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Default Toddler - Hepatitis A Vaccine and Hives? - 11-09-2008, 11:28 PM

Okay, so my 22 month old daughter received a Hepatitis A vaccination at the doctor's today around 3 pm... When I was putting her into bed about a hour ago (8 pm) I noticed she was really red. I turned the lights on and saw that she has bumps and red patches on her arms and legs and her cheeks are red. I'm assuming hives?

She did not have this rash when we took her shirt and pants off to get ready for bed around 7 pm... She doesn't have a fever nor is she having trouble breathing.

I called our on-call doctor and he said very sleepily to give her some tendril and as long as she doesn't have any other symptoms and she should be okay. I just want a second opinion... should I take her to the ER or just monitor her till morning and I can take her to the doctor's office? I gave her a half a teaspoon of children's tendril about 30 minutes ago. She's already asleep for the night.
   
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Do the tendril that is the first thing they want you to try for possible allergies the sooner you do it the better it helps. You may have to do it every 4-6 hrs for a couple of days to clear it all up. It really isn't a matter for the ER unless they are having trouble breathing or are severely swollen and uncomfortable. My son had an allergic reaction to his antibiotics in December but after 3 days on tendril it was all cleared up. The Dr's office will need to make note of the reaction though.
   
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Default 11-14-2008, 11:28 PM

The doc is right.
The only thing to do is give her some medicine that will take care of allergic reactions which is what that is more than likely. Benadryl is an anti allergy med so it should clear it right up.
If it doesn't then don't worry about it. As long as she's not having any problems other than the rash then she's fine.

Rashes happen in children. Sometimes they are completely unexplainable.

EDIT: Call the doctors office tomorrow and let them know if the tendril helped. If not they may see her or just call in a script for something else. They will want to make note of the reaction in the chart along with what worked or didn't work for future reference.
   
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Default 11-19-2008, 11:28 PM

I don't know what you should do about the vaccine reaction, other than report it to VAERS, http://vaers.hhs.gov/resources/VAERS_Brochure.pdf but I'm wondering, why did you decide the benefits of the hepatitis A vaccine for your 22 month old daughter outweighed risks? Hepatitis A is so mild in children, that, according to the CDC's Pink Book, "In children younger than 6 years of age, most (70%) infections are asymptomatic." http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/hepa.pdf (page 86)

Hepatitis A can be more serious in adults, so that's why I'm hoping my unaccented kids get hepatitis A as children, and gain lifetime immunity from the natural infection.

You can read the hepatitis A package inserts here. There are two brands, Havrix and Vaqta. If you are pro-life, you should know that both of them use MRC-5 from an aborted 14 week old male fetus.
Havrix http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM224555.pdf
Vaqta http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM110049.pdf

MRC-5 http://www.viromed.com/services/product/mrc5.htm
http://www.lifecanada.org/html/science/Vaccines/ABriefHistoryofHumanDiploidCellStrains.pdf
   
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