Hepatitis A Vaccine (poll)

[WeLoveLilo05]

It sickens me that my child will be school age for the 2010-2011 school year and he may be in a class with kids who are not vaccinated. Why would I want my child to contract an illness, because another child is not vaccinated and could possibly contract an illness and pass it on to him. My child was born with a heart defect and doesn't need to be exposed to serious illnesses due to the fact that his classmate(s) weren't vaccinated. I've never turned down any vaccination for my children. The outcome of contracting the illness is much worse than the 1 in a million chance of having a serious side effect from a vaccine that would have prevented them from getting an illness.

But if YOUR child IS vaccinated then is he/she protected? Aren't you doing what you feel is right for your child by vaccinating them if they should be exposed to a virus.

 

[princessmom29]

But if YOUR child IS vaccinated then is he/she protected? Aren't you doing what you feel is right for your child by vaccinating them if they should be exposed to a virus.

Yes, but a vaccinared older child can still bring live virus home to infect a sibling too young to recieve the vaccine. The older child may not get sick, but can still pass the virus. Hep can be fatal in small children because the dehydrate so rapidly, and their smaller livers are less able to handle the effects of the virus. The more unvaccinated chidlren there are running around, the grater the chance that something dangerous can be passed to an infant. My cousin almost died of meseals at 11 months because someone chose not to have their child vaccinated. That child passed the virus to my cusin and almost killed him. That is a prat of why vaccines are and should be required for school aged children. Even chicken pox is dangerous in children under six months because it is difficult to treat the high fevers. My DD doesn't play with children I know to be unvaccinated because we regularly come into contact with several infants in our family. I couldn't handle knowing that we passed on something deadly when we could have prevented it.

 

[princessmom29]

It sickens me that my child will be school age for the 2010-2011 school year and he may be in a class with kids who are not vaccinated. Why would I want my child to contract an illness, because another child is not vaccinated and could possibly contract an illness and pass it on to him. My child was born with a heart defect and doesn't need to be exposed to serious illnesses due to the fact that his classmate(s) weren't vaccinated. I've never turned down any vaccination for my children. The outcome of contracting the illness is much worse than the 1 in a million chance of having a serious side effect from a vaccine that would have prevented them from getting an illness.

thank you for saying this. I really don't think most people opposed to vaccines realize how small the chance of an adverse reaction is. It really is on the order of one in a million. Serious or life threatening reactions are even less likely and most of the time stem from an allergy to some component in the vaccine, such as egg.

 

[Alesia]

It sickens me that I basically do not have a say as to what goes into my child's body as she is not allowed into school w/o these vaccines.
Am I against ALL vaccines? God NO! But I don't understand why she needs so many, where in other states they don't need as many as we do here in NJ. But chicken pox? really? come on! They are actually trying to make the flu vaccine mandatory here for children as well.

Contrary to popular belief, chicken pox is not harmless. It kills about 100 people a year in the United States. I realize that isn't a lot of people, but I wouldn't want my daughter to be one of them.

The more important reason to get the chicken pox vaccination is the prevention of shingles. Shingles is a serious disease. It is intensely painful and can cause skin infections, vision loss and a number of neurological problems, such as: Encephalitis, hearing or balance problems, and facial paralysis.

Why would you not want to protect your child from that?

 

[Alesia]

But if YOUR child IS vaccinated then is he/she protected? Aren't you doing what you feel is right for your child by vaccinating them if they should be exposed to a virus.

There are children who cannot be vaccinated because of allergies or immune system disorders. If everyone who can be vaccinated is vaccinated, those children will be protected by herd immunity. When people stop vaccinating, they are not only putting their own children at risk, but also the children who cannot be vaccinated.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

There was a member on this board who had all 3 of her children vaccinated for chicken pox and all 3 of them did get the chicken pox right before their disney vacation.
You stick to what you feel is best/right for YOUR child, and I'll stick to what I feel is best/right for MY child
1 week after DD received MMR vaccine she ran a fever of 103.5 for 3 days straight (had to give her cool baths and tylenol around the clock) and was lethargic for a whole week after that. So, I am sorry if I am a little worried about what is going into DD's body. She was also diagnosed with a sever peanut allergy after that, now those may not be linked but I found it a little odd.

 

[crysplefty]

But if YOUR child IS vaccinated then is he/she protected? Aren't you doing what you feel is right for your child by vaccinating them if they should be exposed to a virus.

Yes, since my children are vaccinated they will be protected against the vaccine. That doesn't mean they won't contract the illness in the future. No vaccine is a 100% guarantee against illness. Vaccines just greatly reduce their chances of contracting and suffering from an illness. Even though they are vaccinated they can still carry the illness without having any symptoms and pass it on to others who are not vaccinated. Our third child will be born within the next 5 weeks, and no way do DH and I want our son to bring home a serious illness that the baby is not vaccinated against yet.

