Vaccinations In Clarksburg, MD & Montgomery Village, MD

As any pediatrician or doctor will tell you, it is far easier and better to prevent diseases and illnesses from happening in the first place than it is to treat the infection once it’s occurred. 

While good hygiene and sanitary practices are important for keeping your kids and family safe, this isn’t always fail-proof. 

One of the most effective ways our pediatricians in Clarksburg and Montgomery Village help protect children is through childhood vaccinations. 

Why are vaccines so important for children?

There was a time when diseases such as smallpox and polio caused devastating consequences for the health of both children and adults. 

Vaccines save lives. In fact, they have saved millions of lives and because of vaccines, we no longer have to worry about deadly infections such as smallpox anymore.

How do vaccines protect my child against certain diseases?

Childhood infection due to viruses, kicks the body's immune system into overdrive, producing antibodies that can help them fight the
infection. 

Unfortunately, since the body has never seen this type of foreign invader before, your child gets sick; however, once their immune system has

come into contact with that specific infection, it will have the antibodies needed to fight it the next time and to avoid future illnesses. 

However, it is far better to protect your child from being infected in the first place, especially since some infectious diseases have some

detrimental long-term effects on your health. This is where vaccines come in. 

Vaccines contain either a dead or weakened version of the virus, which is just strong enough to stimulate the immune system to produce
antibodies but is weak enough that it doesn’t make your child sick.

Vaccines help your child safely build immunity to many communicable diseases. 

Along with protecting your child and your family, pediatrics immunization also protects the community at large. 

The more children are vaccinated the less concern there is for an outbreak of a potentially dangerous disease. 

Vaccines also prevent unnecessary doctor and hospital visits, reduce the amount of sick days your child has to deal with and can be incredibly
cost-effective.

Your child will require multiple vaccinations from birth until they become an adult. To schedule your child’s next checkup, call Clarksburg Pediatrics LLC at our Clarksburg office at (301) 528-8181 or our Montgomery Village, MD office at (301)-869-6461.