Child's Age |
Vaccine and Dose |
Protects Against |
Incidence of food allergy |
At
Birth |
Hepatitis B
Dose 1 of 3 |
Hepatitis B virus (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long
complications) |
Some kids are
born allergic to certain foods Allergy symptoms can appear
from the first few weeks to the first two months, depending on how
sensitive your child is to the milk protein
casein
-- usually the cause of an allergy to cow's-milk
formula.
http://www.parents.com/baby/ |
1 to 2 months
(part of well-baby visit) |
Hepatitis B
Dose 2 of 3 |
Hepatitis B virus (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long
complications) |
|
2 months
(part of well-baby visit) |
DTaP
Dose 1 of 5 |
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
|
Hib
Dose 1 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
Polio (IPV)
Dose 1 of 4 |
Polio |
|
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7)
Dose 1 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia) |
A
soy
allergy is most common in infants and is usually noticed by 3 months of
age. Most children outgrow this allergy by 2 or 3 years of age.
http://www.cpnonline.org/CRS/CRS/ |
Rotavirus
Dose 1 of 3 |
Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting) |
|
4 months
(part of well-baby visit) |
DTaP
Dose 2 of 5 |
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
|
Hib
Dose 2 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
Polio (IPV)
Dose 2 of 4 |
Polio |
|
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7)
Dose 2 of 4 |
infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
Rotavirus
Dose 2 of 3 |
Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting) |
|
6 months
(part of well-baby visit) |
DTaP
Dose 3 of 5 |
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
|
Hib
Dose 3 of 4 |
Infections of the blood,
brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7)
Dose 3 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
Rotavirus
Dose 3 of 3 |
Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting) |
|
6 to 18 months |
Hepatitis B
Dose 3 of 3 |
Hepatitis B (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long complications) |
|
Polio (IPV)
Dose 3 of 4 |
Polio |
|
6 months or older |
Influenza
Dose 1 of 2 |
Flu and
complications |
|
Influenza
Dose 2 of 2 |
Flu and
complications |
|
12 to 15 months |
Hib
Dose 4 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia) |
allergies acquired in infancy (such as
allergies to nuts or shellfish) |
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7)
Dose 4 of 4 |
Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia) |
|
MMR
Dose 1 of 2 |
Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) |
|
Varicella
Dose 1 of 2 |
Chickenpox |
|
12 to 23
months
|
Hepatitis A
Dose 1 of 2 |
Hepatitis A virus (inflammation of the liver) |
Most allergies to foods begin in the first or
second year of life. |
15 to 18 months |
DTaP
Dose 4 of 5 |
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
Adverse reactions to food and food allergy were similar in Icelandic and
Swedish children. At the age of
18 months one can expect to confirm food allergy in approximately
one out of 15 children
with reported adverse reactions to food. |
18 months
or older |
Hepatitis A
Dose 2 of 2, (follows 6 months after Dose 1) |
Hepatitis A virus (inflammation of the liver) |
-In the case of food allergies,
2 to 4% of the population world-wide are affected with a
prevalence of
4.5 to 8% in children under 2.
|
|
|
|
The most affected age group was 2- to 3-year
olds (7.2%)
We’ve learned that food
allergies certainly do happen and that they are common – affecting about
1 in 18 children before the 3rd birthday. |
4 to 6 years |
DTaP
Dose 5 of 5 |
http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/kidstuff/newscheduler_le/
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
|
Polio (IPV)
Dose 4 of 4 |
Polio |
|
MMR
Dose 2 of 2 |
Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) |
|
Varicella
Dose 2 of 2 |
Chickenpox |
|
11 to 12 years |
Tdap |
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) |
|
MCV4
Dose 1 |
Meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
|
HPV
Dose 1 of 3 |
Human
Papillomavirus (Females only) |
|
HPV
Dose 2 of 3 |
Human
Papillomavirus (Females only) |
|
HPV
Dose 3 of 3 |
Human
Papillomavirus (Females only) |
if she was not allergic by age twelve, it was very
unlikely that she would develop an allergy to any of these tree nuts in the
future. |