Could vaccines cause a fever for a whole year straight? Help!

[Wildecat]

Hello everyone, I need your help!

I have a friend whose son has had a fever everyday for his first year of life. The Drs have not been able to detect why. They have told her various things and done tests and so far nothing. I have not mentioned vaccines to her which I am sure she does but thought that this might be why. I have tried to do research online but have found nothing. Do any of you have any info for me regarding this situation or can you please steer me in the right direction? Could a vaccine reaction be triggering the fevers?

[Gitti]

Interesting that the doctors have looked at everything and ran all sort of tests yet did not look at vaccines as a possible trigger. Well, they can't. They are bound by pharma guide lines and there is just no way they would be allowed to question them.

Could vaccines be the trigger? By all means, yes. Foreign substances are injected into the body and the child has been trying to get rid of them ever since. Yes, I would highly suspect the vaccines.

I have no links since there are none. After all, which pharma would conduct a study that shows what damages vaccine do to the immune system?

But we can look at what vaccines do in general -

Vaccination - Assault on the Species

[newmum35]

Holy Cow! How high is the fever? Are some days worse than others? Does he seem to be ok otherwise? Hitting milestones, etc?

DO Mention vaccines to her, as a possible cause, she might want to consider has his condition worsened after shots compared to before, etc. Or just to get her brainstorming, hopefully they can figure this out and help the poor little guy! Did his fever start with his first shots or was it there since birth? And I guess I should ask did he receive his first shot at birth?! since they do that a lot, unless you opt out! (Hep B) (That makes me ill, btw. I can't believe Hep B is routinely given to newborns who are not at risk- which are most of them- that just is mind boggling and I can't believe it is allowed to continue!)

[SanJosemama]

Sounds like it could be Lyme disease and/or coinfections such as Babesia. In this case, vaccines wouldn't have caused it, but they could have been a contributing factor in weakening the body and allowing the organisms to take over.

The baby could have been bitten by a tick, or infected in the womb if the mother was infected. The mother could have the infections with no symptoms, if her immune system is strong.

Here is a link to find a doctor who will do the proper testing:
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
click on "doctor referral"

[Scattershoot]

If vaccines can paralyze and kill a child, I would imagine they could certainly cause a long term fever. My brother in law was sick for 6 months following vaccination. He had a low grade fever much of the time. He's 200 lbs and in good shape, so I can only imagine what a shot could potentially do to a little baby.

[BugMacGee]

Has he been tested for leukemia?

[Murihiku]

Originally Posted by newmum35

Did his fever start with his first shots or was it there since birth? And I guess I should ask did he receive his first shot at birth?!

Those were the questions that ocurred to me, too.

[Ruthla]

Just how high is this fever? My first thought is "maybe this baby's normal body temperature is higher than 98.6 degrees F." I mean, if he's been 99 degrees every single day since birth, that might just be normal for him and not actually a sign of illness.

[bbrandonsmom]

Has she found anything out? We're sort of going through the same thing with recurring fevers. I wonder if this boy's temp is higher than norm though?

[talk de jour]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

Just how high is this fever? My first thought is "maybe this baby's normal body temperature is higher than 98.6 degrees F." I mean, if he's been 99 degrees every single day since birth, that might just be normal for him and not actually a sign of illness.

That's what I was thinking, too.

[williamsmommy2002]

My oldest ds get unexplained fevers a lot. His only diagnosed issues are allergies and autism. The allergies are what we think causes the fevers.

[bbrandonsmom]

Williamsmom-how often does he get them? Did they do an allergy test? Our last test revealed no allergies but autism was never mentioned, as ds has no symptoms really for it. Is there anything else you guys are looking at for the reasons for the fevers?

[snowgirl]

I had a friend whose son had recurring fevers. They went to several drs. and a larger well known hospital in the area to get help. He was vaxed as well. They ended up having to give him steriods every time he had a fever. I guess that there is such a thing as "recurring fevers" and they can last a couple of years. I think he had them for about 2 years.

Not much help, but wanted to share. I think there was a name attached to this condition, but I do not remember it.

[williamsmommy2002]

Originally Posted by bbrandonsmom

Williamsmom-how often does he get them? Did they do an allergy test? Our last test revealed no allergies but autism was never mentioned, as ds has no symptoms really for it. Is there anything else you guys are looking at for the reasons for the fevers?

Shoot, I think at least a few times a week. Mostly in the afternoon/evening. For a while I thought that it might be him just trying to fight off illness. He was only ill three times until he started a sn preschool at almost 4. now he still gets them often but he gets ill about every 2-3 weeks. He's had a lot of allergy tests. He's tested positive on a rast test to almost everything he's been tested for. I won't really agree with skin tests because of his other issues so we do foods mostly by trial. He seems to get fevers when his allergies are flaring. Right now he has a fine allergy rash and a small fever.

As for other things we have tested for. We have done blood counts, immune globulin levels and some metabolic testing. Everything has come back normal so far.

If the allergy tests have come back negative, I don't know. My brother used to have some funny fevers and he had a severe vaccine reaction. His was allergic though. He's only allergic to bees and the tetanus vaccine but both are very severe allergies.