Immune deficiency in a toddler

[Gemmar25]

My son is being tested for immune deficiency due to too many ear,chest ,water and viral infections. His now 18 months old and has been on antibiotics at least 15+ times with some being giving via Iv route. I also have immune deficiency and spent most my childhood in and out of hospital on transfusions to boost antibodies up......could my son have this due to my past health problems?...there's a lot of medical issues ATM with him eg epilepsy and behavioural issues as well so I'm very busy and sometimes stressed as don't know weather I'm coming or going as I also work and it's causing an impact on my work due to him being unwell all the time...has anyone been in this situation before and what was the outcome? I was also put down to being a paranoid mother but when he's always ill on antibiotics you'd think alarm bells would ring with my gp but I was fobbed off so I took things further myself and paediatric dr agreed and finally something being done

DD3 had some basic immune system testing after septicaemia to make sure she didn't have any underlying reason for her illness. In her case they did blood testing for the different types of antibody in her system and then specifically to some of her baby vaccine responses to ensure that her immune system had been responding adequately to these. Hers all came back normal, but if we should ever have anything else severe more detailed testing may be carried out however.

Has your son had genetic testing? I would push them for a microarray genetic test, this is highly sensitive to even small changes in the chromosomes. My DD1 had this done as she has autism and some other SEN. She doesn't have epilepsy, but the particular diagnosis that she has often comes with epilepsy so I have since learned. It may explain more of the issues your son faces if he had something along these lines?

This website is very useful PID UK. I too was treated as if I were a paranoid mother. Once my son got a diagnosis though, things massively improved.

DS has an IgA deficiency that was picked up at a year. It mostly effects the mucous lining of the intestine and chest. He's had D&V so many times in 2.5 years I've lost count. We were always in A&E for the first year of his life.

It's improved a lot now he is 2.5.