Dangerous disease measles: failure to vaccinate and its consequences

Recently, the situation around vaccinations is heating up. The media describes the terrible complications after such a medical procedure, including even deaths. It must be said that humanity has not yet invented anything that could protect it from severe ailments. In rare cases, the procedure had terrible consequences. Such situations force parents to think about the need for vaccination for infants. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to arrange unvaccinated children in a kindergarten, so most parents take the procedure for granted. And nevertheless there are those who write a refusal from an inoculation.

The law in this case is on the side of the parents. Of course, a child may not be taken to a kindergarten, but this is not so bad as a threat to health. However, it is worth looking at this issue on the other hand. For example, if a child has not been vaccinated against measles, he may well become infected with this serious illness. The virus remains in the room for two hours. Unprovited children are almost all suffering from measles.

Symptoms

The infected child has fever, cough, lachrymation, runny nose, conjunctivitis. All these signs are also in ARI, but after 2-3 days there is a rash on the face, head, behind the ears. This is a serious illness with complications. When deciding to write a refusal of vaccination, you need to know everything about it.

In children, immunity is preserved after birth. If the mother had previously had measles or was vaccinated against this disease, the child will not get sick within six months. Measles is quite a serious disease with such complications as hearing and vision loss, otitis media, pneumonia and even mental retardation. Also, with this disease, a high mortality rate. Therefore refusal of an inoculation can be the reason of a lethal outcome.

Course of the disease

The latent period of infection is 9-11 days. Even at this stage, the first symptoms of measles may appear. In the initial period, which is not a specific period, whitish spots appear on the mucous cheeks, hard and soft palate, conjunctivitis. Cough and runny nose also increase, the temperature rises. There is a rash on different parts of the body in strict sequence. First, it covers the face, neck, trunk, hips, arms, feet, legs. The spots of irregular shape are concentrated most of all on the face, neck and chest. At present, there is a decrease in the incidence of measles. Refusing to vaccinate, if it becomes a mass one, can change the situation not for the better.

Graft

Vaccination against measles is administered to children aged 12-15 months. The second inoculation is done in 6 years. Immunity persists for 25 years. Sometimes after vaccination there are such reactions:

• heat;
• Conjunctivitis, runny nose, cough;
• A pale pink rash.

All these phenomena disappear after 3 days. However, there are complications that lead to allergic reactions, nervous system disorders, convulsions. Sometimes there is also thrombocytopenia. If the ampoule is contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus, toxic shock syndrome may appear, which can lead to death.

Conclusion

Complications, which happen after vaccination, sometimes frighten people. Having weighed all the pros and cons, after listening to the opinion of the doctors, the parents decide whether to vaccinate or to refuse it. Formally, the law is on the side of parents, but in real life, without vaccinating a small child, they do not take them to a children's institution. And this is quite acceptable, since it can lead to mass quarantine.