DS9 tested positive for H1N1. Does ne still need the vaccine?

[riu girl]

DS9 spent almost a week in hospital two weeks ago . He was a very sick boy. He tested postive for H1N1.


Does he still require the H1N1 vaccine? Both his doctor and the local health unit said DEFINATELY NOT but I have just read on another thread that another H1N1 postive person was told that they still should get the vaccine.

Any input would be really appreciated .

Thank you

 

[ferris198]

While your local health will tell you that your DS need not be vaccinated, I as a parent would not believe them.
From what I have seen the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing.

 

[gilsan]

I think I would trust your physician and local health unit over a post on a forum.

Your son will make antibodies from fighting the flu and will not need the H1N1 flu shot. If he had a different strain of flu he would still need the shot. I hope he gets better quickly.

 

[drag n' fly]

I think I would trust your physician and local health unit over a post on a forum.

Your son will make antibodies from fighting the flu and will not need the H1N1 flu shot. If he had a different strain of flu he would still need the shot. I hope he gets better quickly.

All three of my kids had it...one confirmed. I am not getting them the shot as we have all been exposed to it. You can get the swine flu again after you have already had it only if the virus mutates and becomes another strain of
H1N1. I would agree with the PP. I would definitely take your Doctors advice!

 

[PurpleEars]

I believe the official word (as of a few weeks ago) is if a person has confirmed H1N1, then he/she does not need the vaccine.

However, if the person was not tested for H1N1, then he/she should get the vaccine as their influenza-like-illness could be caused by virus other than H1N1.

So I would go with your doctor's and the health unit's advice.

 

[redrosesix]

Here, the advice is that even if a person has tested positive for H1N1, they should get the vaccine. But our vaccines are different than the ones in the US and the same as the ones distributed in Europe -- they have a booster to help the body produce better immunity, an adjuvant, so that may be why you heard different advice on another thread. That poster may have been talking about the adjuvanted vaccine.

Honestly, I would go with whatever the CDC says since they will be giving advice based on the type of vaccine being distributed in the US

 

[GrtWtNorth]

Follow your doctor's instructions.

To others in similar situations, I suggest being cautious. Most likely, your medical practictioners will tell you that you (or your loved one) appears to have H1N1 symptoms, and therefore, they LIKELY have H1N1. The definitive test for H1N1 is time-consuming and expensive -- only the most severe cases (multi-day hospitalization) will be tested, and it may take days to receive results.

If you (and your loved ones) recover at home, odds are that you will not be tested, so it's virtually impossible to determine the precise flu strain. It's cheaper, faster, and safer just to get the both seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines than to get a test to determine the flu strain that affected you and your family.

 

[mcvixen]

Our local newspaper just confirmed what my friends & family have been hearing from local doctors: H1N1 is THE flu going around. Out of 100 cases recently tested in our region, 99 were H1N1. I don't know if that helps you in your own decision?

For us, we're 99% sure DD had it (a classmate had a lab-confirmed case). She had a full week of it: vomiting, diarrhea, fever, aches, exhaustion, coughing....
If her body hasn't antibodies from that, well!! So we're not going to bother with the flu shot. If it mutates, they'll have to produce a new vaccine, so we'll worry about that if it happens. And with the shortages they're having... I'd rather see those doses go to the people who really need it.

 

[tone.def]

DS9 spent almost a week in hospital two weeks ago . He was a very sick boy. He tested postive for H1N1.


Does he still require the H1N1 vaccine? Both his doctor and the local health unit said DEFINATELY NOT but I have just read on another thread that another H1N1 postive person was told that they still should get the vaccine.

Any input would be really appreciated .

Thank you

you're going to take the word of a bunch of disney fanatics over your health unit and doctor? i would listen to them!!!!!

 

[LSmith]

you're going to take the word of a bunch of disney fanatics over your health unit and doctor? i would listen to them!!!!!

Exactly. None of us here are experts. Don't get your health information on a Disney thread.

 

[Calgary DISHeads]

My story.. tested for H1N1 and given tamiflu October 26th, confirmed H1N1 Nov 2nd STRONGLY advised/warned to get vaccination due to mutation of virus. I am not yet eligible for vaccination but once I am, I will be first in line.

 

[drag n' fly]

My story.. tested for H1N1 and given tamiflu October 26th, confirmed H1N1 Nov 2nd STRONGLY advised/warned to get vaccination due to mutation of virus. I am not yet eligible for vaccination but once I am, I will be first in line.

Get in line behind the Flames eh!

 

[abirdd]

Get in line behind the Flames eh!

 

[Calgary DISHeads]

Get in line behind the Flames eh!

I'm surprised they even needed the vaccination, with they way they are treated I thought they were above us mere mortals (although dogs can get H1N1 too)

 

[damo]

My story.. tested for H1N1 and given tamiflu October 26th, confirmed H1N1 Nov 2nd STRONGLY advised/warned to get vaccination due to mutation of virus. I am not yet eligible for vaccination but once I am, I will be first in line.

I don't get that. You would think that the virus you got would be much more recent than the one they are using to make the vaccine.

 

[ferris198]

I don't get that. You would think that the virus you got would be much more recent than the one they are using to make the vaccine.

Seasonol flu has not yet started it is only H1N1 around.

 

[damo]

Seasonol flu has not yet started it is only H1N1 around.

Yes I know. Maybe I missed something but wasn't the OP talking about her son getting the H1N1 shot after he had just had H1N1? Wouldn't the strain the he just had be the most recent, mutated strain? More recent than the strain used to make the H1N1 vaccine?

 

[connorsmom911]

My story.. tested for H1N1 and given tamiflu October 26th, confirmed H1N1 Nov 2nd STRONGLY advised/warned to get vaccination due to mutation of virus. I am not yet eligible for vaccination but once I am, I will be first in line.

Also only my story, but for what it's worth...my son was not confirmed, but highly likely had H1N1 last week, given Tamiflu. Tamiflu is an anti retrovirus, meaning it stops the virus from replicating in the body. I asked my doctor about him getting the vaccine later when he's eligible and her answer to me was yes, because we got the Tamiflu in him quickly, within 48 hours of onset of symptoms, that his body may not have had enough time to develop an immunity to the virus.

But I agree with other posters...trust your doctor before you'd trust those of us here!!

 

[Calgary DISHeads]

I don't get that. You would think that the virus you got would be much more recent than the one they are using to make the vaccine.

I'm with you, no arguments from me but after what I've gone through, I'd rather get a vaccination and be extra covered than not.