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BabyI:
Hello everyone,

I am at a dilemma. I personally dont want to vaccinate my baby. It is so hard to think of injecting my baby with aluminum, antifreeze and other harmful things for vaccines that may or may not work OR may even make you sick or worse. What did you all do? I dont want to vaccinate my baby. Please share what you think I should do and why. Thanks

Pratik:
Vaccines are not bad, some are definitely good. What vaccine are you talking about giving to the little one?

-P.

Andy Battaglia:
Some vaccines that contain no additives can be special ordered. I would suggest talking to the doctor about this. I too am alarmed by the sheer number of vaccines given to young children. There has never been one single study on the cumulative effects of combining vaccines. Doctors want to ensure us they are safe, but they can't produce any evidence to prove it, and discount every instance when the safety of vaccines are called into question. However, because thals do have compromised immune systems, there are vaccines that are normally given.

These are the recommendations given in the Standards of Care Guidelines for Thalassemia. The guidelines can be seen in whole attached tto the post at http://www.thalassemiapatientsandfriends.com/index.php/topic,1762.msg14639.html#msg14639  These are the guidelines that should also be followed at Cornell.



--- Quote ---17 Vaccinations
Optimal immunization is critical for all patients with thalassemia,
especially transfused patients and individuals who have been
splenectomized. Prior to splenectomy patients should receive the
meningococcal conjugate vaccine and should be up to date for Hib
and pneumococcal vaccines.
Routine pediatric immunizations should be current and
vaccination records should be checked annually. Beginning at
two months of age, patients should be given 7-valent conjugate
pneumococcal vaccine as recommended. A booster with 23-valent
vaccine should be administered at 24 months. Pnuemovax
boosters should be considered every five to ten years. Check
the pneumococcal titers following immunization. Severe local
reactions can indicate high titer.
Patients need to be immunized against hepatitis A and B,
especially patients on chronic transfusions. Annual monitoring
of titers and booster immunizations, when indicated, will ensure
patients are well protected. Individuals who are HIV positive or
undergoing treatment for hepatitis C should not receive live virus
vaccines. An annual influenza vaccination and annual PPD should
also be administered. Particular attention should be given to the
H1N1 virus, as this pathogen may cause more severe symptoms in
patients with thalassemia.
--- End quote ---

Bostonian_04:
we stayed away from vaccines with Thimerosal (mercury based). there are mercury free vaccines. ALso try to split the vaccination schedule so as not to give all of them at once.

nwalsh528:
Annual flu shots are recommended for thal patients (as is true for all children!)
We too try to avoid thimerisol (my spelling is off I know!). My boys now get the nasal mist for the flu vaccine (active/live virus) which has no preservatives. When my bio. son was younger there was a preservative free flu shot for children 2 and under (or maybe 3 and under) and we used that.
Nicole

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