Rota Virus vaccine
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Topic: Rota Virus vaccine
Posted By: MuckyBucky
Subject: Rota Virus vaccine
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 12:59pm
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Hi
Just wondering if anyone knows about the rota virus vaccine - if they got it and why/why not. Not really wanting to enter a debate about vaccinations but trying to find out more information about it. Cheers ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 1:13pm
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hers a http://www.immune.org.nz/?t=927 - link to some info
http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=29102 - and a link to a previous thread about it on here |
Posted By: MuckyBucky
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 6:36pm
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Thanks Tiger!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mumtooboys
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 8:39pm
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I suggest reading the package insert for ANY vaccine you are going to give, that has way more information in it than what you will find anywhere else, and IMO always makes for interesting reading. The Rotarix one can be found http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_rotarix.pdf - here
The rotavirus vaccine was never on my radar. I had an ebf baby and bf babies don't tend to get rotavirus in the first place, and if they do it tends to be milder as human milk has a protein in it that binds to rotavirus and prevents replication. There wasn't a Rotavirus vaccine when DS1 was a baby. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 04 March 2011 at 11:24pm
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My DS had it as part of the Aus immunisation schedule here. It is given in 3 doses orally and here in Aus thats at 2, 4 and 6 months old. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 06 March 2011 at 1:51pm
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ds peadeatrician recommended that I get it for ds, I was thinking about it, then he ended up in hospital with a uti we were discharged and ended up back in hospital with the rotavirus that he caught whilst in hospital! he was 4 months old and was terrible, I wish I had vacinated him now, will be doing number two for sure. ------------- http://lilypie.com">    [/url]
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 06 March 2011 at 8:03pm
| We'd vaccinate number 2 after a week of rotavirus which almost landed us in hospital so many times. Was hideous. I think the vaccine (oral) needs to be completed by 24 weeks so there's not heaps of time to think about it |