Neuro said: Give MMR to avoid getting Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

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Thanks again everyone for all your kind and geniune hearted posts responses! So of course I had to have a conference call with this Neuro. He called me this weekend and I made him break it down for me, as to why give him the MMR now, at 5yrs old?

He explaned, that it wasn't so much getting the measals...because he himself said "it can be treated without a problem". He said, it's the contracting of a far more lethal measals that he can get afterwards, called "SSPE" which causes major inflammation to the brain and children can die more easily from it.

He said, it's kind of like getting the chicken pocks (varicella) when we were kids and then as adults getting Shingles but 10 times worse in comparesen. This "SSPE" measal gets so inflammed, that it would burst the blood brain barrier.

He commended that I've waited this long to give him the MMR, and said he's not on board of giving children vaccine cocktails all at once...to seperate them as much as possible. He mentioned he knows that children starting their late Pre-K and Kindergarten phase in their lives don't have much of a choice..because of school demanding vaccination.

He said, if we prepare him for the vaccine, two weeks before getting the MMR, by having him take a good multi-vitamin, good Cod-liver oil and make sure he is not sick the day of, he assured me that the MMR would not affect him, now at 5yrs old and more importantly...not to give him any other vaccine for 6 or more months and go see him asap if I see any reactions to the MMR. This Neuro doesn't give the MMR, only the Pediatricians does.

With that said, I'm still going to wait another year...until I do the necessary blood tests to see where his gut and immune system stand at this time. Please share your thoughts....

Of course I had to google this SSPE type of measals and paste it for all of you to view:

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A progressive neurological disorder involving inflammation of the brain caused by a complication of the measles virus. It can occur up to 10 years after the initial measles virus and may be due to a defective immune response to the virus or a reactivation of the virus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis is available below.

Alternative Names

SSPE; Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; Dawson´s encephalitis

Definition of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis:

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive, debilitating, and deadly brain disorder related to measles (rubeola) infection.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Ordinarily, the measles virus does not cause brain damage, but an abnormal immune response to measles or, possibly, certain mutant forms of the virus may cause severe illness and death. This leads to brain inflammation (swelling and irritation) that may last for years.

SSPE has been reported in all parts of the world, but in western countries it is considered a rare disease.

Fewer than 10 cases per year are reported in the United States, a dramatic decrease that followed the nationwide measles immunization program. However, in some countries like India, over 20 cases of SSPE per million people are reported each year.

SSPE tends to occur several years after an individual has measles, even though the person seems to have fully recovered from the illness. Males are more often affected than females, and the disease generally occurs in children and adolescents.Source: http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001419.htm#ixzz2FHCS2Q8b Follow us: @UMMC on Twitter | MedCenter on Facebook