Expectant mothers should not in any case to miss flu shots due to concerns about the health of babies. Just for the sake of their health and should receive the vaccine. This conclusion was American scientists from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore and Bloomberg. The data of their research published in the journal Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Researchers have found that in the mother's body in response to vaccination produced protective antibodies that fall to the baby through the placenta first, and then through breastfeeding. If a woman get flu vaccine Being pregnant, the odds of her unborn baby get the flu in the first six months are down 41%. Meanwhile, the flu at such a young age is much more dangerous than in other stages of life.
Last week, the US Department of Health announced that all pregnant women in the country will be offered free flu shots this winter. This decision was taken on the basis of statistical data.
During the recently concluded an epidemic of so-called swine flu virus (H1N1), pregnant women are four times more likely to receive treatment in a hospital than the general population. And the mortality rate among expectant mothers because of the flu was higher in the half. This statistics is to listen and our women who are preparing to become a mother. Among them is also quite popular misconception that flu shot during pregnancy is dangerous for the child.
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