Immunosuppressed and children who've had live vaccines

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How likely is this going to cause a huge problem for me ? For anyone with experience in this area ?

I take drugs that suppress my immune system and my son has just had a live vaccine. He's 2.

I was told that I need to have some distance from my kids when they've had live vaccines.

How do I distance from a two year old ? Realistically ? He had the flu vaccine today. I also had the flu vaccine but only recently, so I'm probably not protected yet.

It's probably not any worse than the onslaught of winter bugs I live with regardless of any live vaccines as my kids are in reception and at nursery !

Thank you for your help.

Was it the nasal spray he had?
Could he have had the option of needle version as you're immuno-suppressed?

He had nasal and no other option. Also it's done now, I can't change it.

There's not much you can do as I don't see how you could distance from your child. Hope all goes well

You need to be vaccinated before them (2 or 3 weeks) or they need to have the injection and not the nasal spray.

Well that's not happened and it will happen again soon with the MMR anyway.

I used to be on Azothioprine and had a word with the vaccination team a few years ago. They said the live flu vaccines were fine and they'd only really exercise caution if you were undergoing chemo.

Next year get your jab early and delay theirs. There are always top up clinics later in the year if you skip the school vaccinations

I was told not to let them have the nasal
Spray, mine have the jab instead which was arranged via the same people who do the nasal ones at school.

When I had a pet scan I had to stay away from them for 24 hours so dp took them and I isolated In the bedroom

I was fine on Mercaptopurine low dose chemo for autoimmune disease with 2 young children having live flu vaccines.

I wasn't allowed live vaccines myself, but my children could have them.

It probably depends on the degree of immune suppression that you are on. Hope all is well.

How recently? YMMV, but I managed to avoid catching anything despite being holed up for 9 hours a day with over a thousand of them on buses, trains and at work. And there were plenty of people coughing and spluttering their way on public transport as well.

They had their vaccines five days after I had mine.

I am immunesupressed and have been for a decade.

I've navigated rotavirus and the nasal spray. The main advice I was given was not to handle nappy changes or help with toileting for 24 hours until it's left their system

My DH does nappies and toilet trips and I'm just careful not to get too close or kisses/help teeth brushing.

I've never had a problem or got ill from it and I've let my child have the nasal vaccine as he prefers that to injection which I understand

Hope you don't get anything OP but I'm sure you'll be fine

Im on Azathioprine and Infliximab and both my children have the flu vaccine each year. Them catching flu is more likely to cause me a problem than them having the vaccine

The advice has changed now for the nasal spray and you only need to avoid contact if severely immunocompromised i.e. a recent bone marrow transplant and in isolation, so you don't need to worry