Re: Vaccinations Coming Up

[Guest guest]

Gut, digestive, stomach all referring to the same area.

Most people do not die from Measles, Mumps, or Chicken pox

These were all normal childhood occurrences 20 yrs ago.

It might happen if we lived in a third world country with

contaminated drinking water, and poor sewer systems.

Being a Ped. Nurse I wonder what parents are being told

by their child's Doc.

Look for books on the subject.

One comes to mind, " Shot in the Dark "

There are several others written by Dr.'s as well.

[Guest guest]

Five minute Google search found this from University of Mexico Health

Services and the CDC. Vaccine regardless of whether the disease

causes death, minor discomfort or misery seems the better choice to

me than any of these viruses. The bit about the measles refers to

the virus dwelling in the brain when caught naturally. If one goes

by the vaccine cause theory, what's to say that this wouldn't have

happened to the children anyway WHEN they caught measles?

" Measles is one of the five common virus infections that cause

childhood misery, other examples being mumps, chicken pox, and German

measles (rubella). Generally measles is an unpleasant and alarming

disease because of the extremely high temperatures that it produces,

but in a small number of cases in developed countries such as the

United Kingdom it can also have serious consequences.

If there were no vaccination every child in the country would get

infected with measles giving an average of about six hundred thousand

cases per year. It is estimated that between fifty and one hundred

would die as a result either of infection of the brain,

(encephalitis) or from pneumonia. Up to ten years later a few more

would die of the effects of measles virus lingering in the brain

rather than being cleared from the body by the immune system as in

most cases. Delayed death is due to the invariably fatal disease

called sub acute sclerosing pan encephalitis, or SSPE for short. In

developing countries, in contrast, measles is a massive killer, for

reasons that are still not entirely clear.

Cases of measles vary a lot in how severe they are. It is also clear

that once a child has had measles they will not get it again. (They

may get other rashes, but they will not be due to measles). The

principle of making a vaccine is therefore to grow a measles virus

which gives an infection which is so mild that it gives no disease

but does give protection, and give it to children before they have a

chance to get infected with a nastier strain.

Rubella usually occurs in the winter and spring and spreads very

easily. People catch it through contact with other people who are

infected. It is spread through coughing, sneezing, or talking.

Usually rubella causes a slight fever which lasts for about 24 hours,

and a rash on the face and neck that lasts two or three days. Young

adults who get rubella may get swollen glands in the back of the neck

and some pain, swelling, or stiffness in their joints (arthritis).

Most people recover quickly and completely from rubella.

Rubella, also known as three-day measles or German measles, is a

viral disease that continues to have outbreaks on college campuses.

Although the disease itself is a common childhood rash disease, it is

often overlooked or misdiagnosed because its signs and symptoms vary.

Sometimes symptoms are almost nonexistent. Usually the disease is

very mild and is transmitted chiefly through direct contact or

droplet contact from nose and throat secretions.

By far the most important consequences of rubella are abnormalities

in the unborn child that result from rubella infection in early

pregnancy, especially in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. As many as

20% of women of childbearing age may be susceptible to rubella.

Preventing infection of the unborn child and consequent congenital

rubella syndrome is the major object of the rubella immunization

program.

Mumps is a common childhood disease. The most obvious sign of mumps

is swelling of the cheeks and jaw, caused by inflammation in the

salivary glands. There is usually fever and headache too. But mumps

can also cause more serious illness. It can cause deafness. About 1

child in every 10 who gets mumps also gets meningitis (an

inflammation of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord).

Occasionally the disease also causes encephalitis, which is

inflammation of the brain itself. Usually, the child recovers without

permanent damage. About 1 out of every 4 teenage or adult men who get

mumps develops a painful swelling of the testicles. People get mumps

through contact with others who are already infected. It can be

spread by coughing, sneezing, or simply talking.

Chicken pox is not always a mild illness. Of the 3 to 4 million U.S.

children each year who come down with it, one in 1,000 will develop

complications such as severe pneumonia or a brain infection called

encephalitis, and about 50 will die. Children with chicken pox are

also more susceptible to " flesh-eating " streptococcus infections,

although those infections are quite rare. "

> Gut, digestive, stomach all referring to the same area.

>

> Most people do not die from Measles, Mumps, or Chicken pox

> These were all normal childhood occurrences 20 yrs ago.

> It might happen if we lived in a third world country with

> contaminated drinking water, and poor sewer systems.

> Being a Ped. Nurse I wonder what parents are being told

> by their child's Doc.

>

> Look for books on the subject.

> One comes to mind, " Shot in the Dark "

> There are several others written by Dr.'s as well.