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MMR : are single jabs the answer?
Currently, no country in the world recommends giving the three vaccines separately. Thirty three European countries, plus Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA, all use the MMR vaccine. However, there are still health professionals advocating single vaccines. Read on to find out the case for and against… The case for single jabs Some independent…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations Tagged allergic reaction, Immunology, MCA, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, Vaccination, Vaccines Leave a comment
Special diets for babies
If your baby has special dietary needs, ask for your health visitor or doctor for a referral to a dietician with a special interest in infant feeding. If your baby has already been diagnosed with a metabolic problem, you will need some help in devising a healthy diet for him. If your family has a history of allergies,…
Posted in Baby Health, Weaning Tagged allergy, diet in pregnancy, dietician, food, food allergy, Gluten, Gluten sensitivity, Immunology, Nutrition, Wheat, wheat products Leave a comment
Contradictions to immunisation
There are very few genuine reasons why an immunisation should not be given. Let your doctor or health visitor know if your child: Is acutely unwell or has a very high fever , more than 38 degrees C. (A cold without the child being acutely ill is not a contradiction). Has had a true anaphylactic reaction to…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations Tagged Child Health, Egg allergy, Immunology, Measles, MMR vaccine, radiotherapy, true anaphylactic reaction, Vaccination, Vaccines Leave a comment
Homeopathy vs. Immunisation
Some parents ask if homeopathic medicines are an effective alternative to immunisation? If there are medical reasons not to use the vaccines, a qualified homeopath may be able to give a homeopathic alternative, but no scientific work has been carried out on their effectiveness. Some homeopaths will also treat babies who are having the vaccines with…
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Immunisation day – what to expect
Immunisation is the safest and most effective way to protect your child against life-threatening disease, but what can you expect on the day? Read on to find out How will I know when to take my baby? When you register your baby’s birth you will receive a short birth certificate and a registration card that you will need to…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Immunisations Tagged Child Health, Health visitor, Ibuprofen, immunisation, Immunology, Jabs, mild fever, Nurse, pain, practice nurse, surgery, temperature/fever, Vaccination, Vaccines Leave a comment
DTaP/IPV booster
The DTaP/IPV booster vaccine is given to protect against; Diphtheria (D) Tetanus (T) Acellular Pertussis (aP) Polio (IPV stands for inactivated polio vaccine) The vaccine is inactivated which means it cannot cause the diseases it’s protecting against Children are given the booster vaccine prior to starting school at about four years old. The vaccination boosts the immunisation acquired from the…
No pets to cut asthma
Banning smoking, never using a gas oven for heat and booting out Rover will all help cut your baby’s chance of getting asthma, research has found. The in-depth study, carried out over six years and tracking 8,257 children, was published in the journal Pediatrics. Although risk factors such as smoke and pets were already known,…
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Pets reduce allergies
Exposure to two or more pets during the first year of life could reduce children’s risk of suffering from an allergy. A team of American scientists from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta and the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan studied a group of 473 youngsters – 241 girls and 232 boys –…
Posted in Baby Health, News Tagged allergic reaction, allergy, asthma, British Allergy Foundation, common allergies, Detroit, eczema, Immune system, Immunoglobulin E, Immunology, Michigan, Pet, Pulmonology Leave a comment
MMR vaccination programme planned for schools
Thousands of school children will be offered the MMR vaccination in a bid to prevent a threatened measles epidemic. Health officials are writing to most of the primary schools in London to see if they will take part in the programme. The move follows warnings from the Health Protection Agency that the capital faces a…
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Vaccinations for babies before birth?
Vaccinations for babies in the womb could massively reduce the transmission of some diseases, researchers have said. But experts have already rounded on the results, saying that the risks are almost certain to outweigh the benefits. A team from Canada, reporting in Nature Medicine, managed to give lamb foetuses a vaccination into their mouth tissues while they lay…
