| Child's Age |
Vaccine and
Dose |
Protects
Against |
Incidence of
food allergy |
|
At Birth |
Hepatitis B
[1]
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/
An allergy to milk usually begins to develop in the first few months
of life.
http://www.babycareadvice.com/babycare/
general_help/article.php?id=19 |
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 |
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. |