Are Meningitis and hep b vaccines a good idea for People with Lyme?

Any thought about compromised immunity and vaccines? We are being pressed to give our kids, who both have Lyme, meningitis and hep b. Any Moms or parents have opinions on this?

Thank you.
Mean Mom 🙂

No. Vaccines, when one can, should be avoided. Even a "killed virus" vaccine can cause an increase in our symptoms or worse.

This isn't really opinion, because if you look it up, anyone with a compromised immune system will be told not to get vaccines. Lyme inhibits the immune system, so it's definitely compromised!

Now, the reality of it is that some vaccines are still needed, so you have to weigh the risk of exposure against the risk of a set back in treatment or need for detoxing and time to recover. I would say the reason for the vaccine needs to be evaluated carefully.

My son (12) had a scary reaction to meningitis. Swollen groin lymph nodes, twitching, felt ill, looked ill, breathing issues, swallowing issues. We are still not 100% sure he has lyme, but the vaccine allowed something to take advantage of his lowered immune system. I am hoping I can get around not vaccinating any of my children again. It was scary and frankly I think we were very lucky it wasn't worse.