 

[princessmom29]

There was a member on this board who had all 3 of her children vaccinated for chicken pox and all 3 of them did get the chicken pox right before their disney vacation.
You stick to what you feel is best/right for YOUR child, and I'll stick to what I feel is best/right for MY child
1 week after DD received MMR vaccine she ran a fever of 103.5 for 3 days straight (had to give her cool baths and tylenol around the clock) and was lethargic for a whole week after that. So, I am sorry if I am a little worried about what is going into DD's body. She was also diagnosed with a sever peanut allergy after that, now those may not be linked but I found it a little odd.

There is no way a peanut allergy is linked to MMR. Peanuts are not used in its production. It had nothing to do with the vaccine. The vaccine is given at 1 year of age and that is often the point at which children are first allowed exposure to peanut products. A fever is not a severe reaction to a vaccine, but one of the more expected side effects. Lots of children run fever with MMR, but typically within the first few days. A week after it is probably not related to the vaccine at all, but some other infection she picked up. The incubation period for the patogens in the vaccine is 2-3 days. If she hadn't shown symptoms by then, it was not the vaccine causing the fever, but something else. Likely a virus of some sort. These types of complaints are fairly common, but are often not vaccine reactions at all. It is highly unlikely that your child's symptoms were actually caused by the vaccine. A lot of anti vaccine literature will tell you that you can have reactions to vaccines weeks after they are given, but there is absolutely no solid science to back that up. In fact, everything we know about immunology contradicts this.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

There is no way a peanut allergy is linked to MMR. Peanuts are not used in its production. It had nothing to do with the vaccine. The vaccine is given at 1 year of age and that is often the point at which children are first allowed exposure to peanut products. A fever is not a severe reaction to a vaccine, but one of the more expected side effects. Lots of children run fever with MMR, but typically within the first few days. A week after it is probably not related to the vaccine at all, but some other infection she picked up. The incubation period for the patogens in the vaccine is 2-3 days. If she hadn't shown symptoms by then, it was not the vaccine causing the fever, but something else. Likely a virus of some sort. These types of complaints are fairly common, but are often not vaccine reactions at all. It is highly unlikely that your child's symptoms were actually caused by the vaccine. A lot of anti vaccine literature will tell you that you can have reactions to vaccines weeks after they are given, but there is absolutely no solid science to back that up. In fact, everything we know about immunology contradicts this.

ok, my dr. told me that there's a 30% chance that ONE WEEK LATER she will run a rather high fever between 103 and 104 and told me to put her in the bath and give tylenol around the clock. And exactly one week later, she did. She is also a VERY active child, always was, and when she did NOTHING but sit on the couch for a week, that was also scary. So, as I said before, it was a rather frighting experience and now they do not separate the vaccine to give the 3 individually. So, as I said before, you do what you feel is right and I'll stick to what I feel is right.

 

[mjkacmom]

There was a member on this board who had all 3 of her children vaccinated for chicken pox and all 3 of them did get the chicken pox right before their disney vacation.
You stick to what you feel is best/right for YOUR child, and I'll stick to what I feel is best/right for MY child
1 week after DD received MMR vaccine she ran a fever of 103.5 for 3 days straight (had to give her cool baths and tylenol around the clock) and was lethargic for a whole week after that. So, I am sorry if I am a little worried about what is going into DD's body. She was also diagnosed with a sever peanut allergy after that, now those may not be linked but I found it a little odd.

That is not a high fever in a child, and kids get virus's all of the time. I do think a lot more kids are ending up with food allergies, but I doubt it's the vaccines - I was vaccinated as a child, and there weren't nearly as many food allergies as there are now.

ETA - the fever percentage is 5% - 15%, not 30%.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

That is not a high fever in a child, and kids get virus's all of the time. I do think a lot more kids are ending up with food allergies, but I doubt it's the vaccines - I was vaccinated as a child, and there weren't nearly as many food allergies as there are now.

and there also wasn't as many vaccines out there either.

 

[Alesia]

There was a member on this board who had all 3 of her children vaccinated for chicken pox and all 3 of them did get the chicken pox right before their disney vacation.
You stick to what you feel is best/right for YOUR child, and I'll stick to what I feel is best/right for MY child
1 week after DD received MMR vaccine she ran a fever of 103.5 for 3 days straight (had to give her cool baths and tylenol around the clock) and was lethargic for a whole week after that. So, I am sorry if I am a little worried about what is going into DD's body. She was also diagnosed with a sever peanut allergy after that, now those may not be linked but I found it a little odd.

I know that was terrifying for you, but as someone who has watched a baby nearly die from pertussis, you should count your blessings that a fever was all you had to deal with.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

What I would like to know is why is everyone attacking me? I am not telling YOU what to do, yet you all want to preach the word to me. I am just telling you our experience, and it was enough to worry me. I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child, I am just telling you that I don't like the fact that I am not allowed to chose what goes into my child's body. Because do I think DD would benefit from a polio vaccine? YES, but do I think chicken pox is a bit much? Yes.
This is all I am saying, again, I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child or preaching the possible dangers or vaccinating/not vaccinating. I am just sharing my experience and here I get pounced.

