In a message dated 3/14/02 1:20:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Hep B and Hib vaccines either contain yeast or are
> cultured in yeast.
> Could these vaccines, when given to newborns,
> contribute to thrush? Is it possible?
>

Dear Virginia,
I actually posted earlier this week about yeast and your post made me wonder
why no one responded.
Eating yeast or touching yeast does not give one an out break of thrush.  An
increase in yeast growth is brought on by an individual becoming susceptible
because THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM is not strong enough to fight the increase growth.
What makes some individuals susceptible?  This could be from illnesses,
surgeries or receiving antibiotics, to name a few.  Not everyone reacts the
same so thrush needs to be looked at case by case.
Where I think the scare about yeast came from is the mother and baby who get
recurring cases of thrush after aggressive treatment.  Now their environment
needs to be reduced of yeast growth (again one cannot get rid of all yeast in
our environment just reduce it).
I do not believe that these vaccines will bring on a rash of thrush cases.
But if anyone has research that counters that I would love to see it.
Getting off my soap box.
Ann Perry RN IBCLC
Boston, MA

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