and one against.