The leptospirosis portion of the DHLPP (distemper) vaccine for dogs has a reputation for being the most likely portion to
cause vaccine reactions.
Not exact matches
The investigators also noted that the
vaccine was safe and
caused only mild or moderate
reactions.
Furthermore, FDA stated that CSL failed to adequately document its investigative procedures into why the
vaccine caused adverse
reactions.
Although tainted
vaccines rarely
cause harmful
reactions and usually just don't work as intended, according to the World Health Organization, doctors fear rising disease rates as parents may choose to avoid vaccinations in light of the news.
While most studies have shown that
vaccines are very safe for most people, every drug can have
cause an adverse
reaction, especially in those who are genetically susceptible.
The possibility of developing other
vaccines for common allergens exists and work has already begun breaking down the allergens that
cause reactions to house dust mites, ragweed, grass, birch trees, and molds.
Alternatively, low blood pressure can be
caused by shock (car accident, blood loss, or any traumatic incident), or allergic
reactions (
vaccines, bee stings, medication, etc).
It is clear that veterinarians are not adequately trained to recognise
vaccine reactions, and that although the
cause and effect is fairly clear if one understands the potential adverse effects of
vaccines, the adverse event reporting schemes don't pick up most of these cases.
Some of the most severe adverse
reactions to puppy
vaccines cause lifelong health problems which
cause pain, poor quality of life and eventually a premature death.
The most common medications
causing skin
reactions to drugs include penicillin
vaccines, antimicrobials, sulfonamides, topical drugs, and NSAIDs.
Even when the adverse
reaction occurs shortly after vaccination there are many who fail to recognize that the
vaccine caused the
reaction.
Killed
vaccines are more stable, but they require more injections to immunize the pet and are more likely to
cause allergic
reactions ranging from low - grade fever or muscle aches to hives, facial swelling, or even vomiting and diarrhea.
This organization cautions that many
vaccine -
caused reactions are not recognized as such, even when they occur shortly after vaccination.
The two main
causes in a puppy involve insect stings / allergic
reactions, and
vaccine / medication
reactions.
That first parvovirus
vaccine may have prevented more deaths than it
caused but who would know - there were no reporting requirements back then, not even for Adverse
Reactions.
Collapse of the circulatory system, as occurs in dogs and cats that are in shock due to car accidents and fights, sudden severe allergies or
vaccine reactions (anaphylactic shock) or advanced heart disease will also
cause them to breath rapidly -(These are medical emergencies that require the same lifesaving emergency procedures eg CPR, etc perform them as you - rush to the vet's office).
Adjuvants are known to
cause local
reactions characterized by inflammation, granulomas and, occasionally, sterile abscess formation.18 Currently, all inactivated (killed) feline
vaccines sold in the U.S. and Canada are adjuvanted.
Since dogs from toy breeds are susceptible to anaphylactic shock
reactions caused by leptospirosis
vaccines, the
vaccines should only be given to those who have high risk of contact with the bacteria.
Toy breeds, for example, may be vulnerable to anaphylactic shock
reactions caused by these
vaccines.
Certain
vaccines have a higher likelihood of producing adverse
reactions, especially
reactions caused by Type I hypersensitivity.
Like a drug, a
vaccine is capable of
causing an adverse
reaction.
Environmental shedding of modified live viral
vaccine antigens may
cause immune
reactions in sensitive pets that have not even been vaccinated!
Unfortunately many conventional vets do nt look at issues like medications or
vaccines as potenially
causing chronic disease or
reactions in some pets.
Common sense leads to the realization that many more pets die from prescription drugs and
vaccines reactions than are documented in human medicine and, shockingly, Prescriptions are the 5th leading
cause of human deaths.
Despite what your veterinarian may tell you about the safety of vaccination, I've seen it
cause dangerous, sometimes deadly,
vaccine reactions and lifelong chronic illness... including autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Other
vaccines indicated each
caused roughly the same amount of
reactions but at most less than a third as many as rabies.
One commenter said that leptospirosis
vaccines may
cause life threatening
reactions in some small breeds of dogs.
If the dog previously had similar
reactions to other things this might indicate some sort of immune system dysfunction but in that case the
vaccine may have been coincidental to the
reaction if the dog was exposed to whatever
caused the prior episode again around the time of the vaccination.
Rabies
vaccine caused the most
reactions (44 %).
In the modified live
vaccines, the toxins produced by the pathogen are what
cause the
reaction.
If your veterinarian confirms that an apparent
reaction was
caused by a
vaccine, follow his / her advice on how to proceed in the future.
Merck states: «non-infectious
causes of encephalitides include...
vaccine reactions: many».
Merck also tells us that serum (which is used in
vaccines) can
cause Type III hypersensitivity
reactions, including an inflammatory skin condition involving painful local lesions leading to tissue necrosis (tissue death), as well as wide - spread vascular injury.
The leptospirosis portion of distemper
vaccine can
cause a
reaction if given repeatedly.
All of our evidence ties in with research in the human field, and a growing body of veterinary research, which says that
vaccines cause allergies, hypersensitivity
reactions, autoimmune disease, encephalitis, epilepsy, personality changes and brain damage.
Merck states: «noninfectious
causes of encephalitis include...
vaccine reactions: many».
In many areas of the country, this disease is not common and the leptospirosis portion of the
vaccine combinations is thought to be the most common
cause of
reactions.
And chances are the
vaccines you are paying so much for are creating even more income for vets, because the adverse
reactions and other medical issues
caused by the
vaccines keep Fluffy coming back often!
In theory, this
vaccine should
cause very few
reactions.
There are several additives in certain
vaccines that can
cause a severe allergic
reaction such as anaphylaxis.
The most common
cause of an allergic
reaction is due to adjuvants, or compounds that increase potency of the
vaccine.
That said, in the aforementioned study of over one million dogs, the leptospirosis
vaccine was not found to be more likely to
cause a
reaction.
With smaller breeds of dogs, if several
vaccines are due at one time and we fell that they are at high risk for a
vaccine reaction, we will time the
vaccines being given at different times to decrease the risk of a
reaction or to identify which
vaccine is
causing a
reaction.
In some
vaccines, such as those against leptospirosis, they are probably the same elements that have the potential to
cause undesired
reaction as well.
However, while this
vaccine has shown very little propensity for
causing adverse medical
reactions in dogs, there is ample evidence that it can
cause cancerous tumors in cats (fibrosarcomas).
These
reactions are usually sterile abscesses
caused by irritation and inflammation due to some of the
vaccine components.
Unfortunately, the
vaccine provides only moderate protection and can
cause allergic
reactions.
As stated the above
reactions to
vaccines are common, but if any give you
cause for concern contact your veterinarian for advice.
Muscle weakness or atrophy, including wasting diseases like degenerative myelopathy and Guillain Barré The rabies
vaccine causes a neuro - inflammatory
reaction, resulting in degeneration of the tissues.
The older
vaccine protected against only two types of Lepto, the immunity lasted only about six months, and it was the Lepto portion of the
vaccine that was most likely to
cause an allergic
reaction.