Vaccinated children and Infliximab

[Stephyjane]

Hi, just a quick question to put my mind at ease.
My daughter is due to have a sleepover at a school friends tomorrow. Her friends baby brother has had an MMR vaccination this week. Is it ok for my daughter to come in close contact with him. She is on Aza and Infliximab.
Having a paranoid momma moment:eek2:
Thanks

 

[Johnnysmom]

I am President of the paranoid momma's club!! (Welcome)

I would call your daughters Pediatrician or the GI and ask. When my son was getting a flu shot this year they would not give my daughter the mist because he could catch the flu from her. I don't really know if the MMR would run the same risk but I would want to double check as well.

Hopefully they will say there is no issue and she will be fine to go

 

[rygon]

The NHS say:-

It's not possible for people who have recently had the vaccine to infect other people.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/mmr-vaccine.aspx

 

[Stephyjane]

Thank you. I knew that you had to knowingly avoid Polio but was unsure about other vaccinations.

 

[my little penguin]

Viral Shedding and Live Vaccines

Viral shedding, in which someone becomes contagious and can pass a virus to someone else, is sometimes a concern when parents think about live vaccines.

Fortunately, viral shedding is not usually a problem because:

the MMR vaccine doesn't cause shedding
the chicken pox vaccine can rarely cause shedding if a child develops a vesicular rash after getting vaccinated, but can be avoided by avoiding direct contact with the rash
the rotavirus vaccine only causes shedding in stool, so can be avoided with routine hygiene techniques, such as good hand washing, and if immunocompromised people avoid diaper changes, etc., for at least a week after a child gets a rotavirus vaccine
transmission of the live, nasal spray flu vaccine has not been found in several settings, including people with HIV infection, children getting chemotherapy, and immunocompromised people in health-care settings

From:


http://pediatrics.about.com/od/immunizations/a/live-vaccines.htm

 

[polly13]

Think she will be ok but as I am a paranoid mum also especially with biologics I would make a quick call to your GI nurse for reassurance. Also if your dd is up to date with vaccines it will be ok