Keywords: Children’s Health, Developing Immune Systems, Homoeoprophylaxis (HP), Infectious Disease, Nosodes, Public Health Program, Unvaccinated, Vaccines.
Introduction: Currently the largest movements to curb and prevent infectious contagious disease in children are sanitary public health care measures and/or antibiotics and vaccines that carry inherent risks.[i],[ii],[iii]
Individual adherence to public health programs is variable, based on education, economic standing, and confidence in those administering the program. Homoeoprophylaxis (HP) offers a low-risk infectious contagious disease prevention method to those parents looking for alternatives.[iv],[v]
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Keywords: Adverse Events, Children’s Health, Developing Immune Systems, Healthy Immunological Response, Immunity, Homoeoprophylaxis (HP), Infectious Disease, Nosodes, Public Health Program, Unvaccinated, Vaccines, Vaccination.
Introduction: The immunological response stimulated by infectious disease develops immunity. Childhood infectious diseases, when naturally contracted, gradually activate and mature immune systems. Both vaccination and the use of nosodes* for homoeoprophylaxis (HP)** aim to introduce infectious agents to activate disease-specific immunological responses and avoid possible risks of natural disease.[i],[ii],[iii] Both methodologies attenuate (weaken) the viral or bacterial agents to minimise the potential risk of too strong an immune system response.[iv] While vaccination comes with attended risks that sometimes are more violent than the actual disease,[v] HP offers a low-risk immunisation method as demonstrated by the production of mild, short-lived immunological responses as the desired response, and improved general health outcomes.
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