A 39-year-old member asked:

What could happen if you don't have the mmr jab? i know you could get the illnesses (measles, mumps and rubella) but is there anything else?

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Pediatrics 48 years experience

Long term issues: Measles:can cause encephalitis with brain damage in 1/1000 and death in 3/1000 cases. Mumps can cause pregnancy loss, male sterility, mild encephalitis, other problems and occasional death in adults. Rubella, while relatively mild in most, occasionally produces encephalitis in the patient.It is well known for producing miscarriage, birth defects and mental retardation in infants infected in the womb.

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Not getting "the jab" also can put others at risk, especially infants. You could get a relatively mild case of measles as an adolescent or adult and unwittingly spread it to a newborn baby who dies of the disease.

Aug 28, 2013

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A 34-year-old member asked:

What are the chances of getting german measles(rubella) after the MMR jab?

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A 54-year-old female asked:

I had measles as a child (rubella & reg) yet turned up w/ no immunity on work bloodwork. How could that be? Gave me MMR vaccine am i know immune?

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A 38-year-old female asked:

After having multiple (at least 7)MMR vaccines, I still have negative rubella titer, Am I at risk for measles as well? Is seroconversion all or none?

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My daughter is 11 and had her MMR immunizations. She was diagnosed with Chickenpox on 11 August 2016, German Measles on 19 September 2017 and now 11 September 2018 she has a rash again, not yet diagnosed. Can it be a children's disease again?

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A 34-year-old female asked:

A child at my daughters school was confirmed to have German measles on Tuesday. My daughter had her mmr and chickenpox vaccination on Tuesday evening. The sister said she will not get a fever from either of the vaccinations but today she has a fever?

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