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The Real Risks of Missed or Delayed Infant Vaccines
The Real Risks of Missed or Delayed Infant Vaccines
Delays can leave infants unprotected against serious diseases.
Delays can leave infants unprotected against serious diseases.
Timely vaccines help keep your baby safe and strong.
Timely vaccines help keep your baby safe and strong.
Delaying or missing vaccines can have real consequences.
Delaying or missing vaccines can have real consequences.
Even a short delay can leave your child vulnerable to serious diseases like measles, whooping cough, and more. These illnesses spread quickly, especially in communities where vaccination rates drop. Your baby might seem healthy, but without timely protection, they are at risk if exposed.
By staying on schedule with vaccines, you’re not just protecting your own child—you’re also helping protect infants who are too young to be fully vaccinated and others with weakened immune systems. It’s a shared responsibility to keep everyone safe.
What Are We Protecting Against?
What Are We Protecting Against?
what is Measles?
what is Measles?
Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that causes a red, blotchy skin rash, fever, cough, runny nose, and red eyes. It can lead to serious complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, and even death, especially in infants and young children.
Measles
Measles
Symptoms: High fever, cough, runny nose, rash.
Risks: Pneumonia (lung infection causes inflammation), brain swelling, and even death in infants.
Prevented by: MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccine.
What is Whooping Cough (Pertussis)?
What is Whooping Cough (Pertussis)?
Whooping cough is a bacterial infection that causes severe coughing fits, which can make it hard for babies to breathe. The cough often sounds like a “whoop” as the child struggles to inhale after coughing. It can lead to pneumonia, brain damage, and death in infants.
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Symptoms: Severe coughing fits, vomiting, exhaustion.
Risks: Breathing difficulty, hospitalization, and death in babies.
Prevented by: DTaP vaccine.
What is Polio?
What is Polio?
Polio is a viral infection that can attack the nervous system, causing paralysis and sometimes death. It mainly affects children and can lead to permanent disability or breathing problems if the respiratory muscles are paralyzed.
Polio
Polio
Symptoms: Fever, fatigue, limb pain
Risks: Paralysis, permanent disability
Prevented by: IPV vaccine
What is Hepatitis B?
What is Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that affects the liver, causing symptoms like jaundice (yellowing of the skin), fatigue, and abdominal pain. It can lead to chronic liver disease, liver cancer, or liver failure if left untreated.
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B
Symptoms: Fever, fatigue, jaundice (yellowing of skin/eyes)
Risks: Liver damage, chronic infection, liver cancer later in life
Prevented by: Hepatitis B vaccine. Given starting at birth.
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