What is MMR? MMR stand for Measles, a contagious disease that is caused by measles virus which highly attacks the throat and lungs, mumps, a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps virus which causes swelling in the salivary and parotid glands, and rubella which is also known as German measles that causes mild rash and swelling of glands behind the ear.
Health Effects of Measles
Measles include some complications such as ear and lung infections and encephalitis. Mumps can lead to hearing loss, encephalitis, infections of the ovary, pancreas, liver, heart and even on testicles. Rubella infections include encephalitis, low level of white cells and platelets in the blood. These three infectious diseases can spread when the saliva droplets that contain the virus are breathed in by the other people. These can be pass to other through coughing, sneezing, and simply by breathing.
Preventing Infection
Infectious diseases are everywhere, so there are lots of instances that you might be affected by some of those. As some diseases are cure, infectious diseases that are caused by viruses can also be prevented and this is through vaccination. There are lots of reasons why some people need vaccination, MMR vaccines helps to protect a person from diseases, each year of vaccination helps to protect a person against the strain of influenza.
What is the MMR Vaccine?
MMR vaccine is combination of vaccine to protect someone from measles, mumps and rubella. Children and adults should be vaccinated, and even those pregnant women and breastfeeding mom’s can undergo vaccination without any risk and effect on the infant. MMR vaccine is very important to wipe out these infectious diseases that can cause some complications. But aside from the effectiveness of MMR vaccine is the fact that it also contains some side effects that might be dangerous to your health.
Side Effects of MMR Vaccine
• Headache
• Tiredness
• Loss of appetite
• Sore throat
• Joint pains
• Fever
• Swelling of the glands in the cheek
• Swollen glands
• Runny nose and cough
• Allergic reaction
• High temperature
• Seizure
• Small rash
Who Takes the MMR Vaccine?
All people are require to have MMR vaccination, except for those that are allergic in antibiotics such as neomycin, those who had several allergic reaction called anaphylaxis, for those who are taking medication that lowers the body the ability to fight against infections, for those who is ill with fever, and most especially those pregnant woman, because MMR vaccine may cause a small risk to the unborn baby.
After the MMR vaccination, it is really important that you make sure that your doctor will update your personal immunization card or the ‘’yellow card’’, this card is important because it will provide the information to the local health unit as you get additional immunization. You should not be afraid of the side effects of MMR vaccines, because its effectiveness is greater than the risk that it might cause. The side effects of MMR vaccination is just a normal effect that immunization can cause, the most important thing is that being vaccinated can help you avoid the harm of more diseases.
