Question

1. What are your thoughts on vaccines (not including COVID-19)?

2. How will you handle a patient who brings her child for their well child visits but refuses to have them vaccinated?

Answer 1

Ans: 1

Vaccines help to get acquired immunity against vaccine prevenetable diseases.A vaccine works by training the immune system to recognize and combat pathogens,either virues or bacteria.To achieve this certain molecules from the pathogen must be introduced into the body to trigger an immune response. These molecules are called antigens, and they are present on all viruses and bacteria.

Ans: 2

The family needs a well informative education regarding vaccination schedule and it's importance.Since this family bring their child to well child visits they want to bring up their child in a healthy way.By following proper vaccination schedule from infancy you can prevent a number of diseases and their wrong impact in one's life.Make them aware that vaccines are safe to use which is developed through research and experimental methodology.Considering the hundreds of unnecessary deaths and illnesses among children caused by vaccine-preventable illness every year world-wide it is our duty to do what we can to ward off preventable illness.