~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 04:41 PM 11/25/97 -0500, Al & Diane Solderitsch wrote: >Some thoughts that come to mind: does anyone think that if a child has varicella before age one, we should do a titer or vaccinate anyway? >Just wondering. -Diane, CNP >_____________________________________________________________ > >My child had varicella twice, once at 9 months and once at 2 years, both >times while I was in residency and money was tight. (Incidentally, it is not >unusual for a child to have a second attack when the first came prior to >their first birthday.) > >Andrew M. Eisen, MD >Assistant Professor of Pediatrics >University of Nevada School of Medicine > Is there any literature on this? I've been told by more than one I.D. expert that neither the age when Varicella is contracted or the severity of the illness correlates with the immune response. I did some checking after taking our kids to a "Chicken Pox Party" (before the vaccine was available) and our (at the time) 10 month old had one of the mildest cases I'd ever seen. I was reassured that despite her age and her mild symptoms she should still develop normal immunity. Does anybody know of any other studies showing otherwise? Michael Sachs, M.D. General Pediatrician