Vaccines And Reactions

[Fiddle-Faddle]

I just asked our pediatrician to have Emily titred to see if she doesn't need the DTaP. She is 5, and when she had it at 18 months, she slept for over 24 hours. I remember someone way back pposted something about that being a serious reaction, but I couldn't find it. Anybody have an info on that?

My husband had to take her to her appointment as I had to go to physical therapy . Apparently she will get tthe polio vaccine, but defer on the MMR and the DtaP.

I hate having technology that both saves and ruins lives, and not having enough info to tell when and which it does so.

[AndreaB]

Any vaccine out there can induce an adverse reaction in some children. I have a book I can look up specific reactions to if you are interested. My youngest will not be getting the full immunization schedule and at this point I'm only debating the Hib. He had his two month shots and broke out in his eczema 1-2 weeks after. I still think the Pnuemococcal may have triggered it since it has soy protein in it. The DTaP has been known to cause adverst reactions in those under 2 primarily. It's the pertussis part more than the other two from what I've read. Japan recently changed over to starting DTaP when a child turns 2 years and adverse reactions have dropped dramatically. Whatever immunizations I decide our youngest will have will be spaced out 6 months per recommendations to give the immune system time to rebound.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

Thanks, Andrea!

Which book do you have?

[AndreaB]

It's called The Vaccine Guide Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults by Randell Neustaedter OMD.

Very good balanced book. He lists the pros and cons, if you will, of vaccines.

It's available at Amazon I believe...if not let me know and I'll list the other website I had learned about it from.