| By the time that your child is one year old, | | | | complications rarely occur with mumps, the |
| you are familiar with most of the vaccination | | | | disease has been known to cause deafness |
| shots that they have already received, most | | | | (usually permanent), miscarriages, |
| of these being performed in multiple doses | | | | encephalitis, meningitis, oophoritis |
| spread out over a period of time. Suddenly | | | | (inflammation of the ovaries), mastitis |
| you notice a new vaccination on your child's | | | | (inflammation of the breasts), and orchitis |
| vaccination schedule: MMR. There is no need | | | | (inflammation of the testicles). The disease |
| to worry. MMR is just an abbreviation for the | | | | is transmitted through respiratory fluids and |
| vaccine that fights measles, mumps, and | | | | saliva. The infected person is contagious |
| rubella (German measles). Everyone has heard | | | | beginning three days before the symptoms |
| of measles although they may not be aware of | | | | appear until nine days after they appear. |
| what causes them. Measles disease is caused | | | | After a person has been exposed to the mumps, |
| by a virus in the respiratory system. It is a | | | | it can take up to eighteen days for any |
| highly contagious disease that can be spread | | | | symptoms to become known. Rubella or German |
| through contact with an infected person. It | | | | measles as it is commonly referred to is the |
| is so contagious that anyone who has not been | | | | result of a viral infection and is considered |
| vaccinated for it will eventually come down | | | | a mild disease in children and young adults |
| with it. Some of the symptoms of measles | | | | due to the fact that it only causes a rash |
| include a rash, high fever, cough, runny | | | | and a fever. This disease is spread through |
| nose, and red, watery eyes. The complications | | | | sneezing and coughing, or by having contact |
| can include diarrhea, ear infections, | | | | with an infected person. For pregnant women, |
| pneumonia, encephalitis, seizures, and death. | | | | however, the complications can be severe. |
| Children and adults over twenty suffer from | | | | Rubella can cause a number of birth defects |
| more complications than teenagers do. Measles | | | | in unborn children. These include deafness, |
| can cause ear infections in one out of every | | | | cataracts, heart effects, mental retardation, |
| ten children who get it, while one out of | | | | and liver and spleen damage. MMR is the |
| every twenty gets pneumonia. One out of every | | | | vaccination that fends off these diseases and |
| one thousand children who get measles will | | | | is given in two doses. The first dose can be |
| suffer from encephalitis, which can lead to | | | | given between the ages of one year to |
| deafness or mental retardation. This disease | | | | eighteen months. This dose is followed by a |
| can also cause pregnant women to miscarry or | | | | second one that is given between four and six |
| to have a premature birth. Mumps are also a | | | | years of age. Vaccinations are an important |
| disease that is relatively familiar to most | | | | tool to ensure that our children lead healthy |
| people. It is defined as an acute viral | | | | lives. Parents who do not have their children |
| illness caused by the mumps virus. There are | | | | vaccinated could be considered to be guilty |
| various symptoms connected with this disease. | | | | of neglect and even endangerment. |
| These include fever, headache, muscle aches, | | | | |
| tiredness, and a loss of appetite. In its | | | | We have baby gift baskets that are cute and |
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| of the salivary glands. While severe | | | | moms. |