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anonymous

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Last month my son had a small cold and he was due for his RSV shot so i took him to the doc to get his shot and it seem that he got better with his cold. this month will be his last RSV shot and I'm alittle scared about not having his shots anymore and getting sick. He has been doing very good untill know. do kids get RSV shot only the first year?
mom to 12month with cf
 
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anonymous

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I was scared, too. I still get edgy!

From what ds's doctor explained -- almost all kids get RSV at some point in their lives. The key is preventing it when they're very very young when their respiratory systems are still developing. When there's a greater risk of complications. With time, your child is going to start developing some resistance to viruses, so as they get older, the symptoms should be milder. From what I understand RSV = lots of snot and with teeny tiny infants, they can't blow their noses or move that stuff up and out.

When DS was getting his synagis shots, I believe there were a couple of RSV cases at his daycare and around that time he did develop an upper respiratory bug -- was wheezy and coughed on occaison, but at the time didn't develop a fever, wasn't breathing excessively fast (normal). Just increased the CPT when it occured.

Liza
 
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anonymous

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We were able to get synagis shots for our son for 2 years. The CF doctor and Pediatrician both recommended it and I believe they had to write a letter to get insurance to cover it the 2nd year. His birthday is April so he was under 2 for the 2nd year's shots and I got the impression that if his 2nd birthday was before RSV season then insurance might not have approved it. Just to warn you though, the 2nd year shots were worse than the 1st year because he had to get a shot in each leg every month due to being larger than at 1 year and needing a bigger dose.
 
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anonymous

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Respiratory Synctial Virus (Spelling?) Nasty virus(es) that can cause respiratory distress in teeny tiny infants, preemies. Can cause lung damage, asthma...
 
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anonymous

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My little girl was diagnosed in Oct (I think, it was fall anyway) when she was 5 months old. We got the RSV vacciniation that year and started it for the second year. Then we had to stop, its to expenisive. Not all insurances will cover the second year. Couple of facts I found out from it:

You would only get it two years, and the second year depending on age

Its expensive, even with just a copay.

Its not that effective. It reduces the risk of getting RSV by 50%. Thats a good reduction, but for the price??????

Because its not a good secuirty blanket, it can only be used in addition to other preventive measures. You would still need to be on "house arrest" (isolation)

A lot of parents will quite work to keep their little one home because of the price of the vaccacination and the little effect it has.

just some inputs.
 
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anonymous

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DS had the rsv shots the first year. Insurance refused to cover them -- shots are $3200 a month. We had to get an attorney to write a letter that basically said that the financial costs of the shots far outweighed the risks -- possible hospital stay, lung damage...

A former coworker of mine had a daughter with intersitial lung disease -- possibly undiagnosed RSV. He claims that his child's problems began when she was a newborn and was put in the same hospital room as a child with RSV. She caught RSV, had asthma. Liza
 
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