Measles - another illness which should have vanished.

[Rosie1958]

My son had the MMR vaccination when he was around 14/ 15 months old and promptly caught a mild form of measles. I am sure that he would have had a much stronger bout later on had he not had the vaccination

Understanding some of the awful affects that measles can have (meningitis and encephalitis to name two of the serious ones that could be fatal) I believe that those parents that don't have their children innoculated are putting them and others at risk. The MMR vaccination is there for a reason, we are so lucky to have it available and it's a no-brainer not to want to protect your children

I am just getting over a second bout of shingles which is related to the chicken pox virus and it's a pity that there isn't a vaccination for chicken pox which I suffered from quite badly with numerous complications when I first started school.

[Steve.r]

I am just getting over a second bout of shingles .

My Father also had a bout of this last year Rosie, I know how it made him feel and it took several months to fully recover. He is fine now, but it's not nice.