Hep B Info Rqd

[PunkyDiva]

My DS has just brought home consent forms for us to fill in regarding Hep B injections.

Can anyone give me some good links to info on this immunisation. (I'm being lazy I know)

My head is saying no, but need to do some more reading me thinks.

Thanking you in advance.

[the_queen]

Will your newborn be having unsafe sex or using dirty needles? If not, don't get the vax.

I'll dig up some links, please stay tuned :D

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lol...wel seeing as Queenie is digging up some links...I wont bother lol:thumbsup:

[PunkyDiva]

Will your newborn be having unsafe sex or using dirty needles? If not, don't get the vax.

I'll dig up some links, please stay tuned :D

Staying tuned ..."grovel grovel"...my impression of being intimidated, NOT

Thankyou

PS It's a 12 year old boy and I certainly hope he's not having sex or using needles.

[the_queen]

http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_04_200206/eld10500_fm.html

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisB.htm

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/329/7468/703-a?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=hepatitis+B+vaccine&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7474/1080

I've got more if you want them :D

[the_queen]

oh :o I read it as "My dp just brought home" sorry, it's late and eyes no work good sometime :o Sorry. I hope your 12 yr old isn't doing those things either :eek:! The other kind of general risk factors are things like stepping on a random needle. That's something that doesn't affect babies or littlies as much, but a 12 yr old isn't always in your line of sight or under your control. BUT with the whole "stepping on a needle" scenario, remember just because drug users are more likely to have a disease, doesn't mean every drug user has a disease. Also, depending on how long the needle has been left in the open, any or all of the disease ... germs... (I want to use a big smarty-pants word there but also don't want to look stupid when I choose the wrong one LOL...) may have died or been washed away. And even if you step on a needle which has been very recently used by a HIV+ person, there is still only something like a 10% chance of catching anything from the needle. So again it's a "weigh up the risks for yourself" situation.

Is the vax being reccomended for a specific situation? The reason I ask is, there's lots of different things to think about. When I went away to boarding school, I was required to have the hep B vaccine due to the high number of students living in very close quarters. That situation raised the risk of contracting the disease.

[PunkyDiva]

Thankyou, will read some more in the morning but from what I just read think I'll def be going with the NO box.

My DS already has **** in his body to control his epilepsy so was hesitant anyway.
If you have any info on that too The Queen I would be very interested. I did look at the diet you can do(can't remember the name, there was a movie about it though) but it had problems with poor nutritional benefit for a teenager, so maybe something to look at when he's older.

[the_queen]

No worries.
I haven't looked into epilepsy though. But a couple of those vax articles are from the BMJ (British Medical Journal) and I really like their stuff. Their website has a search function, it might be worth having a search of epilepsy, or the medication he's currently on.

[Can I?]

Is the vax being reccomended for a specific situation?

They offer Hep B and the varicella vaccine to 12 year olds because they weren't on the schedule when these kids were vaccinated as infants. My DS was vaccinated with Hep B last year. We didnt get the varicella though.