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What is the controversy behind Rotavirus?

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Re: What is the controversy behind Rotavirus?

  • Marie TourvilleMarie Tourville

    I don't know if I'd call it controversy but it's a nasty bug that gives horrible smelling poop and puke.

     

    I do know that the vaccine is a live vaccine and is very new...too new for us to consider giving it to our kids.

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  • ironmommyironmommy

    Is there controversy? Maybe I'm out of the loop. We skipped the vaccine on the recommendation of Lily's pedi who was concerned because Lily has had a lot of stomach issues. She's not in day care, so we opted to skip the vaccine.

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  • Mustang SallyMustang Sally
    There was an article in the news just a couple of days ago, maybe yesterday, about how effective this vaccine has proven to be in reducing the number of cases, more than they expected.  I didn't know there was any controversy...?
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  • IckyThumpIckyThump

    It's a relatively new vaccine, so there is some discomfort involved with some parents and pediatricians. I weighted it out, and the possibility of DS getting the rotavirus scared us more than the slight possibility of there being a problem with the vaccine, so he got it.

    I've heard a lot of horror stories about infants getting the rotavirus - it's almost a guaranteed hospital stay. But do your research and decide for yourself. I got no beef with parents who don't get it.Cool

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  • RaeLipsonRaeLipson

    The old vaccine was associated with a slightly increased risk of intussception. This is when the bowel telescopes over itself and becomes blocked off. Once this found it was taken off the market. Ethically, this was a sad decision. In the US, very few infants die from rotavirus. It's mainly cost of treatment and parental time from work driving the vaccine need. However, in the third world, many, many infants die from diarheal illness and it was well worth the risk of the vaccine.

     I don't practice general pediatics anymore, so I don't know as much about the risk profile for the new vaccine.

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