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Immunizations for children: What you need to know

Immunizations are designed to protect against serious illnesses ranging from polio and tetanus to measles, mumps, and the seasonal flu. Many people consider them the most important part of well-child checkups.

To find out more about the many illnesses prevented by immunizations, click on the links below under "recommended immunization schedule."

For a personalized list of which immunizations your child might need, and when, try our Immunization Scheduler.

http://www.babycenter.com/immunization-scheduler

How immunizations work

Immunizations are vaccines made of either weakened or "killed" versions of the bacteria or virus that causes a particular disease. When these altered viruses and bacteria are injected or taken orally, the immune system mounts an attack that stimulates the body to produce antibodies.

Vaccine Scheduler

See which shots your baby needs when, and make a personalized schedule for your child's immunizations.

Once produced, the antibodies remain active in the body, ready to fight off the real disease. For example, if whooping cough broke out in your area, an immunized child would be much less likely to contract the disease than one who wasn't immunized.

What's new in 2011

Every year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices publishes a new schedule showing which vaccines are recommended and when to get them. This schedule is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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•                The 2010-2011 flu vaccine now combines seasonal flu and H1N1 (swine flu) protection in one immunization. The committee recommends two doses for kids age 6 months to 8 years old who didn't get at least one dose of the H1N1 vaccine in 2009.

Recommended immunization schedule

If your child has gotten behind on immunizations, ask your doctor about the "catch-up" schedule.

DTaP, to protect against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough):

•                At 2 months

•                At 4 months

•                At 6 months

•                Between 15 and 18 months (can be given as early as 12 months as long as it's at least six months after the previous shot)

•                Between 4 and 6 years old

•                A booster shot at 11 or 12 years of age

Hepatitis A, to protect against hepatitis A, which can cause the liver disease hepatitis.
Between 12 and 23 months, two shots at least six months apart

Hepatitis B (HBV), to protect against hepatitis B, which can cause the liver disease hepatitis:

•                At birth

•                Between 1 and 2 months

•                Between 6 and 18 months.

Hib, to protect against Haemophilus influenza type B, which can lead to meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglottitis:

•                At 2 months

•                At 4 months

•                At 6 months (not needed if the PedvaxHIB or ComVax brand of vaccine was given at 2 and 4 months)

•                Between 12 and 15 months

HPV, to protect against human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States and a cause of cervical cancer:

Three doses between 11 and 12 years, for girls (one version of the HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in males, but isn't on the official schedule)

Influenza (the flu shot or, for age 2 and up, nasal spray vaccine), to protect against seasonal flu and H1N1 (swine flu):

•                Age 6 months and up, every year in the fall or early winter

•                Two doses for children 6 months to 8 years old who are getting the seasonal flu vaccine for the first time, who had only one dose of the seasonal flu vaccine in the previous flu season, or who didn't get the H1N1 vaccine during the 2009-2010 season

•                One dose for all other children

Meningococcal, to protect against meningococcal disease, the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in U.S. children in pre-vaccine days:

Between 11 and 12 years

MMR, to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles):

•                Between 12 and 15 months

•                Between 4 and 6 years old

Pneumococcal (PCV), to protect against pneumococcal disease, which can lead to meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections:

•                At 2 months

•                At 4 months

•                At 6 months

•                Between 12 and 15 months

Polio (IPV), to protect against polio:

•                At 2 months

•                At 4 months

•                Between 6 and 18 months

•                Between 4 and 6 years old

Rotavirus, to protect against rotavirus, which can cause severe diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration (given orally, not as an injection):

•                At 2 months

•                At 4 months

•                At 6 months (not needed if the Rotarix brand of vaccine was given at 2 and 4 months)

Varicella, to protect against chicken pox:

•                Between 12 and 15 months

•                Between 4 and 6 years.

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Is The Flu Shot A Good Idea For Your Family!

When It Comes To The Flu Shot: Doctors say you should get it! 

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- When it comes to getting the flu shot, health officials say get it.

North Carolina had its first child death from the flu this week, and doctors say people should avoid the risk of death by getting the vaccine. Many people think the flu shot will make you sick, but doctors say that's not the case. Some think the flu shot is anything but a good thing.

"It's like the flu shot is the flu in a shot, so I don't want it anywhere near me," said Chris Maxie, who did not get the vaccine.

New Hanover County health officials recommend everyone get their shot, and say the sooner the better. New Hanover Regional Medical Center's Dr. Todd Kornegay said his patients often refuse the shot claiming they don't want to get sick from the vaccine. He said that's a common misconception.

"Some of it is distrust," Dr. Kornegay said. "Some of it may be distrust of doctors or distrust in the FDA, but I've seen 50 percent of my patients refuse the flu shot when I offer it to them."

Regardless of the doctor's orders, many people believe the shot will get you sick because they've experienced it first hand.

"I got it so I wouldn't get sick, because I was in college, and then I got really sick for a week and a half, and I missed four days of classes," said Brandy Malabre, who also did not get the vaccine this year. "I hated it, 'cause I got sick anyway, and I felt like it was completely pointless, so I've just been taking the emergency packets, and I haven't gotten the flu since then."

While patients may have had different experiences from the shot, doctors say the smartest thing you can do during the flu season is to get vaccinated.

"Most of the deaths we see from the flu are from the really young and the old, and I mean infants and the elderly folks older than the age of 65," Kornegay said. "Most of the time they get a secondary infection on top of the flu like pneumonia."

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