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Prevent Swine Influenza Disease in Kids
Swine Flu Risks to Pregnant Women
The swine flu vaccine, and any other flu vaccine, poses a risk to anyone with an egg allergy due to the fact that the vaccine contains small amounts of chicken egg protein. The CDC recommends that anyone with egg allergies avoid getting the swine flu vaccine, even if they are pregnant.
Information on Different H1N1 Vaccine Formulations by Manufacturer
Risks from Thimerosal During Pregnancy
Recognize H1N1 Swine Flu Symptoms to Avoid Contagious Infection
Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in many formulations of the seasonal flu and swine flu vaccines. There have been no clinical findings that thimerosal poses a danger to pregnant women. There are formulations that do not contain thimerosal, available to pregnant women who are concerned about the mercury content during pregnancy. The risk of swine flu complications during pregnancy is so high, however, that the CDC recommends that all pregnant women get vaccinated, even if the only formulations available have thimerosal.
Details about U.S. Approved Swine Flu Injections
None of the three injectable swine flu manufacturers licensed to produce H1N1 vaccine within the United States recommend their product for use in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Manufacturer Recommendations:
Risk of Swine Flu Infection for Infants
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Egg Allergies and the Swine Flu Vaccine
There are three swine flu vaccine manufacturers that provide approved H1N1 vaccine to the United States. Each formulation of the injected swine flu vaccine is used differently.
While the inhaled version of the swine flu vaccine does not contain thimerosal either, this type of vaccination contains a live form of the virus, and should not be taken by pregnant women.
Infants under the age of six months cannot directly receive the H1N1 flu vaccine. In addition to immature immune systems, the lack of a vaccination puts them at an increased risk of infection by the swine flu or seasonal flu. According to a 2008 study called "Effectiveness of Maternal Influenza Immunization in Mothers and Infants," published in the New England Journal of Medicine by K. Zaman, E. Roy, and S. Arifeen, pregnant women who received the seasonal flu vaccine decreased the chances of their infant, under six months of age, contracting the flu by 63%. Clinical trials are currently under way to determine if the H1N1 vaccine has the same benefit.
During pregnancy, women and their babies are vulnerable to both dangers posed by potential infection, and to medications and vaccines created to fight against the infection. Each type of illness or potential infection requires a pregnant woman and her doctor to weigh the benefits of the treatment against the risks posed by the illness. Swine flu [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the swine flu vaccine created to combat the H1N1 infection, are no exception to this rule.
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