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Editor, Senior Moderator
Although the 2009-2010 flu season appears to be waning in most places, research continues into the safety and efficacy of our current practices for recommending flu vaccines. At one time, children with egg allergies were advised against receiving the flu vaccine, but new research suggests that most children, unless they have a severe allergy, can still be protected from the both seasonal and H1N1 flu.
Both vaccines are made using egg protein as a base for growing the virus. As a result, the vaccine retains a tiny amount of egg in the injection.
Erica Y. Chung, MD of Children?s Hospital Boston and colleagues reviewed the charts of 171 egg-allergic patients, aged 6 months to 18 years, who were given a vaccine to protect against influenza. One group first was given a skin test to assess reaction and tolerance. The second group received a two-step, graded dose vaccine regimen.
None of the children were known to have a severe egg allergy that would result in anaphylaxis.
Of those who received the skin test before the vaccination, 95% tolerated it without any serious adverse reaction. Of the children given the graded, two-dose vaccination, 97% tolerated it safely.
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1506/children-egg-allergies-may-be-able-receive-flu-vaccine.html
Both vaccines are made using egg protein as a base for growing the virus. As a result, the vaccine retains a tiny amount of egg in the injection.
Erica Y. Chung, MD of Children?s Hospital Boston and colleagues reviewed the charts of 171 egg-allergic patients, aged 6 months to 18 years, who were given a vaccine to protect against influenza. One group first was given a skin test to assess reaction and tolerance. The second group received a two-step, graded dose vaccine regimen.
None of the children were known to have a severe egg allergy that would result in anaphylaxis.
Of those who received the skin test before the vaccination, 95% tolerated it without any serious adverse reaction. Of the children given the graded, two-dose vaccination, 97% tolerated it safely.
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1506/children-egg-allergies-may-be-able-receive-flu-vaccine.html