Vaccinations are very useful to protect yourself from various diseases but they do not come without side effects. Some side effects are pretty mild but adverse reactions of the vaccines on the body can sometimes cause serious and irreparable damages and rarely death. This brings us to the question of safety of routine immunizations.

However, the answer lies beyond whether or not you should vaccinate your child. Make sure you select an approved brand of vaccine as some of them contain harmful content like mercury which causes autism and aluminum which is harmful for the brain. Also, you should be aware of which vaccines would cause reactions if taken together at the same age. You should also gather information about vaccines that contain live viruses and combined vaccines which can be split into individual components and given in multiple dosages. For children, you need to definitely administer vaccines which prevent common or serious diseases that could attack them.

Reports have come out where doctors advise only two vaccines at a time in place of six which was recommended earlier. This is because the vaccines may contain some toxic content and you should give the body enough time to detoxify and flush out these chemicals thereby preventing overload. For example, some vaccines contain aluminum content, hence only one such vaccine is recommended at a time as opposed to four. Similarly, one live virus vaccine is allowed at a time to cope up with any side effects of this virus. Hence, it is recommended to give fewer shots at a time and stretch the vaccination periods to a longer duration.