Is there any way you can tell if there are pre-disposing risk factors for reactions to MMR?

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I have posted a couple of threads on this but haven't seem to come any closer to a decision, and now DD is 11 months.

I am not a panicky mother, but I really believe people who say that their child has suffered ill effect from the MMR.

So I guess the next logical question is: is there any way of knowing if your child has any of the predisposing risk factors? My worry is that both me and my mum have autoimmune thyroid disease and DH's niece had Crohn's. Are these risk factors?

I don't understand what you mean when you say "ill effect" that others have suffered.

The MMR is not linked with developing any diseases, only in immunising against disease.

The doctor who originally said that the MMR was linked to autism has a) been sued b) had his "evidence" contradicted by a minimum of 12 specialists and c) when he was putting his report together was funded by the folks promoting single vaccinations.

I know that there has been quite a few cases of measles in the London and Greater London area in the last 12 months so most GPs are offering the booster at 18-20 months instead of the previous 3 yrs old.

I hope this helps. I'm sure you can find all the relevant articles on this if you google the subject in "news".

Vaccinations can cause adverse effects just like any other medical intervention. Anyone who says otherwise is not telling the truth. The bottom line for a parent is whether the risks outweigh the benefits. Unfortunately, there are no proper studies comparing vaccinated with non-vaccinated children. Equally, there is a policy to deny adverse effects to vaccines. Realistically, if you have a family history of auto-immune disorders including asthma, eczema, autism and others it would make sense to do your homework carefully before submitting your children to vaccines, particularly "live" vaccines and combined vaccines.

Measles can happen after vaccination - it will probably be diagnosed as something else though, rather than admit the vaccine didn't work.

There are very strong links between the health authorities, vaccine manufacturers and medical industry.

That's interesting. Can you be more specific please mumofteens?

I've been functioning under the impression that Crohns disease for example, is entirely hereditary, so you either inherit it or you don't.

I do hear a lot about talk about "effects" but other than say a mild fever 7-10 days after the injection, I don't know what else they actually are.