Egg allergy and vaccines

[OpheliasWeepingWillow]

My dd has an egg allergy and reacted horribly horribly horribly to certain vaccines which may have been cultured using albumen. Anyone else had this issue? She needs to have a flu jab but I'm worried re possible reaction.

you can ask for the vaccine to be taken in a hosptial setting.
do you have access to a pead immunologist? they will give clearer idea if its suitable for your child with her history.

Am aware that reactions to the egg are very rare, if thats the case for your child medical advice quite high up the chain is whats needed iyswim.

I couldn't have a flu jab when I was pregnant because I have an egg white intolerance. I was told that they sometimes do a special clinic with vaccines that haven't been cultured using albumen if there's a demand for it, maybe this is.something you could ask about. I didn't have it in the end because they weren't running the clinic, but It's definitely out there.

They did produce a non-egg based flu jab but it was for adults only as not been tested approved for use in children yet I believe. My DS has his flu jab in hospital due to egg allergy and the fact he reacted to second MMR (but only hives). As eragon said, reactions to egg in vaccines is incredibly rare, even in those with severe egg allergy so if your DD reacted very badly (ie anaphylaxis) then maybe you have to weigh up whether it's worth the risk. This is what our consultant told us to do and it was not an easy decision but in our case we decided to go for the flu jab because a) DS has asthma so flu is bigger risk and b) his only reaction to MMR was hives. If he'd had a more severe reaction, we might have made a different decision. I believe it's possible in hospital to give just 10% of the vaccine first then wait for an hour or so before giving the rest to make sure they're not reacting. I certainly don't think your DD should have the jab at the GP surgery, too risky.