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Can daughter get flu shot

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15 years 2 days ago #8745 by emma1
Can daughter get flu shot was created by emma1
My daughter will be 15 this month and was diagnosed in 12/09. She got her flu every year so far but now that she has ITP, does one still get the shot? What have others done?
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15 years 2 days ago #8746 by srunge
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Both of our doctors told us that Emmy had to have one because she just finished with Rituxan. She just got the shot yesterday.
And finished Rituxan 3 days prior.
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15 years 2 days ago #8748 by Angel85
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I get the flu shot every year and have never had any problems. I didn't get it this year as I was on nplate at the time and the doctor didn't know if it would react to the nplate. It's probally a good idea to talk to her doctor about it.
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15 years 1 day ago #8770 by emma1
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thank you all
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15 years 1 day ago #8783 by sandpit
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My daughter's platelets did plummet from the flu shot but I think it was much less severe and quickly bounced back compared to having the full blown flu.

Just be careful in your timing of the shot.
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15 years 14 hours ago #8799 by alaventure
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Definitely talk to your daughter's doctor about it because each person is different. I just asked my Hema about getting a flu shot 3 weeks ago and he told me it would be ok.
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14 years 11 months ago #8823 by lucidawn
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Our hemonc told us that any immunization would not be effective right after taking Rituxan. Tim did not get his last year because his platelets were so low that the hemonc was concerned with the needle stick, not the shot itself. It has seemed to correlate in the past with reactivating his ITP, but then other times it did not. As a psych student, I've learned correlation does not equal causation. So, it may have been a seasonal thing with him, at the time. Now he's on NPlate and he got his flu shot today. he's on a low dose of it, 1mg/kg.
Donna Ingold
Mom to Kelly 22, Karen 21, Josiah 19 (Congenital Heart Defect, MS), Timothy 17 (Chronic Refractory ITP-dx 5/03, Asthma), Isaac 15(blind left eye).

Allergic and Refractive to WinRho
Shortlived small response to IVIg(a few days of 30k or less).
0-1k since September 2010
No response to...
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14 years 11 months ago #8883 by xray001
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Danica's hemo always wants her count to be above 100 whenever getting any immunizations.
Michelle - mom to Danica - age 13
Diagnosed 8-6-09
No response with Prednisone, WinRho or Rituximab.
over 60 IVIg infusions (every two weeks)
Three Decadron pulses - count was up while on the Decadron, and then fell as soon as it was stopped. SPLENECTOMY done 7-June-2011 Last count 594
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14 years 11 months ago #9174 by susasch
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We were just at the Hemotologist yesterday and had planned on getting a flu shot for my 12 year. However her counts are at 3 :(
Doctor said he won't give a flu shot until we get the numbers back up.
The risk of bleeding when the needle goes into her muscle was too great.
And they won't do the mist b/c that's a live virus.
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14 years 11 months ago #9209 by sandpit
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Hope your daughter's counts improve quickly.

An update for my daughter. Last year's swine flu vaccine made her counts go from normal to petechia appearing on her legs along with some mild fluish symptoms (and quickly recovered). This year she had the regular flu shot and had no side effects and no petechia.

So each shot is different.
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14 years 11 months ago #9214 by fordnash
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Jaxen has been on the N~Plate trial for a couple years now. He is also without a spleen. In my opinion, not only CAN your daughter get the flu shot, but she SHOULD. ITP is not a disorder that causes immuno suppression, however..... these children appear to be unable to fight two things at one time. When they get sick, the platelets seem to get the short end of the stick!

Jaxen does get his flu shot every year and due to his risk with not having a spleen, the rest of our family does as well. This years flu shots apparently are including the H1N1 WITH the flu shot so it is all together in one shot! :)

I would still talk to your doctor, but a lot of us have learned that sometimes it is much more comfortable to talk to our doctors with a little bit of knowledge in our back pockets!
Pamela Ford ~
Parent of 10 year old Jaxen Ford ~ diagnosed at age 4. Active on N~Plate's pediatric clinical trial after failing all other treatments including splenectomy.
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