General Chat

I'm one of the ancients. We had Smallpox.(Thank Goodness) Diptheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus. I Suffered Measels, Rubella(known as German measels in my youth.For which there were no immunisations at that time and fortunately suffered no side effects. Also had Yellow Jaundice(one the the Heptitis strains) What I find totally wrong ,Why give Immunisations for rubella to Males(it is to prevent feotus being damaged by the pregnant mother catching the virus). Why give Females the Mumps Vaccination ( The infection is more likely to inflame the Testes rather than the Ovaries...very rare indeed) One of my Grandsons sailed through all jabs and the MMR .His equally bouncy Bro. of 14. months Jnr. suffered a physical reaction and became a 'Poorly' child. Take your choice I'm afraid . As always (and hard for this Generation to accept) It is the survival of the fittest Dem

Lol Demelza, I'm one of the ancients too, I also had the smallpox jab. It isn't given anymore, or so the Health Visitor told me, because the chances of you having a reaction to the injection are far higher than the chances of you actually catching the disease. I think the Rubella and Mumps jabs are given to all children, so as to reduce the chances of an outbreak of the illnesses. My daughter had the MMR, but found out after the birth of her son that the wasn't immune to Rubella. If she had caught German Measles during the pregnancy....

Adding to this thread I only allowed my children to have the Polio, Diptheria & Tetanus jabs (1980s) & my daughter had the Reubella. I flatly refused the measles & whooping cough on the grounds that no one could guarantee they were safe. The MMR first came out when my 3rd was 1 year old and I refused this also because of the measles element. The health visitor accused me of being a bad mother and putting my son under death sentence for not allowing it. My eldest 2 had measles when they were 5 & 3, they recovered with no side effects. I had an old fashioned doctor & my mum who advised me on how to nurse them through the illness. None of my 5 grandchildren have had MMR or whooping cough jabs, again because my daughter was given too much conflicting information.

Out 2 had all the jabs, We felt that prevention outweighted the risk. Our daughter is asthmatic and has never had any side effects. But it is a personnal choice Everyone should do what is right for there family as they know the circumstamces. Jan x

because i was asthmatic , my daughter who is now 20 couldnt have whooping cough, she went on to have the disease, and spent 6 weeks in hospital. my 16 yr old had mmr changed over night has got aspergers autism his life and mine has been a living hell for 14 yrs, after complaining to gp, for 13 yrs i decided to look at his medical records to see if i had done as id thought for 13 years saying my son had changed , his notes are missing , my story not to put people off , but if the nhs are so keen to have your child imunised tell them you want 3 single, there was nothing like this scale of autism before this.

Fiona aka Ruby I'm an ancient too - I had a smallpox jab on the sole of my foot because my GP told Mum as I was a girl I wouldn't want the scar on my arm. He was such a lovely old Irishman, a proper doctor that you could trust :o) Both my daughters had Rubella injections, one in 1987 and the other one in 1991. I was told by a health visitor friend that it didn't give lifelong immunity though, only for about 10 years, and they should be given boosters, which they never were. She told me the only way to get lifelong immunity from Rubella was to actually catch it. I don't know whether that advise still stands now. My elder daughter was tested 5 years ago and found she had no immunity so was given an injection in case she caught it when pregnant. My younger daughter caught Rubella in 1996, so her immunity only lasted 5 years! When she was also tested 5 years ago she was still immune! I am still immune 43 years after having Rubella or German Measles as it was called then! Sue xx

I am also old enough to have had the SMALLPOX vaccination. it had to be updated evry now and again, didn't it? Demelza.... is that your real name? Deanna X

There are risks with all inoculations but they are far less than the risks of not having the vaccine at all. he NMR vaccine has received the most publicity, but it is actually more risky to have separate jabs, on the grounds that there has not been sufficient research in the longer term of this course of treatment, whereas NMR treatment has been researched endlessly.

My husbands Uncle died at the age of 15months as a result of whooping cough, a nasty hacking cough. The child gets so weak and dies. My husband grandmother never got over losing her baby in that .Our children and there have had the mmr vaccines,with no after effects. At the end of the day it is the parents decision, Sheila