Question

Can chronic urticaria patients receive the H1N1 vaccine?

Answer

When considering receiving the H1N1 vaccine, chronic urticaria patients should consider the following factors:

  1. Allergies to eggs or vaccine components (including adjuvants, formaldehyde, culture media, etc.).
  2. Presence of acute diseases, severe chronic diseases, or acute exacerbation of chronic diseases.
  3. Fever or feverishness.
  4. Having Guillain-Barré syndrome.
  5. Uncontrolled epilepsy or other progressive neurological diseases.
  6. Severe allergic constitution, allergic to gentamicin sulfate.
  7. Age under 3 years.
  8. Other conditions deemed unsuitable for vaccination by the doctor. Based on the above situations, it is recommended that chronic urticaria patients exercise caution when receiving the H1N1 vaccine.