H1N1 Shot

Updated on December 29, 2009
P.B. asks from Fitchburg, MA
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Hello All,

My 7 month old got his H1N1 shot on Monday 12/21. He started to seem off on Tuesday night and on Wednseday morning he threw up and had a fever, the fever was off and on until Christmas and now today he seems to have a rash on his belly and a little rashy on his face and head. Anyone have any advice? Is this possibly normal reaction to the flu shot?

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S.G.

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My son goes to college and he told me of a story of a boy sitting in his class and his body suddenly became very itchy and broke out in a rash. He had to get up and leave and told the teacher that he just got the H1N1 flu shot. These side effects should be documented for the public.
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K.D.

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Hi P.
Sorry to hear that your little guy is sick.
To me it sounds like your son has a seperate illness. A reaction the the vaccine would happen in the 1st 24hrs and would be something like fever,hives or runny nose. My family got vaccinated. My son had a reaction, he got hives the day after the shot but he is allergic to eggs.HE needed to get the vaccine, because he has asthma and would need to be hopitalized if he got the flu.
I would not give him any thing such as a detoxifier unless you speak to your doctor he is WAY to young!!!
Hope he has a speedy recovery!! Happy New Year!

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J.E.

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P.,
my 2 children and myself got the H1N1 and both myself and my oldest daughter (soon to be 7 were fine) my 3 year old who just turned 3 on Christmas Eve had a high fever the next day (got all the way up to 104.6) at one point. I took her back to the doctors the next day to see if she had an infection of some sort, which she didn't so her doctor said it was likely due to the shot (although that kind of fever was way higher than it should have been from the shot) she then presented with a little rash which we attributed to the high fever and the fever the next day had gone down considerably...never went beyond 100.5. Long story short, I am thinking it was likely due to the shot. Thankfully our daughter is fine and I am hoping the same for your son.

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E.K.

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Unfortunately most parents would be OK with this reaction being "normal" after an immunization shot!
My advice is do not get the H1N1 vaccine.

M.L.

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The nasal mist is a live vacinne so yes but the shot is a dead one. Which did he get??

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S.G.

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this is the CDC website, it does sound like it could be a possible side effect from the vaccine, personally, I'd contact VAERS
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/vaccine_safety_qa.htm

I'm assuming he had the Nasal spray since he's so young. the nasal spray is a live vaccine and can actually cause symptoms of the virus, and cause him to become ill with the flu.

if you think he's having a side effect, you should take it seriously, i wouldn't consider any reaction to a vaccine 'normal'.

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D.M.

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If he was given the mist this would be normal. The shot should not cause a reaction

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A.S.

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Maybe coincidence with catching another virus? Sounds a bit like roseola virus (high fever with a rash breaking out days later on the trunk and face) which one of my girls had. Definitely call the doctor though, not sure if it is linked to the shot....you may not know if he is allergic to eggs yet, but maybe he is...I think the protein is in the shot.....though the reaction may have been closer to the timing of the shot. Call the doc. Good luck!

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D.F.

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P.,

Sorry your little one is sick from the shot. We decided not to get any kind of flu shot. I am just not convinced it is safe. My son had what your talking about without the shot. He was fine after a few days of a really high fever. Take him back to the dr. if your concerned. Good luck!

D.

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S.L.

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Dear P.:

As we all know the Swine Flu was blown way out of control. Even many of the media channels have apologized for the fear they were placing in the public.

The vaccine has been pulled from almost every country in the world. Only Africa has not yet removed the rest of the stock, but they also don’t have to pay for it.

This is the normal reaction from the vaccine. This reaction happens in 1 out 25 children and can progressively get worse.

The only thing that physicians are recommending to reduce this reaction and neutralize the effects is a product called Vaxtox. You can find it all over the internet or at http://www.ndinutraceuticals.com/product336.html

The positive side is that the Swine flu is really not worse than the regular flu and there are very few cases being reported. The reports of cases throughout the US were very inaccurate. Only 1 case out of 50 Swine flu cases was actually Swine flu. The doctors were diagnosing the patients by symptoms only.

If there is any further residual after the use of the Vaxtox, there are other ways of reversing the problem. There are 13 very toxic chemical that may need to be cleansed out of his body.

Good Luck

S. L.

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