Question

I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine? Is Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine safe for nursing mother and child? Does Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine extracts into breast milk? Does Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine influence milk supply or can Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine lactation summary

Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine is unsafe in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine is 5 out of 8 which is considered Unsafe as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 5 indicates that usage of Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine may cause serious side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine may cause moderate to high side effects or may affect milk supply in lactating mother.
  • Our suggestion is to use safer alternate options rather than using Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine .
  • It is recommended to evaluate the advantage of not breastfeeding while using Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine Vs not using Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine And continue breastfeeding.
  • While using Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine Its must to monitor child for possible reactions. It is also important to understand that side effects vary largely based on age of breastfed child and time of medication in addition to dosage.
  • Score calculated using the DrLact safety Version 1.2 model, this score ranges from 0 to 8 and measures overall safety of drug in lactation. Scores are primarily calculated using publicly available case studies, research papers, other scientific journals and publically available data.

Answer by Dr. Ru: About Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine usage in lactation

Live attenuated vaccine. Not indicated for infants younger than 6 months. It is considered to be safe for breastfed infants after 6-9 months of age. Several cases of YF vaccine-virus transmission to breastfed infants younger than 1 month who developed symptoms of meningo-encephalitis due to yellow fever virus after mother vaccination have been documented. Mothers of infants older than 9 months who are traveling to endemic areas are recommended to be immunized with anti-yellow fever virus vaccine. Traveling to endemic areas of infants younger than 9 months is not recommended because a higher risk of meningo-encephalitis due to vaccination. In case a travel should not be delayed, nursing mothers with children younger than 9 months are recommended to get vaccinated and pump and dump breast milk for 14 days, which is the period of active virus shedding after immunization. Mothers living in endemic areas are recommended to delay vaccination after the child is 6 months old. WHO Model List of Essential Drugs (2002): Compatible with breastfeeding
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