Immunization plays a vital role in maintaining your child’s overall health for avoiding potentially deadly diseases. Ultimately, immunization is one of the most optimal ways to ensure that your child can live their life to the fullest.
Here at Children's Physicians in our Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Palm City, FL, and Jupiter, FL, we offer immunizations for children of all ages. If you’re wondering what types of vaccines your child requires and when the following is the recommended schedule by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
At Birth
- Hepatitis B vaccine
Two Months of Age
- IPV - Inactivated polio vaccine
- DTaP - Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine
- PCV - Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- RV - Rotavirus vaccine
- HepB - Hepatitis B
- HIB - Haemophilus influenza type B
Four Months of Age
- IPV
- DTaP
- PCV
- RV
- HIB
Six Months of Age
- DTaP
- RV
- HIB
- PCV
- HepB
- Influenza vaccine (should be done annually for ages six months and above)
Six to 18 Months of Age
- IPV
- HepB
12 to 15 Months of Age
- Varicella or chickenpox vaccine
- MMR - Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
- PCV
- HIB
12 to 23 Months of Age
- HepA - Hepatitis A vaccine (two shots must be administered six months apart at minimum)
15 to 18 Months of Age
- DTaP
Four to Six Years of Age
- MMR
- IPV
- Varicella
- DTaP
11 to 12 Years of Age
- Tdap - Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis booster
- HPV - Human papillomavirus vaccine
- MCV - Meningococcal conjugate vaccine
16 to 18 Years of Age
- MenB - Meningococcal B vaccine
How Palm Beach FL Immunization Works
Vaccines contain a weakened form of a particular disease’s pathogen that can’t bring about disease, yet, is adequate to make the immune system develop antibodies for resistance or immunity to the disease. As a result, your child’s body will be able to combat diseases in the future. Aside from the recommended vaccines mentioned above, you should consult your pediatrician in our Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Palm City, FL, or Jupiter, FL, about other vaccines that may be suitable for your children.
Types of Vaccines
The following are brief descriptions of each type of vaccine that were mentioned previously and the disease they protect your children from:
- IPV - Polio is a potentially crippling condition that can lead to paralysis or death.
- DTaP - Used to protect against the conditions of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis all in one vaccine.
- PCV - Pneumococcal disease can lead to pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, and blood infections.
- RV - Prevents rotavirus, which brings about diarrhea and vomiting that, in turn, could lead to severe dehydration.
- HepB - Hepatitis B can severely damage the liver.
- HepA - Hepatitis A can cause severe complications in the liver and even death.
- HIB - Haemophilus influenzae type B could result in bacterial meningitis.
- Influenza (flu) - This is a widespread and contagious viral sickness that could potentially cause pneumonia. The flu vaccine is given every year.
- Varicella - Chickenpox is a very contagious disease that comes with itchy blisters that can cover your entire body. It can also bring about pneumonia.
- MMR - Measles, mumps, or rubella (German measles) can develop and lead to other serious diseases.
- MenB and MCV - Meningitis can affect the brain and spinal cord, and could potentially result in death.
Need More Information on Immunizations? Call Us
Set an appointment with your pediatrician here at Children’s Physicians by calling our Palm Beach Gardens, FL, office at (561) 626-4000, Jupiter, FL, office at (561) 743-9000, or Palm City, FL, office at (772) 219-4444.