MMR Vaccine in Children with an Egg Allergy - Update
I thought I should update my previous post on MMR in children with an egg allergy. I did my own research, asked others who worked in research, and discussed this topic with my allergist. It is well supported that children who have an egg allergy do not have a significantly higher risk of having an allergic reaction to this vaccine. Unfortunately, my family doctor did not feel comfortable giving my son the vaccine in her office and wanted me to get it done at his allergists office. I was upset about this because of logistic reasons – but in the end I was glad he got his shot at the allergists office.
My little boy had to become a statistic! He had an allergic reaction to the vaccine, but thankfully it only involved one system, his skin. The allergist administered an antihistamine in the office and we waited in total about 2 hours to see how his reaction progressed. Once we were cleared to leave the office I was on allergy alert all day as directed by our allergist. If his symptoms were to get worse or if he were to develop new symptoms then we were to call the Drs. hotline and bring him to the hospital.
Luckily, he was fine. I still believe in the research that supports the administration of MMR to children with an egg allergy. Unfortunately, you can never be sure if your child will be in the group that doesn’t react to the vaccine or the group that does.
posted by Hope Senechal @ 1:25 PM
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4 Comments:
I have a daughter with multiple food allergies. I am concerned about getting the MMR vaccine for her because I am concerned about the connection with the MMR vaccine and the development of regressive autism. Do you know anything about this?
I always like to turn to Google Scholar when I have a serious question (scholar.google.com). Here's a link to the related search:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=regressive+autism+mmr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Search
My daughter has multiple allergies, including egg. She's had the flu shot (includes egg protein) for 3 years in a row. Like you, we had to get it at the allergist which was probably best. They gave her a scratch test of the vaccine to see if there was any reaction. She had the world's smallest bump, so they gave her the shot in 2 doses- 1/10th, then the rest, with a 20 minute wait in between. She was fine at the office, but the next day her skin around the 2nd shot area was swollen and red. Now I'm wondering if this is an indication that she's getting worse instead of better with the allergy.
It's great to find blogs like yours not only to see how other people deal with allergies, but also to get additional resources. Thanks!
If a vaccine can cause an allergic reaction and if exposure to a food can cause allergy, why doesn't it follow that vaccines CAUSE food allergies? Vaccine adjuvants contain a mixture of vegetable and animal oils that can leave trace amounts of protein in the vaccine. The adjuvant increases the body's immune response to the protein in the vaccine. Why wouldn't this cause a food allergy? Food allergies statistics match vaccination statistics perfectly.
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