MEASLES Measles is caused by the measles virus, a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae. Symptoms The initial symptoms of measles can include: a runny or blocked nose, sneezing, watery eyes, swollen eyelids. Sore, red eyes that may be sensitive to light. A high temperature (fever), which may reach around 40C (104F), small greyish-white spots in the mouth, aches and pains, a cough, loss of appetite, tiredness, irritability…
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Childhood Vaccination Against Measles Be Mandatory?”. Coming from multiple sources, vaccines were researched as having toxins that lead to autism, are unsanitary, or have scorched the flesh on children's arms. Making vaccines mandatory…
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Britain detailing the link between the Measles Mumps and Rubella vaccine and autism spectrum disorders. (AAP, 2014) This particular vaccine is administered around 12-15 months, and the first symptoms of autism often appear around 18 months. This made it easier to convince people that the two were directly related. After this study was made public, more and more people in Britain chose to stop using this particular vaccine and at the same time new cases of measles in the country rose. This study was…
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Page 4-What is measles Page 5-what is mumps Page 6-What is rubella/What is autism Page5-Advantages of vaccine/cases for the link between the MMR vaccine and autism Page 6-Cases against the link between the MMR Vaccine and autism Page 7-conclusion Page 8-References What is the MMR vaccine? “In 1988, the combined MMR vaccine was introduced to replace the three separate vaccinations for Measles, Mumps and rubella “[1]. It protects against measles which is a…
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Kingdom which prompted a great wave of fear, guilt confusion, spawning every kind of worry over vaccinations in other countries. This worldwide dispute over the safety of vaccinations began after Wakefield’s scientific research paper was published in the Lancet, a medical journal. In this paper some of the parents interviewed blamed MMR for what was then described as a combination of both an inflammatory bowel disease and what Wakefield called "regressive autism", in which most language and prudence basic…
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“Prevention is better than cure.” This common statement could not relate any better than it does with the controversy surrounding the morality, effectiveness, and safety of childhood immunizations. The major argument is whether or not laws should be established to declare vaccination mandatory for all children. “The US food and Drug administration (FDA) regulates all vaccines to ensure safety and effectiveness,” (ProCon.org, 2012) therefor there should not be any reason to risk the health of any…
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Touching/put on skin, sneezing, coughing, sharing food or drinks, kissing, sharing towels, sharing needles, flies, mosquitoes. Research Task Research one of the following communicable diseases that commonly affect young people your report should be no longer that 2 A4 papers Colds and influenza Glandular fever Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Chickenpox Rubella/measles Meningococcal Questions 1. Describe your chosen disease 2. What are the risk factors, how is it transmitted? 3. What are the…
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IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATION 2 Much research has been conducted regarding the importance of vaccination in children. The studies identified how vaccines are known to be one of the most effective preventative measure in the history of medicine (Prymula, 2013). Because of vaccinations, the spread of diseases has been eradicated which is why diseases that were common many years ago, such as measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and diphtheria are rarely contracted. )…
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year the US spends 87.1 Billion dollars on cases of flu. (Research America). Thanks to immunizations many debilitating or deadly diseases have become extremely rare. This however can cause some parents to think these diseases no longer exist in turn the vaccines are no longer needed (Immunizations, Vaccines). “Current outbreaks of measles in the US serve as a reminder that these diseases are only a plane ride away. Borders can’t stop measles, but vaccinations can,” stated CDC director Tom Frieden,…
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Concerns regarding vaccine safety have been a growing point of contention within the United States. Parental refusal of vaccines has continued to steadily increase, in spite of scientific evidence disproving the myths of vaccines causing autism. Some arguments regarding vaccines that have been openly debated throughout the years are the relationship between vaccines and the cause of autism, the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines, the public perception of the vaccine industry, and religious…
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