Mumps

In mid-December, a measles outbreak started at Disneyland, in Orange County, California. That outbreak has now infected one hundred people in California, and twenty-five people in other states across America. With this outbreak and others that occurred recently, there were over six hundred measles cases in 2014. Before this outbreak, the average number of measles cases in the United States annually was approximately 100 (Corum). In 2014, California also had the highest amount of whooping cough…

as measles and mumps from infected, unvaccinated children (Lu 871). Vaccination should be mandatory to keep children such as Mackenzie Hodge safe. Responsible parents should not have to worry about their babies getting sick (Lu 871; Parkins…

The risks of the MMR vaccine (along with other vaccinations) are almost nothing compared to the benefits. Vaccines are a weakened version of a disease which are meant to create an immune system response so that your body can be ready for future encounters with the disease. Sometimes the immune system won’t provide the correct response, so the person that was vaccinated won’t be protected. But most vaccines have a high effectiveness (e.g. 2 MMR vaccine shots have a 99.7% effectiveness). How safe…

together, the anti-vaccination group increases the risk of contracting measles. • Additionally, the loopholes in the law, as is the case in California, lead to the rising number of people abstaining from vaccination against measles, rubella, and mumps. It would thus be important to re-evaluate the law to eliminate the loopholes to win against measles through…

gonorrhea, polio, diphtheria, smallpox, and many other contagious diseases. They argue that these people could harm everyone in the United States. Leathy (2016) also supported this idea. In his article, he listed 6 diseases; TB, measles, whooping cough, mumps, scarlet fever, and bubonic plague, which immigrants bring into America. Leathy (2016) mentioned that Americans were almost free from these diseases during the 20th century, but with the rising number of illegal immigrants, the diseases…

diphtheria and mumps have been almost completely eradicated in many countries; nevertheless,…

infection can cause severe birth defects in her baby. How is this prevented? Rubella can be prevented by vaccination. All children should receive the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The vaccine requires two doses, one given at 12–15 months of age and the other given at 4–6 years of age. A combination vaccine called measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (MMRV) vaccine is also available. Contact a health care provider if: Your child's fever lasts more than 5 days. Your child's rash becomes…

BELLS PALSY Overview Bell's palsy is a sudden weakness and paralysis of the muscles in the face. This makes half of your facial muscles appear to tire. On that side, you may have trouble smiling or closing your eye. It is also known as facial palsy, there is no specific age of occurring. The exact cause is usually unknown, but it is assumed to be the cause of swelling, compressed and inflammation of the nerve that control of facial muscles. It might be a reaction that occurs after bacterial or…

Throughout time, vaccines have been used to treat a number of illnesses such as influenza, smallpox, chickenpox and more. In today’s society a common argument that comes up is whether or not parents should vaccinate their children. Although, they have been beneficial to health of the human race many believe that it’s their personal right to decide whether or not they should give their children vaccinations due to speculations that children may obtain illnesses such as autism. However, past and…

Bronwyn has had the suggestion from her Gp that she should have her 11 month old daughter, immunised against Measles, Mumps and Rubella. Bronwyn is afraid of doing anything that could potentially harm her daughter as she has heard rumours of the side-effects of immunisation in the media. She wants to do the right thing by her daughter and decides that she needs to learn more about the issue before she makes her decision. Developing a researchable question is one of the harder tasks, yet it is…