How to improve your childâs comfort with medicine. 1  Ibuprofen should only be used for children older than 6 months. It should not be given to children who are vomiting constantly or are dehydrated. 2  Do not use aspirin to treat your childâs fever or discomfort. Aspirin has been linked with side effects such as an upset stomach, intestinal bleeding and, most seriously, Reye syndrome. If your child is vomiting and cannot take anything by mouth, a rectal suppository may be needed.
Vaccines contain antigens and adjuvants. Vaccines generally have two major types of ingredients, antigens and adjuvants. Antigens are designed to cause the immune system to produce antibodies and/or T-cells against a specific pathogen or its toxin. Adjuvants amplify immune responses more generally.
1 Most vaccines contain a little bit of a disease germ that is weak or dead. 2  Vaccines do NOT contain the type of germ that makes you sick. 3  Some vaccines do not contain any germs. 4  Having this little bit of the germ inside your body makes your body's defence system build antibodies to fight off this kind of germ.