DD had MMR & Pneumo vaccination yesterday...

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...and her wet nappy overnight was twice the size as normal and had leaked through her pj's and grobag. Wierd and prob unrelated, but what side effects did your lo's have after their jabs?

none

except resistance to several dangerous dieseases that once killed and maimed large numbers of kids.

One threw up twelve hours after the meningitis C jab (he was about three and on the catching up programme a few years back) and by the look of it, it appear his digestion had just stopped about the time the needle went in. Fine now though

Maybe you gave DD lots of extra drinks etc afterwards (we do tend to put the DC's in goldfish bowls after vaccination)

ds got quite a bad cold after his pneumo jab. Don't know if it was connected, but it came on a couple of days afterwards and lasted for a couple of weeks.

er, thanks Fonk (I think) . I think it's safe to assume I knew that, given that I was happy for her to have them.

When DD had Pneumo jab she had a high temperature the following day but otherwise she was fine! Very pleased that this is now a standard vaccine. Can't remember her reaction to MMR - probably a bit clingy and miserable. Overall she's taken all the jabs well although a bit pissed off that her mummy would let some stranger stick a big needle in her!

DD and Ds (though to a lesser extent) were both fairly poorly 2 - 3 weeks after the MMR - think mild mumps IYSWIM. Pretty rough for them, but no other after effects.
Lots of people I've spoken with had no after-effects with their dcs.

DD had a reaction the the pneumo jab..temp for a couple of days and very cross.......only one she reacted to!

I was told that if ds was going to have a reaction to the mmr, it would be 13 days after the jab. He didn't but apparently quite a few do.

DD had her MMR and booster (Men C etc vaccine) yesterday. She had the Pneumo vac a few months ago and I can't remember any side effects from that.

The only side effect she had from yesterday's injections was sleeping through (which is obviously a welcome side effect )

Now that's a side effect worth the hassle!
Mine was opposite - ds stopped sleeping through the night when he was under par, but could ahve been the vile wretched cold we've been struggling with for the last month.

good for you detox

I am concerned that threads like this worry parents into avoiding these jabs

there is one poster in particular on here who lost a child to meningitis, which would have been avoidable if she'd been given the pnemovax (it wasn't offered then IIRC)

this is of some concern to me

Gosh, fonk, are you a PR representative for a pharmaceutical company because your scaremongering posts make you sound like one?

actually I think fonk's post wasn't scaremongering, just entirely factual

It was my daughter actually !!
She was 19 months old.

DD2 had these two jabs on 20 Feb.

Runny nappies for a couple of days. That was it.

Glad your daughter finally got the jabs expat.

Did she drink more yesterday detox? A "bad" (as in unusally bad, not just a reaction to the jab which shows its worked like a mild fever or rash) reaction to MMR would typically involve gut/bowel reactions (chronic diarrhoea) and screaming, as well as high temp etc so it sounds unrelated.

My dd also had these jabs at the same time, and she slept really well the day after, it was great.

Thanks, Amy!

You've made a lot of people more aware of this disease by sharing your story.

According to Dr Martin Wiselka, Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Leicester Royal Infirmary, England, the pneumococcus (properly known as Streptococcus pneumoniae) is currently responsible for about 20% of bacterial meningitis cases. According to this specialist in infectious diseases, the vaccine is not particularly effective, and therefore it is VITAL to recognise and treat this condition promptly.

She says: "Pneumococcal meningitis is a very serious condition and may lead to death or severe brain damage. Patients must be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible.

"A pneumococcal vaccine is available but gives relatively poor protection in many high risk patients (ie: very young/very old, immunosuppressed.)

"Research studies are attempting to discover the mechanisms by which the bacteria cause disease and will hopefully lead to the development of more effective drugs and vaccines.

"The pneumoccus causes one of the most severe form of meningitis and 20 to 30 per cent of patients will die from the condition.

"A vaccine has been available against pneumococcal infection for several years.
The vaccine is given just once and has few side effects. However it is not effective against all types of pneumococcal and gives poor protection in very young patients, the elderly and those with depressed immune system. Unfortunately, these groups of patients are at most risk from pneumococcal infections. There is, therefore, an urgent need for an improved vaccine.

"Future prospects include development of a more effective vaccine and the use of agents other than antibiotics to assist the recovery from pneumococcal meningitis. It is vital that cases of pneumococcal meningitis are recognised and treated as soon as possible. Research into the disease will hopefully lead to the development of further drugs and more effective vaccines.

Vaccines are not, and never will be, a substitute for prompt, appropriate medical treatment for serious bacterial infections.

no reaction as they have not had the MMR

my DD1 had her second pneumo jab today along with MMR had no ill effects from the first.

mumofteens

This information is about the old Pneumovax and not the current vaccine Prevenar.

Pneumococcal Vaccine,Pneumococcal disease refers to a wide range of illnesses caused by pneumococcal bacteria, and includes life-threatening meningitis and septicaemia.

Each year there are over 500 cases of severe pneumococcal disease in children under 2 in England & Wales alone, and up to a third of these are cases of pneumococcal meningitis.1

Pneumococcal meningitis is the second most common type of bacterial meningitis in the UK. Pneumococcal meningitis is more deadly than other major types of meningitis - 15 to 20 of every 100 people affected do not survive, and up to half of survivors are left with permanent disabilities that can be as severe as brain damage, deafness and cerebral palsy.

Pneumococcal septicaemia is a serious illness and can leave survivors with permanent organ damage and amputations.

Pneumococcal disease is also one of the main causes of severe pneumonia as well as a great many less serious illnesses including ear and sinus infections and bronchitis.

PREVENAR

What has changed? A pneumococcal vaccine has been introduced into the routine childhood immunisation schedule and is now offered to babies at 2, 4 and 13 months of age ( 15 months in Northern Ireland).
There is also a 'catch-up campaign' so that babies and children up to age two, who have already received their routine vaccines, will be offered the pneumococcal vaccine. All children born between 5 September 2004 and 3 July 2006 should be offered one dose of the vaccine before March 2007.

thanks Amyjade for all the up-to -date info.
My DS is having his pneumoccocal (catch-up) this evening so fingers crossed the reaction is not too bad (He was ok after the other vaccinations but I know it doesn't mean anything...)
Haven't been called up for the MMR yet, but I've been told babies tolerate it better (i.e. not such bad reaction) if they're a bit older so I'll wait for now.