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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with
the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3
years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
"Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting, not respiratory symptoms. Just wait, your kids will get it when they go to school, it usually strikes in the late winter. If my kids were younger, I'd probably get them vaccinated, because it really is a very unpleasant illness. Howevere, having survived several bouts already (each one more mild than the last) they probably don't need it. Remember though, not all viral intestinal infections are caused by the rotavirus, so even with the vaccine, your kids might still get "stomach flu". |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
Jamie Clark wrote:
Is this the same as the "flu shot"? Influenza (the flu) is a disease that is caused by a particular group of viruses, influenza viruses. Every year, the officials at the CDC and other government agencies make their best guess at what would be the strains most likely to be in circulation in the US, and makes the vaccine so that it provides protection against these strains. There is a different vaccine every year. This is the flu. IMHO, this is the only illness that docs and the CDC should ever refer to as "the flu." http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ The stomach flu is a misnomer for a variety of illnesses that cause vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, etc. Rotavirus is a specific infection that causes usually causes a mild illness is adults. Almost every child gets exposed to it. When a kid gets exposed to it for the first time, it can cause a severe diarrhea, vomiting and cramps, lasting up to around 8 days, severe enough to kill several kids (I think around 50 in the US, but I am not sure). It does cause about 55,000 hospitalizations in the US and about 600,000 deaths worldwide. Once you had rotavirus, it tends to cause a less severe illness, maybe a day or two of puking, cramps and not so severe diarrhea. http://www.cdc.gov/rotavirus/ We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. I hope I have shown you that influenza is a specific disease, very different from rotavirus infection. Protection against rotavirus does not confer protection against influenza or vice versa. The vaccine has been shown to be both safe and effective. The CDC and FDA officials are following for increased rates of intusseception very carefully, and have not found any. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/...us/default.htm Jeff Jeff |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
dejablues wrote:
"Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting, not respiratory symptoms. Just wait, your kids will get it when they go to school, it usually strikes in the late winter. I hate to argue, but usually kids get it in the first or second year of life. It spreads rapidly and easily. Of course, they will probably get it again when they get to school, too. But the first time is usually the most severe illness. If my kids were younger, I'd probably get them vaccinated, because it really is a very unpleasant illness. And potentially deadly, too. Howevere, having survived several bouts already (each one more mild than the last) they probably don't need it. Also the vaccine is only for little kids. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-rotavirus.pdf Remember though, not all viral intestinal infections are caused by the rotavirus, so even with the vaccine, your kids might still get "stomach flu". There is no such thing as the stomach flu. If it is an infection that affects the stomach and intestines, then the illness is gastroenteritis. The reason why I emphasize this is that there is no relationship between this virus and the flu virus. Calling gastroenteritis the stomach flu is confusing. Jeff |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
"Jeff" wrote in message news:QcAmi.4566$BI5.2673@trnddc07... dejablues wrote: "Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting, not respiratory symptoms. Just wait, your kids will get it when they go to school, it usually strikes in the late winter. I hate to argue, but usually kids get it in the first or second year of life. It spreads rapidly and easily. Of course, they will probably get it again when they get to school, too. But the first time is usually the most severe illness. If my kids were younger, I'd probably get them vaccinated, because it really is a very unpleasant illness. And potentially deadly, too. Howevere, having survived several bouts already (each one more mild than the last) they probably don't need it. Also the vaccine is only for little kids. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-rotavirus.pdf Remember though, not all viral intestinal infections are caused by the rotavirus, so even with the vaccine, your kids might still get "stomach flu". There is no such thing as the stomach flu. If it is an infection that affects the stomach and intestines, then the illness is gastroenteritis. The reason why I emphasize this is that there is no relationship between this virus and the flu virus. Calling gastroenteritis the stomach flu is confusing. Jeff That's why I put "stomach flu" in quotes. I don't like that terminology either. Most people call it that, though. I'd figure that kids that get rotavirus in the first year or two of life are in daycare? Mine never went, they only got it after being in a school setting. Those few episodes are still burned into my brain all these years later, ther were so awful. |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
I'd figure that kids that get rotavirus in the first year or two of life are in daycare? Mine never went, they only got it after being in a school setting. I read somewhere that is was something like 80% of kids got it by age 2 and almost all by age 5. As far as I know my kids haven't had it (they are 4 and 2) and it sounds like something you'd know about if they did have it! The were both in part time daycare. Cheers Anne |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
dejablues wrote:
