Allergic Reaction to Vaccine

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N.---I would recommend two things. First, there is a vaccine database you can check out at www.nvic.org. You can look up any vaccine and it will give you any possible reactions, statistics on whether or not that vaccine is useful, and all sorts of other info. You can also report reactions to vaccines at this site. I used it to determine whether or not we wanted to give our son the meningitis vaccine before he started college.

One of the Dr. Sears pediatricians (www.askDrSears.com) has written a book about vaccines and does offer an alternative schedule. I'm of the opinion that kids today get WAY too many. Some are really not needed (its much safer and easier to get chicken pox as a child...the vaccine doesn't always work and manufacturers are finding that kids will need boosters as adults. IF an adult acquires cp, the results can be deadly) and others are downright dangerous...the benefits are not worth the risk. But I do believe that we do need some vaccines. So you must be an advocate for your wishes. Docs know alot, but they don't know everything, and frankly much of their education comes from manufacturers.

Like I said, I'm not anti-vaccine, just an advocate for fully informed decision making. If your daughter had a reaction, I think you are justified in questioning whether or not she should have another dose. One last thing...a Naturopath that I work with teaches that our propensity to 'catch' something is more a matter of the health and strenght of our immune system, which fully depends on our diet and other lifestyle habits. It does not depend on vaccines, which does not stimulate the immune system like actually catching the flu or a cold.

Having said that, there are always mitigating factors. This is not a one-size fits all proposition. You have to make a decision that's best for your FAMILY, and it's ok to say no, even to a doctor.

Feel free to contact me and I would be happy to share my resources (and I can also share with you how to support your family's immune system so that the flu and chicken pox are mere nuisances) . Good luck. D.

I would do the allergies test and see how that goes before making any choices about further vaccinations. If she is allergic to something in them than you can research other ways to built her immune system.

Haven't had a similar experience , except with my dog (who had an allergic reaction to a vaccine and required medical treatment)

But if you split up the vaccines -- then you will put less stress on her system all at once, and will be able to isolate if there is a particular vaccine she is having a reaction to. She may also be able to tolerate them better individually.

I now split up the vaccines for my children and for my dogs!

I think you need to do the allergy testing no matter what you decide to do about vaccinating. If she is allergic to the vaccine then you need to test further (or is it farther?) to figure out which ingredient in the vaccine she's allergic too so you can find out what else it's used in and you need to avoid/be very careful of. I highly doubt that whatever she's reacting too is ONLY found in vaccines.....

For example if it had been the flu shot that she reacted to that MIGHT indicate that what's she's really allergic to is eggs and that would be a very important piece of information to have as soon as you could...

So do the allergy testing, gather information and THEN decide about te vaccine