16 week immunisations

My dh is an experienced clinical supervisor- this is a senior nhs position - and he deals with a lot of sick children. He gave both our children calpol straight after these jabs. So please ignore @BlueGingerale

@BlueGingerale Did you actually read the paper? Because that is not what they concluded in the abstract...

"Observational studies reporting on antipyretic use around the time of immunization concluded that their use did not affect antibody responses. Only few randomized clinical trials demonstrated blunted antibody response of unknown clinical significance. This effect has only been noted following primary vaccination with novel antigens and disappears following booster immunization"

BlueGingerale that article is over 11 years old.

There is no link between vaccines and autism. There is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Vaccines do not cause autism.

Once again, just to be sure you can read it.

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM.

The nhs continued to use the urbabe strain of the MMR even when it had been discontinued in other countries due to deaths.

And there were deaths here from it.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544592/Vaccine-officials-knew-about-MMR-risks.html

But you keep trusting the NHS. They never make mistakes.

@dementedpixie I can't remember exactly which vaccinations I gave calpol straight after and which I monitored and gave as required. I do remember doing exactly as the nurse told me so unless you are more qualified than her you're not in a position to tell me Ive done the wrong thing. I did exactly the right thing.

My only advice to the op has been to ask health care professionals and listen to that. Again, I don't think anyone can argue with that.

But you laugh at me. I’m sure you’ve done a lot more research into it than me. And constantly keep abreast with the latest scientific trials

Aka, I asked Dr Google who has never been to medical school but I believed the tin foil hat blogs I found instead if believing actual qualified doctors and scientists with experience in this field.

@firstimemamma the advice is actually the opposite of what you have said there. Calpol is not recommended as standard after any injections apart from after MenB when 3 doses of paracetamol are recommended for all babies

There is no link between vaccines and autism.

None.

Nada.

It's been researched to pieces by far more reputable sources than the website linked to uothread and they did not find so much as a whiff of a link.

You can't get autism from injections, don't be ridiculous!

@happycamper11 I couldn't agree more regarding the importance of calpol! The only reason I said 'most of the time' is because there was one round of immunisations (I'm afraid I can't remember which ones) when the nurse said to monitor baby and give calpol if needed as opposed to straight after the jabs (which is what I do all the rest of the time). This is what the fully qualified NHS nurse herself told me in person and my fiancé who works in a hospital as an experienced clinician agrees so I know I am right.

@BlueGingerale you can not get autism from the jabs so I would question if your dr knows his stuff

Practice nûrse here.
The nurse should give the first dose of calpol immediately after the vaccines, you need to give two further doses at four to six hourly (as per the eight week vaccines too).
This is the up to date recommendation and has been since the introduction of Men B into the primary schedule.
How a paeditrician could pinpoint specifically that a specific vaccine given as a baby (when dtp is given alongside other vaccines) causes autism, I don't know. and if something doesn't make sense, it usually isn't true.

@BlueGingerale - I think that you should report your pediatrician.

You don't catch autism from vaccinations. That has been proven so its a non-starter. Its not even worth engaging with such morons that believe blog nonsense.

I always gave Calpol after vaccinations as reccomended by the NHS professionals that administered them.

It's important to give Calpol after the men b injections, the nurse who does the vaccine will explain when to give it and what dose. I would say it's probably best to plan a relaxed day just in case, my DS was just very sleepy and a bit irritable; nothing too bad (and definitely worth it), but it was better relaxing in jammies. If you need to go out though I don't see a reason why not.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/menb-vaccine-and-paracetamol there are links to the NHS leaflets on here

Not most of the time - it's is important! (Source NHS)

Re. the calpol thing - you're right, it is recommended most of the time. Rather than questioning the posters who are challenging this, I'd just ask the nurse when you take your child. Reassurance from a professional is best.

Kitchen stewardship? I'd be laughed out of my public health modules if I included such a source

@Piglet89 I saw the source and didn't even bother to read the article. Knew it would be crap

@BlueGingerale well done for linking an article correlating use of Calpol/Tylenol before/after vaccines with autism.

What utter horse shit.

I'd probably rather listen to the NHS official advice than a random persons blog from another country.

UK was first to introduce menB vaccine in the schedule and advice has changed for that specific vaccine (no others)