During the first six months of your baby’s life, they will probably get more than a handful of vaccination. So, it’s just natural to be worried about it, right, those vaccines contain.

In addition to antibodies and other proteins, one of the ingredients that are sometimes found in routine footage is aluminum – the same metal that is everywhere, including in the air we breathe and many food we eat.

“Aluminum exists naturally as the most ordinary metal on the planet,” says Chandani Dezure, MD, Pediatrician certificate in Palo Alto, California and a member of the Babycenter Medical Advisory Committee.

The vaccines sometimes adds aluminum to reinforce the efficiency of cracking – and not only that it is perfectly safe, but reduces the need for additional vaccines in the future.

Is there aluminum in vaccines? How much?

Yes, aluminum is present in some vaccines, usually in quantities in the range of 0.1225 milligrams to 1.5 milligrams per dose, says dr. Desure.

Let’s put in the context, however, one milligram is equal to a thousand grams, and one gram is the weight of a fifth water. Aluminum is present in larger amounts from the one in our diet. In fact, the amount of aluminum in the vaccine is about the same as what is in 32 ounces of the newborn formulas.

“A small amount of aluminum that is injected is nothing compared to permanent everyday environmental exposure and (our food),” says Dr. Desure.

Moreover, most of the aluminum goes out into the body relatively quickly. Half of all aluminum that enters the bloodstream – including a small amount absorbed by the hoses – the body is removed within 24 hours; The next day, another half is eliminated and so on.

Why do some vaccines contain aluminum?

Aluminum is sometimes added to vaccines as “adjuvant” – ie. Something that the shoot is even more efficient.

Consider Adjuvant as a “turbo enhanced” by the immune system, says dr. Desure. In this case, aluminum helps your baby’s immune system become even stronger against protein in the vaccine, allowing her to fight bacteria and viruses more efficiently.

Raising children is difficult, but aluminum from the vaccine does not make the top 100 list of things for worry.

– Dr. Chandani Dezure, Pediatrician Certificate

“It also allows the lower dose of vaccine and means that you need fewer shots to become immune (to the disease),” says Dr. Desure.

It is not quite clear why aluminum has this effect, but researchers have resulted in results of at least 20. century. Until the 1930s, Aluminum was added to the diphtheria and tetanus vaccines, and today it is in more than a dozen different vaccines.

Why do some vaccines have aluminum in them?

Not all vaccines need additional reinforcements. For example, live vaccine – such as MMR and Varicel vaccines – can initiate strong response of immune immune systems, so they do not need to add aluminum, says dr. Desure.

Which specific vaccine contains aluminum?

Aluminum is in hepatitis A vaccines; Hepatitis B; Hib; pneumococcal conjugated; Diphtheria, tetanus and pertusis; HPV; And Meningitis B, says dr. Desure.

Is aluminum in vaccines, or should I worry?

Yes, aluminum in vaccines is “absolutely safe,” says Dr. Desure, “and we have decades of research that shows it.”

Leading medical organizations in the United States – including American Academy of PediatricsOpens a new window (AAP), the Food and medicine administrationOpens a new window (FDA), and Disease control and prevention centersOpens a new window (CDC) – Everyone emphasizes that aluminum in vaccines is perfectly safe, and they also encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

In addition, “vaccines were extensively tested before use in practice,” says Dr. Desure. Be sure that each vaccine containing aluminum is strictly studied and monitored in clinical trials before distributing the general public.

It is not a good idea to skip or delay all vaccines that contain aluminum for your child, says dr. Desure. (Unless there is a medical reason to dispose of the vaccine, it is best to keep the recommended vaccination schedule so that your little does not fall on their shots.)

“Raising children is hard, but aluminum from the vaccine does not make the top 100 list of things for worries,” she says.

“I get vaccines for all my children,” says Babel community Member of Hashtaglife. “How fault I would feel they had finished being really sick or die of something that was possible to prevent?”