Dairy intolerant after rotavirus vaccine
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Anonymous
+6 here DC is 2yrs now and still intolerant to dairy. He isn’t allergic but very clear he is intolerant/sensitive. I also could have written same exact story. No way am convinced it was coincidence- the vaccine is definitely the cause of my child’s dairy issues. Also, we are not anti-vax here and the Ped agreed to not move forward with the last rotovirus vaccine. Very upset my child still can’t tolerate dairy and had such a painful reaction that lasted so long at such a you he age to the vaccine. |
Anonymous
| My DS became dairy intolerant around 2.5. Not caused by a vaccine or triggered by anything. Just became constipated with GI trouble, out of the blue. Eventually we cut out all dairy and he was cured. At 5 now, he can have yogurt and s small amount of cheese but no milk. |
Anonymous
| FWIW, OP, my younger child had milk soy protein intolerance, and the onset was around 3.5 months (so ahead of the 4m vaccines but well after the 2m vaccines). This particular condition has a typical onset around that age (and MSPI predates the inclusion of rotavirus vaccine in the routine vaccinations). So while it could conceivably be a vaccine side effect, it's also very possible that if he has MSPI, it might have presented around that age regardless. |
Anonymous
| I had a dairy/soy intolerance as a baby, and I never received the rotavirus vaccination (it wasn't given). |
Anonymous
| Where I am from the rotavirus vaccine is available but not recommended because the side effects outweigh the benefits. I wish doctors would be better informed or more honest about this. Gut health should not be messed up with. That being said, my 2 year old did not get it and still has tons of allergies. |
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This is so interesting.
DS had the Rotovirus vaccine and it seemed to trigger days and days of nonstop crying, irritability, and a looong journey down the silent reflux road. He previously had none of these symptoms. Fast forward, he ended up on a sensitive formula and being mediated for the reflux. |
Anonymous
| Gave all three of my babies rota as scheduled - no side effects, no allergies. Youngest now 9. |
Anonymous
| My daughter had bloody stools following rotavirus vaccine. She is now 12 and stil anaphylactic to dairy. It all changed on the day of her vaccine. Wish I could go back. |
Anonymous
I’m PP 23:19. Our DC received the roto vaccine somewhat delayed as was almost 4 mos and it trigger the dairy intolerance for sure. DC is 3 now- out grown egg allergy but still intolerant to dairy and gluten. It upset stomach with GI issues. Did any of the PPs DC have reactions to the other live vaccines? |
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It's both sad and encouraging to see so many in the same boat.
Our older child had zero reactions to any vaccines, was fully vaccinated on AAP/CDC vaxx schedule. Totally fine. He was slightly dairy sensitive as a baby, but, was a happy spitter and grew out of all of it by 1. Our daughter who is three years younger demonstrated greater dairy sensitivity from birth, and I cut out all dairy and top allergens quickly after she was born. After her four month vaccines which included rotavirus, she had a very rough stretch. Within three days her sleep totally disrupted, she stopped eating, had crazy diapers, and on the third day she screamed at the top of her lungs for several hours one night. I had taken her in to the ped by day 2, they could not find anything attributable to her reactions, and indicated "coincidence" to the timing with the vaccines. After this, and in discussion with our ped, we dropped the rest of the rota series. Our ped said that rotavirus is decreasing significantly in the U.S. in general (yes, I know, herd immunity, etc) and that the risk is generally a child having vomiting and diarrhea which could require hospitalization for fluids/iv to recover from dehydration. Ever since this we've spaced her out to one vaccine per visit and had her on a delayed schedule. I think she is a more sensitive child, and we are just taking it slow for her. If you look up the vaccine information on the CDC website, it lists the various possible side effects for each vaccine. She is now almost 20 months. We've delayed MMR, given its notorious reputation. We're planning on probably tackling that around 24 months. While I realize that research has debunked individual vaccines as being independently responsible for autism and other issues, I don't know that I've come across the research which demonstrates the safety and efficacy of the multiple vaccine combination that now is given to children through their well child visits. IMHO, it may be that combining multiple vaccines is overload for certain children and that vaccines, unlike the vast majority of the rest of medical practice, are not always a "one size fits all". |
Anonymous
OK I'll bite, I was a pediatric ICU RN in a major metropolitan city for many years. I have cared for dozens of babies who were either to young to be vaccinated or their parents opted not to that contracted rotavirus. It causes severe, severe dehydration; so severe that babies have to be sedated and intubated to protect their airways, so severe that I've had babies not make it. So the benefits would be that your baby doesn't potentially die from a preventable disease. Good enough for you? |
Anonymous
I don't think you're arguing with that person. They're saying the benefit of the vax outweighs the risk. And so are you. Right? |
Anonymous
| Our child has a dairy allergy too and we are following a very strict dairy diet. Today he just got Rota and after 10 hours he made bloody stools. After reading the same complaints I think the same it can not be a coincidence. |
Anonymous
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Every issies about Rota is written on the FDA website
https://www.fda.gov/media/75727/download |
Anonymous
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My son continues to react with any of the live viruses that contain fetal bovine serum, however the worst was with rotavirus. It started after rotavirus at 2 months. We thought colic. It worsened after 4 month and we declined the 6 month one. Unfortunately with MMR, Varicella and Pentacel (dTap-IPV-Hib) all containing fetal bovine serum as a growth agent it just exposes again and again. We only did one shot at a time ever since the 4 month visit. At 3 he still cant tolerate dairy. I want him immunized so we still get shots but I think that some people react differently to some ingredients. Just like some people react to PEGs.
These continue through 6 so I have no idea if he will continue to not tolerate dairy. |