Family Healthcare In Frisco TX: 4 Vaccination Myths You May Have Heard
Finding great family healthcare in Frisco TX can be hard when you can’t afford or don’t qualify for health insurance. That’s where 7 Health comes in. At 7 Health, we know that taking care of the whole family is important and if you are a parent, nothing is as important as taking care of your children. In fact, regular checkups are a vital part of keeping your child healthy because your family physician can not only check your child’s current physical condition, he can also spot problems – physiological and developmental – that may be in their early stages so that you can get help.
One of the most important parts of your child’s regular checkups is vaccinations. Despite what you may have heard or read recently about the suspicions voiced by a small number of parents that vaccines contribute to developmental disorders, like autism, in children, vaccines are safe and are critical to keeping your child healthy. What are some of the other myths you may have heard about vaccines?
- Healthy children don’t need to be immunized. The truth is that vaccines are preventative and they will keep your child from contracting an infectious disease from other children who haven’t been immunized. Even healthy children can get very sick and sometimes die from vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Many of the diseases that children are vaccinated for have been eliminated in the U.S., so children don’t need to be immunized for them. Most of the diseases for which children are vaccinated are still a threat in North Texas and the United States. Diseases like influenza, whooping cough, hepatitis and meningitis can still affect our children although their rates have been greatly reduced by vaccinations. The diseases that have been eliminated in the U.S., like German measles and polio, are still a problem in other countries and immigrants from these countries come to the U.S. every day.
- The side effects of vaccines are worse than the diseases they protect us from. While it is possible for a child to have a severe reaction to a vaccine, it is rare and highly unlikely. The most common side effects of vaccinations are soreness at the injection site and a slight fever. The diseases the vaccines prevent – measles, polio, influenza – are much deadlier than the vaccinations.
- Vaccines cause the diseases they’re supposed to be preventing. Every year during flu season, this myth that the flu vaccine causes the flu becomes an issue and keeps many people from getting vaccinated. The flu vaccine does not cause the flu. For other diseases that children are immunized for, the chances of contracting the diseases from the vaccines ranges from minimal to impossible. The vaccines that carry a minimal chance of triggering the disease are those that contain live, weakened viruses like chickenpox and MMR (measles, mumps and rubella).
Immunizations given on schedule are a critical part of family healthcare in Frisco TX. If you are looking for great medical care at a reasonable price, visit us at 7 Health at www.7health.net to learn more about our revolutionary way of delivering family healthcare in Frisco TX. To schedule an appointment, call us at (214) 501-5818.
Family Healthcare Frisco TX
7 Health
9191 Kyser Way, Suite 602
Frisco, Texas 75033
(214) 501-5818
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