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Posted On : 29 Sep 2008

My 3.6 yr old son always gets cold and flu. Can i give him flu vaccine? He is allergic to egg and some kind of daal. I read that flu vaccine is contraindicated in egg allergic people. Please reply.

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m.abdeen

can be given in hospital

16 years ago

Dr. Bankim Parikh

It would not be wise to give flu vaccine to a child who is known to be allergic to egg.
Furthermore flu vaccine will not protect against the colds shich are the common viral infections. the real flu would not be a recurrent infection.

16 years ago

javaidsaeed

yes if he has simple allergy its ok but if before he got anaphylactic shook then you should not

16 years ago

Nandkumar Joshi

no because different timevaried viruses attack

16 years ago

kadhem k kuredy

its not contraindication

16 years ago

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