2007-11-05 16:20:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Why not?
And obviously, yes I am currently ignorant of this, hence the question.
2007-11-05 16:25:53 · update #1
No
If the woman was immunised against TB she would have received a substance that has similar surface markers to the TB bacterium - markers that her body's immune system can recognize and gear up to fight more effectively next time it "sees" them ... using her ANTIBODIES (IgG particularly).
Her children would be somewhat protected while in the womb because her IgG would be circulating about and can enter the foetal circulation, however when the babies were born they would not have the IgG anymore. If they were breast feeding, they might get some IgA to line their gut which could be somewhat protective.
However, as the children got older, they would not make the IgG or the IgA that their mother could make unless they too were immunised or if they developed the disease.
Only after that would they develop immunity to TB.
2007-11-05 16:22:35 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I googled this because I was tested in primary school and the result was positive. I was x-rayed and didn't have TB, so I was one of the lucky few who wasn't given the painful immunisation. I have only recently discovered my Grandfather died at a relatively young age of TB, many years before I was born. I would be interested to know how I managed to become immune. Many years later, a close friend became ill with TB and was kept in hospital for months. I was allowed to visit because I was immune. Can anyone explain this? No trolls please.
2014-07-02 20:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a vaccination delivers a small amount of weakened TB, which the body defeats, and therefore it has antibodies that automatically defeat the disease should it be acquired in real life. It does not affect the genes, which are what are passed on. If you could mutate the genes to be immune to the disease, then everyone would immune. So, no, the children would still be susceptable because the genes in the woman's eggs were not the target for the vaccine.
That's how all vaccines work, and that's why babies have to have so many shots in their first years of life. The mother may be innoculated, but the children are not.
2007-11-06 00:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No! A baby Sheds the parents immunity after the birthing process is over a child will develope an immunity seperate of the parent. So make sure your child is immunized against most child hood diseases..
2007-11-06 02:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by Curiosity Rules! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Specific immunity to TB acquired by immunization CAN NEVER be transferred to another individual and do not confer maternal immunity-meaning it is not passed on to fetus during pregnancy.Take note also that BCG vaccine DOES NOT ALWAYS protect people from getting TB.
2007-11-06 01:03:52 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, for me, it cannot be passed because the amount of vaccine is only for the mother.
2007-11-06 00:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by jiggins 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
actually no,..
not all vaccine that injected to mother may also cause immunization for the baby,..
2007-11-06 00:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes, but your baby has more advantage if you can send her/him to any pediatrician doctor and be immunized too.
2007-11-06 00:24:52 · answer #8 · answered by mahal 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Get real, it you do, tell me how you did it, I'll pass it on. No DNA for that one yet.
2007-11-06 00:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
nope
2007-11-06 00:23:03 · answer #10 · answered by Dan h 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