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To ask if YOU having MMR?

258 replies

foreverondiet · 24/04/2013 23:30

Ok. I have vaccinated my dc according to schedule. I got an email at work today from occupational health people (not healthcare or similar) saying that if you a) born after 1972 b) didn't have 2 doses MMR and c) didn't have confirmed case measles then should have MMR now! I asked my Dad (retired gp) and he said I had one measles jab as child, didn't have mmr (although my younger brother did) - he said v v likely I was immune. However he thought slight risk of not being immune.

I am sure a lot of you fall into the category above (most people born between 1972 and 1980) - so who is having.

I don't work with children or in healthcare - I work in an office.

OP posts:
Fillyjonk75 · 25/04/2013 12:16

I was born in 1975, and have never had measles. If my doctor writes to me about this, then I'll arrange to have the jab. If not, then I won't worry about it.

Julezboo · 25/04/2013 12:22

I have spoken to my HV about this, She said if you are unsure whether you have had it. GET it anyway, it wont cause you any harm to have it again. I live in the outbreak area. DS (2) had his early last weekend. I also got my 11 yr old done again and will be having mine done on Saturday (couldnt do it last week as Id been poorly)

It needs to stop. a little boy was sent home from my sons class this week with suspected measles. I dont think people realise how fast it spreads! xx

BlackeyedSusan · 25/04/2013 12:22

I have had 2 measles jabs, the single rubella and a nasty case of mumps

girlwhowearsglasses · 25/04/2013 12:33

I just called my GP - they are going to check my notes to see if I had the vaccine, I was born in 1974 and definitely not had measles

lisson · 25/04/2013 12:36

I was born in the late 60s, so i do't qualify for a measles vaccine because people my age are assumed to be immune. I do remember the family across the road had it when I was about 6 but that's all.

Either it was all around me and I never noticed because its not all that bad really or people my age (mid-40s) aren't immune at all...??

blondebubble · 25/04/2013 12:39

When I went to study in the US in 2000 they insisted that, as I was from Britain, that I needed to have an additional MMR as our vaccination programme (1 jab) didn't meet their standards. I couldn't enrol in university without it.

I asked for a blood test instead and my antibodies came back okay so didn't need the jag.

The chances are you have fine protection as I do, the extra jag is to catch the xx% (small) that don't get the full immunity from one jag.

I was born in '74.

blondebubble · 25/04/2013 12:40

So rather than have the jag, if you are concerned and have an understanding GP you could ask them to check your immunity.

coorong · 25/04/2013 12:40

I work in a high school in a part of a country with historically low uptake, so I'm going to check my records - yes OP I think if you are susceptible it might be an idea

Branleuse · 25/04/2013 12:41

I was born in 76 and think I had measles as I'm sure most people did.
had rubella jab at 11 and tb jab at 12.

my mum refused to get me whooping cough jab as it was controversial and she also tried to persuade me to not give my kids the mmr

Weegiemum · 25/04/2013 12:45

I was born in 1970 but had mmr as part of the initial roll-out in secondary schools in 1993, when I started teaching.

K8Middleton · 25/04/2013 12:55

Born in 81, had measles as a baby, had mumps at primary school and was vaccinated single jab against measles I think (even though I'd had it Confused), rubella jab at secondary school, booster rubella jab, then 2 x doses of MMR.

I am probably over jabbed Grin

Ds had MMR late and has had both doses. Dd will have MMR too probably late

shufflehopstep · 25/04/2013 13:10

I am having it tomorrow as DH and I only discovered this week that neither of us were vaccinated for measles as babies (both born in 70s) as our mums were both advised against it due to family medical history. We have an 11mo so are quite concerned that we have been putting her at risk for the last year and particularly now with these outbreaks.

I had the mumps when I was 3 and had my rubella jab when I was 12 or 13 so it's only measles I'm not protected against.

tb · 25/04/2013 13:28

I had measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox as a child. I was at secondary school in 71-72 when the rubella jab was introduced and we all had it - except for one girl who was insistent she didn't need it as her mother was a doctor and her dm had diagnosed it. Presumably her dm took offence at her diagnostic skills being questioned.

