I came across a published research article concerning children that I would like to share with my colleagues. The article that I am going to discuss is the Safe Administration of measles vaccine to children allergic to eggs. The
safety of administering the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine to patients who are allergic to eggs has been debated for
decades because of concern about potential anaphylaxis, since the live
attenuated virus used in the vaccine is grown in cultured chick-embryo
fibroblasts (James, Burks, Roberson, & Sampton).
There were 54 children who were allergic to eggs and they had not been previously vaccinated. The avearage age of these children were 18.5 months. The children were tested for allegeries, and the test were confirmed by skin tests. There were placebo-controlled food challenged test.
The 54 children were tested with positive results on skin testing with eggs. All 54 children received the MMR vaccine as a single subcutaneous injection, none had an immediate or delayed adverse reacton. It was concluded that all children received single dosed safely with allergies to eggs even those with hypersensitivity.
Reference:
James, Jm, Burks, Aw, Roberson, Pk, & Sampson, Ha. (1995). Safe Administration of measles vaccine to children allergic to eggs.
Hi Larry
ReplyDeleteGreat post, it is very interesting to know that MMR vaccine can help children who are allergic to eggs, I did not know this and did not know that this has been an issue debated over for many years. I was under the impression that the MMR vaccine was only for mumps, measles and rubella prevention. Thanks for this information, I am going to look into this more!
Larry,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this article. I learned something new in that the MMR vaccine was developed using chick embryos. This is proof that we need to review research not only professionally, but personally as well. You never know what is being used in vaccines, medicines, or even our food. Being informed can potentially save your life.
Larry
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this research with us. I believe that this research has so many uses. It is research like this that can help parents make decisions about if they will immunize their children.
Larry,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the article. This was very interesting to me as I am allergic to eggs myself. I plan to pass this information along to some of my coworkers who was just talking about vaccinations last week.
Larry,
ReplyDeleteYour post was very interesting and I enjoyed reading the study done on the children with allergies. With the rise in childhood allergies, I think it is helpful and very important to be notified and stay current on these types of trends that are showing up in our homes, schools and classrooms