 

[Alesia]

What I would like to know is why is everyone attacking me? I am not telling YOU what to do, yet you all want to preach the word to me. I am just telling you our experience, and it was enough to worry me. I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child, I am just telling you that I don't like the fact that I am not allowed to chose what goes into my child's body. Because do I think DD would benefit from a polio vaccine? YES, but do I think chicken pox is a bit much? Yes.
This is all I am saying, again, I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child or preaching the possible dangers or vaccinating/not vaccinating. I am just sharing my experience and here I get pounced.

I don't think anyone is trying to attack you, but you do need to know that your decision does affect the lives of others. And this certainly isn't directed just at you. There are many people who truly don't understand how devastating the decision not to vaccinate can be.

When I was 15, my 1 month old brother contracted pertussis from a child whose mother felt that, by choosing not to vaccinate, she was doing what was right for her child. I remember, very clearly, what it was like for my mother to have to think about funeral plans for her baby, and I promise you that that is much worse than dealing with a fever.

No one lives in a bubble. All of our actions affect other people. If you really feel that the risks (both to your own children and to others) of not vaccinating are worth it, then that's fine, but you do need to understand that your decision could be deadly to someone else.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

do I think chicken pox is a bit much? Yes.

When my daughter was young, they had just started the chicken pox vaccine. We didn't want to give it to her because we didn't know anything about it and we were unsure about the safety of it in general (like buying the first version of a computer operating system...).

We turned it down for my son, too. Both ended up with chicken pox and got over it OK. But, if I had another child now, I'd probably give him or her the vaccine.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

And as I have said before my child is vaccinated for what I feel as the "necessary" vaccines for the more lethal diseases (polio, DPT, etc.). But things like Hep A (DD does not even fall under the "who should get vaccinated" section of the pamphlet that the ped gave us other than the school mandating it), Hep B, chicken pox, flu, H1N1 (how many people were paralyzed/died in the 70's b/c it came out so quickly?), I just have to question it.
And now I am done here b/c apparently we just have different views and, as I have said numerous times before, you stick to yours and I will stick with mine.

 

[mamaLori05]

What I would like to know is why is everyone attacking me? I am not telling YOU what to do, yet you all want to preach the word to me. I am just telling you our experience, and it was enough to worry me. I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child, I am just telling you that I don't like the fact that I am not allowed to chose what goes into my child's body. Because do I think DD would benefit from a polio vaccine? YES, but do I think chicken pox is a bit much? Yes.
This is all I am saying, again, I am not telling you all to NOT vaccinate your child or preaching the possible dangers or vaccinating/not vaccinating. I am just sharing my experience and here I get pounced.

You keep saying that you aren't allowed to choose. You are! In our state you can fill our a form saying it's against your religion, and that is that. If that's not the case with your state, then there is always the CHOICE to homeschool, private school, school choice, etc... There are TONS of choices. They may not be the most convenient, but there are other options out there.

I'm not saying I agree with your decision, but want you to know that there are choices available. It's always important to do a lot of research before making am important decision.

 

[Hannathy]

And as I have said before my child is vaccinated for what I feel as the "necessary" vaccines for the more lethal diseases (polio, DPT, etc.). But things like Hep A (DD does not even fall under the "who should get vaccinated" section of the pamphlet that the ped gave us other than the school mandating it), Hep B, chicken pox, flu, H1N1 (how many people were paralyzed/died in the 70's b/c it came out so quickly?), I just have to question it.
And now I am done here b/c apparently we just have different views and, as I have said numerous times before, you stick to yours and I will stick with mine.

You do know that people die from Chicken pox, don't you. Encephalitis is also a common serious complication from Chicken pox. Before the vaccine thousands were hospitalized every year.

So how do you classify chickenpox as a non lethal disease?

Like I said if I can prevent my child from the Russian roulette of contracting a disease and its complications I definitely will.

 

[JUJU814]

And as I have said before my child is vaccinated for what I feel as the "necessary" vaccines for the more lethal diseases (polio, DPT, etc.). But things like Hep A (DD does not even fall under the "who should get vaccinated" section of the pamphlet that the ped gave us other than the school mandating it), Hep B, chicken pox, flu, H1N1 (how many people were paralyzed/died in the 70's b/c it came out so quickly?), I just have to question it.
And now I am done here b/c apparently we just have different views and, as I have said numerous times before, you stick to yours and I will stick with mine.

Just wanted to remind you that you are not alone. I agree with you.

We make our own choices based on what we think is best. I have done my research and come to my conclusions. This topic, personally, is one I will not spend my energy ever "debating".

Just wanted you to remember you are not alone in your views.

 

[princessmom29]

ok, my dr. told me that there's a 30% chance that ONE WEEK LATER she will run a rather high fever between 103 and 104 and told me to put her in the bath and give tylenol around the clock. And exactly one week later, she did. She is also a VERY active child, always was, and when she did NOTHING but sit on the couch for a week, that was also scary. So, as I said before, it was a rather frighting experience and now they do not separate the vaccine to give the 3 individually. So, as I said before, you do what you feel is right and I'll stick to what I feel is right.

I think you mak have misunderstood. Standard precautions include that WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK children may run fever, not AFTER ONE WEEK. At least I hope so, otherwise a doctor gave you bad information.