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Ear Infection vaccine?
"Ali's Daddie" wrote in message
... A couple months ago (or maybe more recently) someone posted a little information about an ear infection vaccine. Is it worth getting? I have no idea if Alegra will be prone to ear infections or not, but I hate the idea of not getting it if it could possibly keep her from being sick or hurt. Any advice? Any questions I should ask the pediatrician about it? It's called Prevnar and protects against a number of strains of pneumonococcal infections, so it's not a silver bullet against all ear infections. That said, it's recommended by the AAP for all babies under the age of 2. Honestly, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't on your pediatricians list of "standard" vaccines. It has been on my pediatrician's schedule since my daughter was born in 1999. -- Be well, Barbara (Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [18mo] mom) See us at http://photos.yahoo.com/guavaln This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop: "No parking passed this sign" -- hotel parking lot sign All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman |
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Ear Infection vaccine?
"Ali's Daddie" wrote in message ...
A couple months ago (or maybe more recently) someone posted a little information about an ear infection vaccine. Is it worth getting? I have no idea if Alegra will be prone to ear infections or not, but I hate the idea of not getting it if it could possibly keep her from being sick or hurt. Any advice? Any questions I should ask the pediatrician about it? TIA Are you talking about Prevnar? My daughter had it, but still have really bad ear infections until she got tubes when she was 7 months old. Actually, I think that vaccine is for something else, but also helps prevent some ear infections. Renee |
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Circe wrote: "Ali's Daddie" wrote in message ... A couple months ago (or maybe more recently) someone posted a little information about an ear infection vaccine. Is it worth getting? I have no idea if Alegra will be prone to ear infections or not, but I hate the idea of not getting it if it could possibly keep her from being sick or hurt. Any advice? Any questions I should ask the pediatrician about it? It's called Prevnar and protects against a number of strains of pneumonococcal infections, so it's not a silver bullet against all ear infections. That said, it's recommended by the AAP for all babies under the age of 2. Honestly, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't on your pediatricians list of "standard" vaccines. It has been on my pediatrician's schedule since my daughter was born in 1999. It's on my pediatrician's standard list. I don't think my 7-year-old got it, but the 19-month-old did. (He got infections in both ears at 11 months, too). Clisby |
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Ear Infection vaccine?
Kids who get influenza also get ear infections from the influenza infection.
Getting influenze vaccine is about 85% effective in preventing ear infections from influenze and decreases the rate of ear infections 8-9% overall. So getting the influenza vaccine suffer from fewer ear infections. Jeff "Ali's Daddie" wrote in message ... A couple months ago (or maybe more recently) someone posted a little information about an ear infection vaccine. Is it worth getting? I have no idea if Alegra will be prone to ear infections or not, but I hate the idea of not getting it if it could possibly keep her from being sick or hurt. Any advice? Any questions I should ask the pediatrician about it? TIA -- LES! Daddie to Alegra Lee. May 25th 2003! "Daddie's Little Diva" To send me an email, please remove your hat YourHatDaddie at bonbon.net |
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