My son had severe eczema as an infant as part of routine testing an allergy test was done and a reaction to egg was found.  He had never eaten egg at this time (he was only 7 months old).  2 subsequent tests each 2 years apart had the same reaction, with the doctor saying he had a severe allergy.

My son is now 5 and eats eggs in cooked foods on a regular basis, he has NEVER had any kind of reaction at all when eating eggs.

Unfortunately he is also suffers from severe asthma.  He got the swine flu last year and was very ill with it.  For this reason I want him vaccinated against the swine flu and also to have the regular flu shot.

As he is under 10, he requires 2 H1N1 flu shots 4 weeks apart for it to have full effect.  I went to a clinic for the first of the shots and he had it fine, no reaction at all.  Not even the injection site had a mark, bump, swelling, redness... nothing.

I was told the second shot had to be administered by a GP, so went along to get it done, and the GP refuses to do it due to the allergy.  I fully explained all of the above and still refused.

I feel that the benefits of having the shot and avoiding a miserable flu season and frequent hospitalisation due to his asthma, far outweigh the minute risk of a reaction to the 2nd shot.

I would appreciate all comments/advice please!