Dairy intolerant after rotavirus vaccine
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Anonymous
| My DC had the rotoviruses vaccines as scheduled. He had a terrible gas pains that he would wake wailing in middle of nights for weeks after vaccine. Diarrhea also lasted just as long. Dr said it was coincidence so we scheduled him for 2nd vaccine appropriately spaced. The same symptoms appeared and last just as long and we then realized he was having a bad reaction and dr did not Rec the last round for the rotavirus. After the first vaccine he also had a change in his dirty diapers which were green instead of the mustard yellow they had always been steak with mucous globs. After trial and error I eliminated dairy and soy as he was strictly BF. After a week and a half his diapers were back to normal. However he is now 19 mos old and still can’t tolerate dairy. Did anyone else ha e a similar experience with the timing of the dairy intolerance having onset later around 4 mos old? It was clear he wasn’t before then because his diapers were normal and looked healthy. |
Anonymous
| Dairy intolerance can appear at anytime. An intolerance can also be dose specific - some can tolerate baked in dairy and others can't. My son's diapers didn't get bad until later but he had signs and symptoms since he was a week old. 6 weeks (when you had the diaper changes with the first dose?) is a very common time for the mucus to show up though it can also be later. |
Anonymous
| My DS also had a horrible rxn to roto vaccine that resulted in diarrhea and foul smelling diapers that lasted for weeks and he developed awful reflux the day after the first vaccine that didn't resolve for a year and a half. I had to eliminate dairy and soy from my diet (nursing) due to this new sensitivity and we went through extensive allergy testing. Fortunately, he's now 5, and can eat all dairy. I think this resolved by age 2. We skipped roto vaccine for my daughter after this experience. We researched online at the time and there were a lot of people with similar reactions to this vaccine. I'm all about vaccines but this one is a problem IMHO. Really frustrating when you read identical symptoms related to this vaccine and the doctors say it's coincidence. |
Anonymous
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I'm so sorry that happened. Diarrhea is a known, mild side effect for some children; the benefit of the rotavirus vaccine outweighs the risk.
However, a dairy intolerance isn't a "known" side effect. Can you please report this to VAERS so researchers have this information? |
Anonymous
Yes, this happened to our DS. His diapers were green with bloody mucus and smelled terrible post rotavirus vaccination at 2 months, and I truly believe it's when his dairy issues began. From that point on he had eczema and reacted terribly to any dairy in my diet at all. The issues cleared up when I eliminated dairy while breastfeeding. We ended up skipping the remaining vaccinations with our Ped's support (he agreed DS seemed to have a bad reaction to the vaccination, and this is a documented thing, so it's not like we were being crazy about it). DS ended up being allergic to milk, an allergy he outgrew by age 3. I'm definitely not convinced the rotavirus vaccination caused the allergy, but with as little as we know about the cause of allergies I can't eliminate it as a contributing factor. He was also allergic to eggs and is still allergic to some tree nuts, so this could have been something that was brewing long before the vax or even the reason why he reacted to badly to it. I really don't know. We decided not to do the rotavirus vaccine with our 2nd child. We are not anti-vac and have mostly followed the CDC schedule for everything else. |
Anonymous
OP here. Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. It’s jusy really hard for me not to wonder if it was related to the vaccine since his reaction was so bad and started at the same time. That’s interesting PP about the egg allergy as my DC is allergic to egg as well. |
Anonymous
| OP here again. For the milk allergy, did anyone have blood work done to see if their DC could handle certain dairy foods? Our allergist said that the blood work is more sensitive so they can break down exactly what foods cause the allergic reaction. Anyone done this? |
Anonymous
I'm the PP you just quoted above. I was encouraged by our ped to still try dairy and other allergenic foods as early as possible, even though I knew he was reacting to it in my breast milk. My DS's allergic reactions to eggs and milk once he ate them were obvious and severe (facial swelling, respiratory symptoms, vomiting). Even still, our allergist wanted him to first do skin testing and then still actually try foods he hadn't yet tried or had a reaction to (like nuts, which he also then reacted to). And while blood tests can show the level of antibodies present in the system for certain types of proteins, it's still not an exact science and can cause alarm when levels are high for a food a child may be able to tolerate. For example, my nephew has a severe peanut allergy and got into an allergy study at Duke for which the blood testing was required. His blood tests showed sky high levels for coconuts, certain beans - foods he's always tolerated - along with the peanuts and tree nuts he's reacted to. |
Anonymous
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There is also a difference between an allergy (ige mediated aka can be anaphylactic) and an intolerance which is mainly GI symptoms. My son has MSPI and tests negative on skin tests. If there is any history of allergy (not just food) in your families, your child is more likely to develop an allergy or intolerance.
Also, while it may seem like dairy issues are new, they used to just be changed up to colic, etc rather than diagnosed. Based on descriptions from my mom, I was likely intolerant as a baby, my sister is allergic to milk protein, we have family autoimmune issues making dairy intolerance more likely, and so on. Rotovirus is hard on their GI system and it is given at the prime age for an intolerance to show conclusive symptoms. |
Anonymous
| Lactose intolerance (different from an allergy to a dairy protein) can also pop up in very young children at any time. My kid became lactose intolerant at about 2.5. I expected her to end up LI, as both my husband and I are, but didn't know it could hit so early (mine didn't hit until ~7 or so). Turns out 20% of kids of Asian and African descent become LI before 3, and I'm sure some other kids as well. |
Anonymous
OMG just stumbled on this. Our story exactly. |
Anonymous
Tell us more about the bolded. What are the benefits of the rota virus that outweigh the risks. Keep your answers in the scope of developed countries |
Anonymous
| EXACTLY same experience here. It is pretty obvious this is not just a coincidence, and I will be skipping this vaccine for future children. It was ROUGH |
Anonymous
+ what 5? I could have written the Same EXACT post as OP and insert DS age 21 mos now. So crazy so many have this experience. |
Anonymous
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Our daughter had a horrible reaction at 4 months to her vaccines. We suspected rotavirus-- she was full on screaming, significantly decreased appetite, restless and couldn't sleep, and had crazy diapers. Our older son (3 y/o) never experienced any reaction like this.
She also had her pentacel at her last visit and was fussy and uncomfortable for about 3-4 days afterwards. We elected to skip last dose of rota and spread vaccines out to one per visit. But, we are approaching her one year visit in August, and I am starting to get nervous about some of the notorious vaccinations coming up since she has clearly demonstrated sensitivities. Has anyone else modified vaccinations going forward? Just feeling nervous and wanting to do what's best for her sensitive little body! |