Childhood Immunisation

Immunisations are preventative health measures that work to boost the body’s defences against specific diseases. In Australia, immunisation for children is seen as an essential component of well-baby checkups because it helps avoid serious, occasionally fatal illnesses like diphtheria, meningitis, polio, tetanus, measles, and tetanus, which in the past caused a high proportion of infant mortality.

Please get in touch with our Beaches Medical & Cosmetic Clinic staff to arrange an appointment time with a doctor and a nurse for your child’s routine vaccinations. Additionally, this is an excellent time to bring up any worries you may have about your child’s development and growth with your doctor at our medical centre in Dee Why.

How Do Vaccinations Function?

Simply said, immunisations are vaccines produced from an inactivated or killed form of the virus or bacteria that is responsible for the specific disease to be prevented. When a child receives an immunisation, these vaccinations are injected or administered orally. This causes the child’s immune system to mobilise its defences against the microbe. The child’s body would retain these immune cells for a long time to fight against that particular agent if it returned.

Childhood immunisation vaccines may also contain pre-existing antibodies that were extracted from the blood of an animal or another human and then administered to a non-immune person.

Are vaccinations safe?

Vaccines are incredibly safe. Your child is considerably more likely to be harmed by a vaccination-preventable disease than by a vaccine. Before becoming available to the general public, all vaccinations must pass strict safety evaluations, including clinical trials. Only vaccinations that meet stringent quality and safety criteria will be registered and distributed by countries.

Why should my child receive vaccines?

Childhood Immunisation saves lives. With the developing immune systems of newborns, infections that can result in major harm or death are more likely to be prevented by vaccinations. Vaccinating your child is essential. If not, extremely contagious illnesses like polio, diphtheria, and measles—all of which were previously destroyed in many countries reappear.

Can a vaccination make my child sick?

Vaccines have a very low risk of significant side effects. Almost all post-vaccination illnesses or pain is mild and brief, such as a sore injection site or a slight fever. These are frequently manageable by using an over-the-counter pain reliever as prescribed by a doctor or cooling the injection site with a cold cloth. If parents are worried, they can speak with one of our skilled and experienced doctors.

What illnesses are prevented by vaccines?

Your child is protected by vaccinations from deadly diseases like tetanus, which can cause severe muscle contractions, difficulties feeding, and breathing, especially in newborns, as well as measles, which can result in brain swelling and blindness.

Can the vaccine schedule be postponed?

Follow the advised vaccination schedule since it is one of the best ways to safeguard your child. Any time you put off a vaccination, your child is more susceptible to illness.

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When Are Vaccines Administered?

Children’s immunisation schedules typically follow predetermined time frames during a child’s growth, with minor regional differences. The National immunisation Program Schedule serves as the foundation for childhood immunisation in Australia. The following is the immunisation schedule:

A baby should receive the Hepatitis B (HepB) vaccine at birth. The child should receive it as soon as possible after delivery, but no later than seven days. However, it is best if a baby gets it on their very first day of life.

A baby needs to get vaccinated against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, and a second dose of hepatitis B at the age of 2 months. Then the second and third doses of vaccines are followed at 4 and 6 months respectively.

A kid receives the MMR vaccine again at 18 months along with their fourth dose of diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus vaccines. This time, the MMR vaccine also protects against chickenpox.

A kid receives their fourth dose of the inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine and their fifth dose of diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccines at the age of 4.

Pneumococcal vaccines should be given to infants and children with medical disorders that increase their risk of infections brought on by the pneumococcal bacteria at 12 months of age and again at 4 years of age.

If you have any more questions regarding Childhood immunisations, wish to book an appointment for your little one, or are looking for a Dee Why skin cancer clinic feel free to call us at 02 8093 2666 or  02 8093 2660 or send us an email at  info@bmccdy.com.au. 

Immunisation protects against a range of preventable diseases and infections. Childhood immunisations, catch up immunisations, travel immunisations and occupational health immunisations are amongst the range of immunisations provided.
  • Childhood Immunization
  • Travel Immunization
  • Catch up Immunization
  • Senior Immunization
  • Pregnancy Related Immunization
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