The Science of Vaccines and Pregnancy

The issue of vaccination has become a global health and social problem in recent years. According to the WHO, vaccines already save the lives of 3 million children every year. And thanks to new vaccines that will be developed in the coming years, it will be possible to prevent the deaths of another 8 million children each year. The number of diseases that can be prevented by vaccines continues to increase. It doubled in 30 years. Vaccines have become as common as other achievements of civilization: electricity, cars, airplanes, television, communications, without which it is difficult to imagine modern life. Ironically, it is the fact that vaccination programs have made many infectious diseases rare or nearly extinct, which leads to the belief that vaccines are outdated and more dangerous than the disease itself. It's true; Never before have people been protected from diseases caused by the world around us. It took me years to learn to deal with them. However, humans have entered the 21st century even more aggressively than a century ago. This happened “due to” the development of technology, human power, rapid movements and, therefore, the spread and emergence of new diseases. Whereas previously the main risk represented a self-limiting disease with an untreated mortality rate of 10-60%, now the main risk is caused by non-cyclic disease pathogens (HIV, serum hepatitis virus, T-cell leukemia). , and possibly others yet to be discovered), and the mortality rate reaches 100% despite treatment.

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What should you consider when planning and during pregnancy?

Some infectious diseases are worse in pregnant women or can harm the fetus. Therefore, to protect you and your child, it is important to receive all recommended vaccines, ideally before pregnancy. This is especially true for vaccinations that administer a live vaccine, such as chickenpox , measles, and rubella , as they cannot be given during pregnancy.
It is important to know! When planning a pregnancy, it is important to check whether all recommended vaccinations have been received. If you have not been vaccinated against chickenpox, measles, and rubella, you should get vaccinated before you become pregnant.
However, vaccination against influenza (flu) and whooping cough is strongly recommended during pregnancy. It is an ineffective vaccine that does not pose any danger to the child. However, with vaccination, which can be carried out from the second trimester of pregnancy, it is possible to transfer the baby to colostrum: in this way the baby is protected against flu and tuberculosis even in the first month of life. -that is, until he can be vaccinated.

Vaccine inhibits our immune system

The immune system is specially designed to react to anything foreign and protect our body from it. If the immune system is not suppressed, it will not be prepared to fight the virus.
Every day we encounter many new antigens for the body: they are microbes, viruses hidden from the people around us, they are foods with thousands of antigens, household dust with many protein particles, they are pollen and hundreds of plants and spores. . many mushrooms. Our immune system responds to each antigen with the necessary response to protect our body. Therefore, there is no reason to consider vaccines as new. It is the only other antigen that, unlike many others, benefits the body by protecting it from diseases.

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