Was a bit Hmm about this - our house was full of red cross and st john's ambulance manuals full of pictures of the spread of rashes and symptoms, but was always taken to the gp for diagnosis even with my great-aunt's/dm's combined wisdom. Both had volunteered at first aid posts during the war.

I also had a smallpox jab done in 64 - this was a condition of being granted a visa for the US at the time.

Dd's vaccine is in the fridge as we speak - although whether she will agree to go to the dr's tomorrow morning is another matter.

Suppose, having had a mis-spent youth in a microbiology lab, I could always add the solvent solution, shake it, suck it up in the other syringe, and go and jab her in the arse through her smelly jogging bottoms while she sleeps (in her clothes - all her friends do, apparently).

fishoils · 25/04/2013 13:29

I was born in 1973 - have had german measles (rubella) and mumps - the actual thing, not the vaccination.

I wouldn't want to have the MMR and duplicate resistance to diseases/illnesses that I've already had.

Measles is not available on the NHS on its own.

I believe that immunity from vaccinations lasts, at the maximum, about 30 years - so, if vaccinated as a child, I probably am no longer immune to measles.

MNBlackpoolandFylde · 25/04/2013 13:38

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FoofFighter · 25/04/2013 13:42

1973 - no idea if I ever got any jabs but I remember having measles and mumps as a child, and as I am pregnant now had to be rubella tested and am showing as immune so I guess I'm covered :)

LeonieDeSainteVire · 25/04/2013 13:47

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GibberTheMonkey · 25/04/2013 13:49

I'm guessing my dh could have the mmr (he's been talking about it) as he's not had any of the jabs or illnesses '75

Does it mean I can't and so will be at risk because I've had mumps as a child (remember my db taking the piss out of my fat face) and the rubella jab at school as a teen '81

So can you have the mmr if you've ha any of them already? And if not do they offer singles to people like me?

mrsbaffled · 25/04/2013 14:18

Born 1977, no jab, no measles. I have just called the docs to ask if I can have it. The receptionist didn't know, so is getting someone to call me back....

BeCool · 25/04/2013 14:21

I had rubella inncoulation in 1982 when I was 14.
By the time I was PG with DD2, at age 43, I had no immunity.
NHS response wasn't to tell be so I could avoid potential risks, but simply to immunise me against rubella after the birth of DD2

AdoraBell · 25/04/2013 14:42

I've had measles as a child but I'm not sure if that means I'm really immune still, it was tries to work out numbers, hang on a minute 36/7 years ago. I'm more concerned about TB as I read that the vaccine wears off after something 15 years. Here in Chile they do the BCG twice, once in childhood and again in late teens.

Actualy, I need to dig out my vaccination card as I don't rememeber what I had to move here Confused just remember DDs having BCG as toddlers for the move.

infamouspoo · 25/04/2013 14:47

Does immunity last from the actial disease? I had measles as a child. A blood test done in 2000 (For US immigration as GP records were incomplete) showed I was immune to everything. But that was 13 years ago and its now nearly 40 years since I had the disease.
What do you reckon?

AdoraBell · 25/04/2013 14:51

Also had the rubella vaccination in school, so early teens, just remembered.

AdoraBell · 25/04/2013 14:54

That's what I'm not sure about infamous I remember having measles, but don't know if the antibodies from that wear off.

toldmywrath · 25/04/2013 15:01

I was born early 60's() & my paper records were destroyed(arson at GP's) when I was a teenager, so records cannot be checked.
Now, most advice is you're almost certainly going to be immune to measles if born before 1970-but I can't accept the almost part. My GP is understanding, thankfully & so I've just had a blood test to see if I've got immunity(I have to visit family in the outbreak area of South Wales soon-no getting away from it)
If I'm not immune, I will have the MMR jab (I've had the disease of mumps (3 times apparently-once either side and once both sides at the same time)Also I've had Rubella.
Infamous -I'm pretty sure that immunity from the actual disease of measles is lifelong, but I'm not an epidemiologist so best to check with your local GP surgery/nurse.

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