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Immunizations - childhood vaccination programme - Management
What advice should I give to parents of children less than 1 year of age?
- Explain the benefits of vaccination to the parents, in particular that it helps prevent serious illness in children, especially potentially severe disease such as meningitis, whooping cough, and tetanus.
- Reassure that vaccinations are safe, and serious adverse effects are very rare. Pain, swelling, and reddening at the site of injection are most common and systemic effects, should they occur, are usually limited to mild fever.
- If pain or fever is problematic, advise paracetamol or ibuprofen.
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