What is imunization and how it's protect adults and child|urgentmed.us

Immunization is the process through which the body acquires resistance against a specific disease. Naturally the body has an immune system which comprises of white blood cells that fight various infections that attack the body. White blood cells are part of the blood components. The white blood cells are composed of leucocytes, monocytes that fight infections in the body. There various ways in which the body acquire immunity and they include the natural acquired immunity and artificial acquired immunity. Natural acquired immunity occurs when an individual gets infected with a microbe causing a disease in the body. The body immune system fights the infection or disease caused by the microbes. The body's immune system then develops antibodies against the microbes causing disease. If in the future the same microbe attacks the individual's body, the body's immune system fights against it before it develops into a disease.

 Children acquire natural immunity from their mothers through transfer of antibodies while still in the uterus through the placenta or during breastfeeding. Artificial acquired immunity is given to individuals through administration of vaccines. Vaccines are made up of killed or weakened form of microbes that causes a disease. The vaccines are termed safe since they are not capable of causing a disease not unless in the case of a person with immune compromised system for example an individual with Hiv/Aids with a low CD4 count. Vaccines are introduced in the body through oral administration or subcutaneous or muscular injections on specified areas that include the deltoid, glutei and thigh areas. The weakened/killed microbe causing disease is introduced into the body through the various mode entries. The body on sensing a possible infection launches an attack through the immune system, this results into the body developing antibodies against the introduced microbes. In future when the body is faced with an infection of the microbes introduced, the body fights the microbes before they cause the disease in the body.

Vaccines are administered to children at birth and in the following months and years of their growth and development. Adults also get vaccinated as some of the vaccines were not developed when they were small and therefore were unavailable and also because some vaccines provided do not guarantee lifetime immunity for individuals. This therefore leads to adults being vaccinated with a booster vaccine. Children and adults get vaccinated against possible diseases that they could acquire when they travel to foreign countries. Immunization is an important aspect of growth and development of an individual as it boosts the ability of the body's immune system to fight various diseases and infections. Children and adults therefore acquire immunization against diseases through the ways stipulated in the above paragraphs. Immunization protects children and adults by causing a trigger of antibiotics developed by the body's immune system against various diseases when a person is finally exposed to the disease. The body responds fast through the antibiotics and attacks the microbes before they cause disease. Children and adults are protected from preventable diseases through immunization, this diseases include; tuberculosis, yellow fever, diphtheria, polio, whooping, cough, measles, influenza, among others.

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