Is it necessary to fight baby flu vaccine?

Winter is the season of flu. Many mothers want to ask if the baby flu vaccine is necessary to fight? If the flu vaccine is vaccinated, when is the best time?

Is it necessary to fight baby flu vaccine?

Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza virus. It is mainly transmitted by respiratory droplets. It can also be spread by handkerchiefs or clothing contaminated by viruses. It is highly contagious and will continue to have high fever after the onset, obvious headache and body aches. Extremely weak, it may also cause some life-threatening complications such as pneumonia, myocarditis and meningitis.

Infants and young children aged 6 months to 3 years old are at high risk of influenza, with an infection rate of 50% or more, 1.5 to 3 times higher than that of adults. And baby flu is easy to cause complications such as otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia, encephalitis and myocarditis, and the mortality caused by the flu is 3%. Therefore, it is very important to prevent baby flu. One of the most effective ways to prevent influenza is to get a flu shot.


The flu vaccine is used to prevent influenza. Applicable to any healthy person who may be infected with the flu virus, vaccinated once a year before the epidemic season, and immunity can last for one year. The flu vaccine is one of the main measures to prevent and control the flu. It can reduce the chance of flu victims getting flu or reduce the symptoms of flu. So do winter babies need a flu shot? When is it best to give your baby a flu shot?

Vaccination against influenza is the most important means of preventing influenza, which is especially important for children with weaker body resistance. Therefore, as long as the child is not allergic and there are no other contraindications to the flu vaccine, parents should try to vaccinate their children every winter and spring.