Hello-
Has anyone had a child that was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata shortly after having received the Hepatits B vaccine? This condition is the sudden appearance of round or oval patches of hair loss - these patches are completely slick bald or smooth without any signs of inflammation, scaling or broken hairs. They appear literally overnight, or sometimes over a few days.
When my son (who will be 6 years old on May 6th) was born, we decided to not give him the Hep B shot until it was required for him to begin school. He has been on a different schedule to begin with, because we had seen some reactions with my two older children (who are 11 1/2 yr. and 9 yr.) and their vaccines and we decided that we would spread the shots out for our 3rd child, and not do a couple of them until he was older, or possibly not at all.
The Hep B was one of the ones we held off on until this past January. He had his first dose in late January and the second dose in late March, and now he has a LARGE bald area on the side of his head where he has lost his hair and the doctor believes that he will continue to lose his hair or develop large patches around his head of bald spots with hair loss. It could in fact spread and develop into him losing all of his hair on his head and face and if it continues to get worse it can spread all over his body.
The doctor said today that this seemed too coincidental that this would happen within weeks after receiving this vaccine, and he thought there may be a connection (which I strongly believe there is an obvious connection) and on the CDC's website, it actually states that there are priority studies being performed and "while the mechanisms responsible for alopecia following vaccination are not certain, the condition may be caused by an immune disorder." Our doctor drew blood today to check our son's autoimmune system with all that is happening to him.
In a couple of other articles I found online, it stated that alopecia areata is frequently associated with other autoimmune problems; studies reveal vitamin d deficiency is associated with an increased risk of autoimmune conditions such as alopecia areata; although anyone who develops alopecia areata has an inherited predisposition to do so, it is believed some event is required to precipitate its activation-usually triggers in children are illnesses in childhood (which we have had none),vaccinations, any food allergy with dairy (lactose), gluten or red fruits and berries being the common ones.
If anyone has any personal experiences regarding this topic they can share or resources to help me weave my way through the vaccine system and documentation that can support these findings, please let me know.
Thank you so much!!! It has been a lot for me to deal with today!!! And very upsetting to think that even after trying to spread out his vaccines for the last 5 1/2 years and be as safe as I could be with him, harm has still now come to him!
Has anyone had a child that was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata shortly after having received the Hepatits B vaccine? This condition is the sudden appearance of round or oval patches of hair loss - these patches are completely slick bald or smooth without any signs of inflammation, scaling or broken hairs. They appear literally overnight, or sometimes over a few days.
When my son (who will be 6 years old on May 6th) was born, we decided to not give him the Hep B shot until it was required for him to begin school. He has been on a different schedule to begin with, because we had seen some reactions with my two older children (who are 11 1/2 yr. and 9 yr.) and their vaccines and we decided that we would spread the shots out for our 3rd child, and not do a couple of them until he was older, or possibly not at all.
The Hep B was one of the ones we held off on until this past January. He had his first dose in late January and the second dose in late March, and now he has a LARGE bald area on the side of his head where he has lost his hair and the doctor believes that he will continue to lose his hair or develop large patches around his head of bald spots with hair loss. It could in fact spread and develop into him losing all of his hair on his head and face and if it continues to get worse it can spread all over his body.
The doctor said today that this seemed too coincidental that this would happen within weeks after receiving this vaccine, and he thought there may be a connection (which I strongly believe there is an obvious connection) and on the CDC's website, it actually states that there are priority studies being performed and "while the mechanisms responsible for alopecia following vaccination are not certain, the condition may be caused by an immune disorder." Our doctor drew blood today to check our son's autoimmune system with all that is happening to him.
In a couple of other articles I found online, it stated that alopecia areata is frequently associated with other autoimmune problems; studies reveal vitamin d deficiency is associated with an increased risk of autoimmune conditions such as alopecia areata; although anyone who develops alopecia areata has an inherited predisposition to do so, it is believed some event is required to precipitate its activation-usually triggers in children are illnesses in childhood (which we have had none),vaccinations, any food allergy with dairy (lactose), gluten or red fruits and berries being the common ones.
If anyone has any personal experiences regarding this topic they can share or resources to help me weave my way through the vaccine system and documentation that can support these findings, please let me know.
Thank you so much!!! It has been a lot for me to deal with today!!! And very upsetting to think that even after trying to spread out his vaccines for the last 5 1/2 years and be as safe as I could be with him, harm has still now come to him!
