Mumps

levels in the community fall too low, disease epidemics can reappear. People with little first-hand experience of childhood infectious disease can underestimate the effects and complications of infectious diseases. Some parents worry that the measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine can cause brain inflammation (encephalitis), but this risk for the vaccine is around one in one million. On the other hand, one in every 1,000 children who catch measles will experience encephalitis. Of these, one in 10…

Vaccines impact everyone’s life at one point or another in the United States. Vaccinations were created to rid the world of terrible diseases, but concerns now exist stating that a link between these vaccines ‒especially the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine‒ and autism spectrum disorder. Some individuals go further and believe that vaccines like the MMR vaccine cause children to become autistic. Parents now have to decide whether or not to vaccinate their children, a decision that could…

Managing A Ubiquitous Virus: Varicella Zoster Virus Throughout a person’s life, people are exposed to innumerable sources of disease causing microorganisms. Such infectious microorganisms include viruses that attack a weakened human immune system that is unable to overcome the pathogen without assistance. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) targets the immune system through lymph nodes that cause raised skin rashes on the body. It is considered to be a “ubiquitous” virus in that it is commonly seen…

Although vaccines have a bad reputation, there is evidence showing that vaccines help more than they harm. Children aren’t as likely to be exposed to deadly diseases. This is evident by the diseases including whooping cough, measles, polio, mumps, tetanus and many others that have vaccines. Most of these diseases have been eradicated out of the country and treatment is available. ("Vaccinations.") “Youth vaccination….completely or nearly eradicating numerous diseases and saving billions of…

immunity, which is the belief that having a large percentage of the population vaccinated, that the spread of certain diseases can be stopped, thus protecting the unvaccinated individuals (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015, p. 196). The vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) are given together in a single dose at ages 12-15 months and then again at 4-6 years. While vaccination has changed the face of medicine, there have been rare, adverse effects of the live-virus MMR vaccination such as…

Federal Regulation on Vaccinating School Children More than 3 million people die every year from vaccine-preventable diseases. These diseases are spread due to lack of immunization in the community. In America, vaccination requirements vary by state and people are allowed to file for exemption for either medical, religious and philosophical reasons. Federal regulation requiring all students to be vaccinated upon entering any type of school program needs to be created and should only allow for…

We often think about the endpoint of a journey and not the actual journey itself. The poem,“On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins focuses on this, but on the journey of life. In this poem, Collins tells the reader how growing up in life has rough changes to us, and our journey gets harder as we go on. The author emphasizes on the landmark of passing double digits, and what lies ahead from this. By using metaphors and imagery, the author shows that as we get further into our journey of life, everyone…

Disadvantages of Vaccines What is a vaccination? How do they benefit individuals? Is there any harm that can come from receiving a vaccine? A vaccination is defined as the injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease. Scientists make vaccines by first making the pathogen, or disease-causing microbe, in mass amounts in a laboratory. The pathogens must then be altered to ensure that the disease is not actually triggered. Alterations of these pathogens can…

many reasons. It has saved billions of lives and has prevented many people from acquiring diseases. There are different vaccinations for different diseases. Vaccinations/immunizations are a step for preventing diseases, some of these are: measles, mumps and whooping cough. Those are quite common in America still today. Anyone can catch these if they are not vaccinated properly. Vaccines do not just protect you, they protect others around you. If more people get vaccinated, the lesser chance of a…

symptoms, including a fever, cough, and runny nose. Measles symptoms don't appear until 10 to 14 days after exposure. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory infection that's caused by a virus. At the moment there is one vaccine which is Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine which can protect children (and adults) from all three of these diseases. Medicine that is used is pain reliever such as Tylenol. The outcomes of this disease can be very devastating at time with the high fevers, they…