Flu vaccine- spray vs injection for under 12’s?

[Viv0321]

Is the flu vaccine injection for under 12s as effective as the nasal spray?

Anyone?

I’ll bump for the evening readers.

Effective yes....

They only give injection to vulnerable children though.... you have to meet the criteria and have consultant approval to have it over the nasal spray

Praying- Thankyou for replying.

No, the live nasal vaccine is preferable as better immune response. Inactivated vaccine should only be given to kids who can’t have live vaccine for some reason ie can’t have it due to porcine content, have anaphylactic reaction to eggs requiring hospital treatment, or severe asthma requiring hospitalisation or recent steroids. If haven’t had the inactivated one before, require 2 injections 4 weeks apart.

@stclair my 11 month old gets the injection (under 2s can't have nasal spray) and she only has had to have the 1. She is likely to have the injection once she's 2 due to heart condition, we have been told it's just as effective and haven't been told it's more than the 1 standard like she's had now

bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/influenza-vaccine.html
@PrayingandHoping she should still get two according to the UK guidelines, best double check with your doctor/ cardiac liaison team in case you have been given wrong info

Flu comes through the GP so yes will double check that!

Poor kid. She gets monthly RSV jab throughout winter too 🤦🏼‍♀️

For children having the inactivated flu vaccine for the first time in clinically indicated groups they should have a second dose at least 4 weeks after the first. Then one dose annually from then on.

Poor baby

Yes but as others said, they will only do it if clinically indicated or exceptional circumstances. My daughter had the injection a few years ago as her best fiend and next door neighbour had just come home from spending a year in hospital getting cancer treatment and we felt it was unfair to keep them apart any longer but were worried about my daughter shedding the spray and making her friend ill. Our gp was very good and agreed and authorised it.

Thankyou