What are symptoms of measles? Measles starts with a fever that can get very high. Some of the other symptoms that may occur are: Cough, runny nose and red eyes, rash of tiny, red spots that start at the head and spread to the rest of the body, diarrhea, and ear infection.
The best way to protect against measles is to get the measles-mumps-rubella shot (called the MMR shot). Doctors recommend that all children get the MMR shot. Why should my child get the MMR shot? Protects your child from measles, a potentially serious disease, as well as mumps and rubella, prevents your child from getting an uncomfortable rash and high fever from measles, keeps your child from missing school or child care (and keeps you from missing work to care for your sick child).
Doctors recommend that your child get 2 doses of the MMR shot for best protection. Your child will need one dose at each of the following ages: 12 through 15 months, 4 through 6 years. Infants 6 months to 11 months should have 1 dose of MMR shot before traveling to another country. Is the MMR shot safe? Yes. The MMR shot is very safe, and it is effective at preventing measles (as well as mumps and rubella). Vaccines, like any medicine, can have side effects. But most children who get the MMR shot have no side effects.
What are the side effects? Most children don’t have any side effects from the shot. The side effects that do occur are usually very mild, such as a fever, rash, soreness or swelling where the shot was given, or temporary pain and stiffness in the joints (mostly in teens and adults). More serious side effects are rare. These may include high fever that could cause a seizure.
The Wicomico County Health Department provides MMR vaccinations by appointment only at its William C. Fritz building located at 300 West Carroll Street, Salisbury, MD 21801. Appointments are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call (410) 543-6943 to schedule a vaccination appointment. For more information on measles and vaccination clinics, visit our website at www.wicomicohealth.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram (WicomicoHealth) or Twitter (@WicomicoHealth).
Oooh, the big measals epidemic. Less than 1000 infected out of over 300,000,000. Most children have no side effects. I wonder what the side effects are and what that rate is?
ReplyDeleteSmallsbury joins the government, I mean drug company propaganda machine.
ReplyDeleteAnd remember to get your useless flu shot.
What most do not understand about. vaccines is, they keep you from getting some serious illnesses. Most had been pretty much eradicated because of vaccines. Now that the country is being flooded with illegals from other countries that did not have heath care like America, we are seeing the rise of very serious illnesses. TB, HIV, perhaps Ebola, measles, abd some mysterious disease that resembles polio. Don't wait for an epidemic.
ReplyDeleteMy sister had measles in the early 1960's. She got the viral ear infection from it that made her deaf at the age of 8.
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Measles, everybody got them when I was a kid. Nobody died. Everybody immune the rest of our lives. Kids get sick. Kids get better. Its the way our bodies work. We make our own antibodies. I have no idea who immunizations are suppose to benefit. The schools? The drug companies?
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