NOT AN IMMUNISATION FOR AIDs?!
Question: People stop telling me that there is no immunisation for AIDS!!!
that's not what i'm asking.
I'm asking if people WHO HAVE Aids... can get immunisation like the rest of us!
example:
| hepatitis A* | hepatitis B | measles | meningococcal C | mumps | pneumococcal | polio (poliomyelitis) | rotavirus | rubella | tetanus|
Or will they catch the above diseases from the immunisation
DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU CAN"T READ THIS QUESTION PROPERLY I HAVE ALREADY ASKED IT TWICE WITH CLARIFICATION
Answers: People stop telling me that there is no immunisation for AIDS!!!
that's not what i'm asking.
I'm asking if people WHO HAVE Aids... can get immunisation like the rest of us!
example:
| hepatitis A* | hepatitis B | measles | meningococcal C | mumps | pneumococcal | polio (poliomyelitis) | rotavirus | rubella | tetanus|
Or will they catch the above diseases from the immunisation
DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU CAN"T READ THIS QUESTION PROPERLY I HAVE ALREADY ASKED IT TWICE WITH CLARIFICATION
Here is the answer:
It depends on the stage of disease/CD4 count. Normal CD4 counts can be in the range of 500-1500. An AIDS diagnosis is usually made when an HIV+ person's CD4 count falls below 200 (as that is when the person is at risk for most of the life-threatening AIDS-defining illnesses)
As a general rule, people who are HIV+ should not receive any live vaccines. That includes BCG, Yellow Fever, oral cholera.
Your question specifically said "people who have AIDS" and not 'people who are HIV+'. In that light, most people with AIDS have (or have had) a CD4 count of less than 200. At this CD4 count, the effectiveness of certain vaccines is questionable. And for people who do receive vaccines at a CD4 count of less than 200, if they increase (which is likely with treatment) back to be above 200 should probably receive another dose of the vaccine.
Hep A vaccine - recommended for men who have sex with men and injection drug users
HEp B vaccine - recommended for men who have sex with men and injection drug users
MMR - Infants infected with HIV who are asymptomatic should receive routine MMR vaccination. In addition, MMR is recommended for most symptomatic HIV-infected persons,
including children who are symptomatic without evidence of severe immunosuppression.
Tetanus - routine use recommended
Pneumococcal - better if given above CD4 of 200, but has been given to those with lower numbers. REvaccination recommended upon CD4 rebound above 200. This particular vaccine among HIV+ people is still being discussed. We know it is much less likely to be effective in people who are HIV+. So, while it is still officially recommended, it is given a lower priority than other vaccinations.
hey i answered your last question goofball no need to rant...
immunizations are usually always a dead form of the virus, meaning it won't multiply and spread. your body will still see it as something that doesnt belong, conquer the dead virus and produce antibodies against it.
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Thats an interesting question really. I used to be a medic once and this question is thought provoking. Immunization works coz of memory cells in the body. I dont know if those memory cells are afected by the HIV virus in the 1st place.
I'd have to say, since the main mechanism of HIV is the destruction of T cells that immunization never occurs because the T-cells that gain the genetic material are destroyed.
form what i have heard, there is a vaccine in testing and ahs been for SEVERAL years..but it HAS to be administered BEFORE infection. so if ya already got it? you are SOL.
that help?
it also depends (the rest of your question) on how degraded/compromised their immune system already is. it's the lesser of 2 evils really. which will kill them faster. the disease ? or the immunization to prevent said disease.
i would think as some of the immunizations are in fact lessened but still live virus..that it might be a bad idea to give them the immunization. i would (wetre an aids patient in my care) use precautions to PREVENT any chance of infection.