Side Effects Of Autism In Children

Immunizations have received much prejudice in the recent years as to the cause of many health problems, when in actuality they remain around to manage many dangerous diseases from resurfacing. However, this fact will not stop parents from refusing them for their children. Even though there can potentially be severe side effects to vaccines, parents need to educate themselves in regards to them as they have not be proven to cause Autism, the schedule set for immunizations is effective, and that herd immunity is not effective at protecting your child. Over the past few years, there has been considerable speculation on whether the MMR vaccine causes Autism in children. The reason for this is that the onset of Autism will usually surface around …show more content…
There have been a few cases when they go on to be increasingly severe still they can be genuinely rare. Due to the publication from Wakefield et al, various parents that believe his findings to be true even though the results remain false. This is the cause for numerous parents to refuse to obtain their children’s immunizations. There has since been studies done to show that Autism and vaccines remain unlinked. Taylor and colleagues is one of the various research groups that have gazed into the possibility of a link between the two. They found that there were no increases in cases from before the introduction of the MMR vaccine to after. They also found that the age of the child at the time of receiving the vaccine did not increase the chances of a child acquiring autism (DeStefano, 3). This is just one of the myriad of cases proven and can be replicated in different areas to show that MMR vaccine will not cause a child to develop …show more content…
While this is certainly, a cause for concern research has shown that when a baby is born they carry with them a bit of their mother’s immunity for various types of bacteria. The maternal immunoglobulins transfer to the baby through the placenta and again the baby will receive extra if the mother chooses to breastfeed. While the immunoglobulins transferred by the mother disappear within the first two months of age, the infant is capable of generating enough of these immunoglobulins to protect them from the vaccines on their own (Offit, 2). Vaccines produced today have fewer antigens in them today, then in the past, giving an infant an exceedingly higher chance to build up the immunities to different types of vaccines available (Offit, 3). This information states that it is perfectly safe for an infant to receive the vaccines set in the current schedule without causing harm to the aforementioned