| Measles is on the increase due to a
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| | alone 5,677 children died in the 1940s.
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| reluctance by parents to allow their
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| | Nobody wanted their kids to catch measles
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| children to have the MMR vaccine. The
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| | back in these days. I have read that
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| early stages are similar to many other
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| | measles parties were common then, but I
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| diseases, yet measles kills children.
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| | never came across one. We were always
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| Part I of this article explains why
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| | told to keep away from anyone who had
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| measles parties are not a good idea, and
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| | measles - at least until they went back
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| why measles is a dangerous infection.
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| | to school. Some never went back.
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| Measles is caused
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| | Since the measles vaccine, which became
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| by a virus of the influenza family. The
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| | available in 1963, and MMR which was
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| initial measles symptoms are a bit like a
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| | licensed in the USA in 1971 (1972 in the
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| bad cold or flu, but with a rash! The
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| | UK), the disease has become uncommon in
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| vast majority of parents do not know what
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| | developed countries, and parents have
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| measles really is, other than being a
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| | become blasé about it. This is the only
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| childhood illness. They know it has a
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| | reason I can think of for them concluding
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| rash and is infectious, but that's about
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| | that measles parties are better for their
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| it. They have probably never seen it and
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| | children than the vaccine. If it does not
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| don't know anyone who has had it. Most
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| | kill, it can have some very nasty side
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| doctors would not recognise measles
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| | effects. It is without a doubt the most
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| symptoms until the rash appeared, never
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| | dangerous children's rash-producing
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| having come across it. This is due to the
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| | disease.
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| measles vaccination program which was
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| | Measles is still one of the major causes
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| superseded by the MMR vaccine.
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| | of death in children worldwide (over
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| I have even heard of parents arranging
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| | 600,000 have been reported) and it is
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| measles parties, where young children are
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| | almost as contagious as smallpox.
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| sent to visit others who have measles in
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| | Children have around a 99% chance of
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| order that they catch it. This is going
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| | contracting the disease if they come into
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| back to the immediate post World War 2
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| | contacted with an infected person. The
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| era when immunity was gained by catching
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| | main cause of death in around 60% of
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| the disease. I was brought up in the
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| | measles cases is pneumonia.
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| 1950s and early 1960s and remember mumps
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| | If it does not kill your children they
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| parties and German measles parties so
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| | have a high chance of hearing problems,
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| that children would be immune to these
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| | and worse, a much higher than average
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| diseases as adults, but not measles
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| | chance of contracting meningitis or
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| parties.
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| | encephalitis. The chances of this are
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| The reason for this is that mumps can
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| | only 1 in a 1000, but you don't want your
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| damage the male reproductive system (
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| | son or daughter to be that one. I know,
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| and, not so well known, the ovaries as
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| | because my son was that one. He
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| well) if contracted after puberty, and
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| | contracted meningitis and encaphilitis
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| German measles is very dangerous to the
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| | shortly after receiving a measles
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| developing fetus. In children, however,
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| | vaccination, but I still prompted my
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| they are relatively mild diseases.
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| | daughter to allow her son to have the MMR
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| Painful and uncomfortable, perhaps, but
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| | vaccine. The disease is far more
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| not what you would call killer diseases.
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| | dangerous than the vaccine. He had it and
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| German measles is not a type of measles.
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| | all was well. My son's story is on my
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| The word 'German' probably comes from a
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| | website.
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| Latin word, germanus, meaning 'similar'
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| | In part two of this article, I will
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| since the symptoms are similar to those
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| | explain the symptoms and in what order
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| of measles.
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| | they can be expected, to help parents who
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| Measles kill, so we never had measles
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| | are unsure what they should do or when to
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| parties. In fact back in the 1940s and
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| | call a doctor.
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| 1950s it was a major killer. In England
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