Mmr Jabs

[red macca]

Thanks warks

[McLovin]

Oooh cheers. Will that still affect me at 24?

[Luci]

How do you find out how many you've had?  Can you track the ones you had at school then?

[Fred Elliot]

How do you find out how many you've had?  Can you track the ones you had at school then?

I put notches on the bedpost

 

[Luci]

[Bushey Boy]

ha ha ha

[Lumps]

Macca,

I know this is a repetition of what everyone else has said but it's a bit of a hobby horse of mine as I used to work in Clinical Audit and Research at the time the thing first blew up. So here goes.

The whole MMR/Autism scare was orginally prompted by an article in The Lancet by a single GP, arising from a very small study that he had undertaken on some of the patients within his practice (we're talking less than 100 people here to give you some idea of the scale of it). As other people have said this "research" has been almost totally discredited subsequently and the BMA have taken action against the GP concerned over the way it was conducted.

Large scale pieces of research have been undertaken in Scandanavia, who introduced MMR earlier than us, studies involving hundreds of thousands of cases, and there was absolutely no evidence linking MMR to increased incidences of autism, or any other health problems.

Over here the goverment has spent the last few years funding a secondary study (basically getting people to examine the results of all of the research that has been undertaken on the subject internationally) and this failed to find any research anywhere that suggested there was a problem with it.

The trouble is that once a scare story like this has started it's difficult to kill off, and there are always going to be parents who's child has been diagnosed with autism that will look for something to blame it on. It doesn't help that the vaccine is usually given at around about the same time that symptoms of autism can start to present themselves.

But the main fact is this simple  - the rates of autism diagnosed in the populations of european countries using MMR are the same as those not using MMR.

MMR does not cause autism. FACT. Whereas measles can cause blindness or in the worst cases kill a child.

It's got to be your decision mate but if you decide against PLEASE make sure that you pay to get the vaccinations done as individual jabs instead.

Sorry if that went on a bit but this story has always wound me right up.

[red macca]

Just booked her in to baby clinic for tomorow thanks lumps

[warksred]

mclovin : Will that still affect me at 24?

 Probably no, the MMR campaign a few years ago targetted universitycollege aged students. You could always ask at your GP surgery but it would be at the surgery discretion to give or not to give the vaccination.

 STFC Lady: How do you find out how many you've had? Can you track the ones you had at school then?

Your GP surgery should have a record of all the vaccinations you have received including those given at school. If not you could contact the School Health Dept at your local Primary Care Trust ( you should be able to find their contact details on their web page). All child records are kept on file until the individual is 25 years old.[b[/b]

[red macca]

warks your like reg but you know medical stuff

Cheers

[neville w]

May I suggest the "thing under the name" as

Potential Doctor Reg ?

[Simon Pieman]

How do you find out how many you've had?  Can you track the ones you had at school then?

There was a place in old town, top of vic hill that dealt with the admin of school jabs etc. My doctor gave me their number when I needed to find out for uni what I had been vaccinated against.

Don't know if it's still open but I suggest contacting your GP as they should be able to point you in the right direction.