Hepatitis A
Mandatory vaccine Hepatitis A refusal
Havrix (Hep A)
TwinrixAdult (Hep A & B)
"very rarely reported: allergic reactions mimicking serum sickness, vasculitis,
syncope, hypotension, lymphadenopathy, cases of peripheral and/or central neurological
disorders, and may include multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis, myelitis, Bells
palsy, polyneuritis such as Gullain-Barré syndrome (with ascending paralysis),
meningitis, encephalitis, encephalopathy, thrombocytopenic purpura, erythema exsudativum
multiforme."---Twinrix Adult
[Media China 6/2005] Hepatitis vaccine turns out a killer
Two specific vaccines come to mind, hepatitis A and hepatitis B. I will not go into a long-winded scientific process and simply state that the chance of an infant or child getting either hepatitis A or hepatitis B is close to none or nonexistent. When the potential for exposure does exist, those risk factors are easily identified. Even more disturbing is that hepatitis A causes a self-limiting infection and does not cause chronic disease. It is my opinion that parents should be made aware of the risks and benefits of each vaccine where the chance for infection during infancy is minimal to nonexistent.---Ronald Kennedy
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