"Jeff" wrote in message news:QcAmi.4566$BI5.2673@trnddc07... dejablues wrote: "Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting, not respiratory symptoms. Just wait, your kids will get it when they go to school, it usually strikes in the late winter. I hate to argue, but usually kids get it in the first or second year of life. It spreads rapidly and easily. Of course, they will probably get it again when they get to school, too. But the first time is usually the most severe illness. If my kids were younger, I'd probably get them vaccinated, because it really is a very unpleasant illness. And potentially deadly, too. Howevere, having survived several bouts already (each one more mild than the last) they probably don't need it. Also the vaccine is only for little kids. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-rotavirus.pdf Remember though, not all viral intestinal infections are caused by the rotavirus, so even with the vaccine, your kids might still get "stomach flu". There is no such thing as the stomach flu. If it is an infection that affects the stomach and intestines, then the illness is gastroenteritis. The reason why I emphasize this is that there is no relationship between this virus and the flu virus. Calling gastroenteritis the stomach flu is confusing. Jeff That's why I put "stomach flu" in quotes. I don't like that terminology either. Most people call it that, though. I know. But I won't stop mentioning when I can. I'd figure that kids that get rotavirus in the first year or two of life are in daycare? Mine never went, they only got it after being in a school setting. Daycare or the germ incubator? Same thing. Kids who go to daycare tend to share a lot, like germs. They also tend to get more colds. But less asthma. I believe that most kids do get it in the first or second year of life. In fact, usually they get it several times. But the time you're an adult, when you get it, you tend to have a little bit of the runs, maybe going a few times or having a little vomiting, and that's it. It's almost only little kids who get deathly ill, although older kids can get really ill if it is their first time, too. So daycare is one way that diarrhea viruses, including rotavirus, is spread. (Influenza and cold viruses, too.) Kids are not particularly good at hygiene, particularly when it tends to leak out of their diapers and/or kids tend to touch things that are normally covered by diapers. And bigger kids tend to spread these viruses to little siblings, too. Plus, after the kids are feeling better and symptom-free, they still make the virus for a few weeks. Those few episodes are still burned into my brain all these years later, ther were so awful. There is a sudden onset form of vomiting and diarrhea, called noravirus. It tends to last about 24 hours (which is why it is often called the 24-hour flu). It spreads really easily. People tend to get the virus in the hours before starting a cruise and get sick while on the cruise. Then they spread it to others (i.e., it is not the cruise ships' fault.) for a few weeks. The symptoms are nasty, but do clear up within a day or so, although people are still not feeling up to snuff for up to a week or so. It also tends to spread through schools. Kids in school tend not to have the best hygiene, too. And in some of the schools I have been in, helpful things like soap and faucets that turn on and off automatically (those faucets with separate hot and cold that you have to push the entire time they are on are probably the worst, but I still see them in some school) , have not always been readily available. So kids who had been recently ill and need to poop at school may not be able to really help not spread the virus, even if their hand washing is really good. I suspect that your kids may have had relatively mild rotavirus when they were preschool age and had noravirus when they were in school. But it doesn't matter. You do the obviously motherly or fatherly things when they are sick (i.e., clean up), getting them drinking again, and nature clears the rest up, with both rotavirus and noravirus. So they could have had rotavirus or noravirus in school or both. Life runs for a few days, then you move on. And it happens to us all. Jeff |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
"dejablues" wrote in message
news:0Qzmi.4705$225.4635@trndny03... "Jamie Clark" wrote in message . .. Is this the same as the "flu shot"? We've had flu shots for the past 3 years and never had a problem with them. My older daughter is prone to asthma when she gets a cold, so we've been advised to have everyone in the family have flu shots so that we hopefully keep one more instance of cold/flu at bay. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 "don_tspamme" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting, not respiratory symptoms. Just wait, your kids will get it when they go to school, it usually strikes in the late winter. Oh, we've had it, believe you me. I just didn't realise there was a vaccine for it. If they offer it to me, we're taking it! If my kids were younger, I'd probably get them vaccinated, because it really is a very unpleasant illness. Howevere, having survived several bouts already (each one more mild than the last) they probably don't need it. Remember though, not all viral intestinal infections are caused by the rotavirus, so even with the vaccine, your kids might still get "stomach flu". -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys -- 01/03/03 Addison Grace -- 09/30/04 |
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new rotavirus vaccine? Anyone had their child vaccinated?
On Jul 15, 6:43?pm, don_tspamme wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out a year, but apparently thousands of children have been immunized with it without problems. And I hate the stomach flu, if I could have been immunized for it, I'd probably do it! Anyway, just wondering if any of you moms have, and how you feel about it. The old rotavirus vaccine, as I am sure you know, was pulled because it turned out to cause dangerous complications for some babies. Personally, I would not trust any vaccine that had been out only a year, but that is me. Two of my kids have had rotavirus. It is truly unpleasant for everyone but they were never in any danger. I don't know the statistics on what percentage of kids end up hospitalized or with serious complications. My philosophy is that having the disease builds up their immune systems. Leslie |
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