vaccination question - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

laauhe · 12-01-2006, 04:18 PM

hey, just wondering if anyone has had any negative response from the vaccination Prevnar. My sons immunologist said after blood work that his immume system is not "responding" to the Prevnar so he needs to go in for a different type, a "pneumococcal" and then recheck his system after some time. What does this mean and if he doesnt "respond" again (whatever that means) could this be leading to something else?

I guess this shot is new for infants (up to 2) as of 2000, I pretty much get what my pediat. says so I have never really looked in to this before. So if he didnt get the shot, would his system still be low?

debating · 12-01-2006, 07:07 PM

Is it a titer test that they're doing? A titer test will test for titers, which is like testing for antibodies, but it is very misleading. Antibodies are not necessarily what will protect you against illness, as memory cells play a huge roll as well. So if you do a titer test and there are no antibodies, that doesn't mean your body has not created memory cells to be dispatched later when exposed to illness.

Having said that, I do not vaccinate and am vehemently against it. Especially in infants.

Dani_Jo · 12-01-2006, 08:34 PM

My 10 month old has had the Prevnar shot and has not had any reactions. I am only giving her Prevnar and Hib because they protect against bacterial meningitis, which is almost always deadly. I'm not doing any other immunizations. I had conflicting feelings about these two, but my sister who lives next door is a paramedic and has come in contact with it a few times, so I feel the benefits outweighed the risks in my case. If it had not been for that I would have waited until she was older. My ped is great and he recommended these two shots above all others. I really think they try to give our babies too many shots at one time and while they are too young, and a large majority of them are not even necessary. Sorry to get on my soapbox..this subject really gets me going for I am very passionate about it.

weepyone · 12-02-2006, 02:19 AM

i am pro vaccination - each to their own

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ds had his prevnar about 6 weeks ago he was fine no problems. They have just introduced this shot in the uk after its trials in america - thanks you ginea pigs lol

bxr35 · 12-02-2006, 04:52 PM

Dani, do you have any good literature about vaccination risks? I want to read up on the subject, and my pediatrician said she would give me some literature, but all she gave me was the CDC one-pagers -- totally useless. Are there any good books out there?