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Can you get measles if vaccinated as a child?

It is possible but rare to get measles after being vaccinated as a child. The measles vaccine is highly effective, but no vaccine is 100% perfect. In some cases, the immunity provided by the vaccine may wane over time or the vaccine may not have conferred full immunity.


Can you get a paragraph on how the measles vaccine help peoples life?

Measles vaccine prevents from measles and is administered to children of 18 months with a second dose before age of 4 or 5 years. Vaccine of measles contain alive viruses (called antigens). The alive antigen can reproduce inside the human body but they do not damage host because they are weakened in laboratory to the point where they are still alive and able to reproduce but can not cause serious illness. When this vaccine is injected into the human body, the T cells of lymphocytes (White blood cells) detect the type of viruses in it. Then B cells of lymphocytes produce antibodies against these viruses. The viruses reproduce inside human body therefore the lymphocytes produce more antibodies against this specific type of viruses. Antibodies bind to the viruses, stop their activity and destroy them. Now the viruses of vaccine have been destroyed but the antibodies against them are still present and they prevent the actual viruses (harmful) of measles to cause illness. The person who has once caught measles also has the antibodies against measles viruses after the actual viruses entered the body and caused illness. Therefore the patient will recover within a week without using the vaccine.This person can not get measles again in life because the antibodies against measeles are already produced for prevntion by catching measles once. These antibodies are memory cell for this specific type of viruses. The vaccine of measles does not cure but it is used for prevention because it helps in production of antibodies against measles without causing illness.


Born between 1957 and 1963 do you need a measles vaccine?

2. Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination. Measles component: adults born before 1957 can be considered immune to measles. Adults born during or after 1957 should receive >1 dose of MMR unless they have a medical contraindication, documentation of >1 dose, history of measles based on health-care provider diagnosis, or laboratory evidence of immunity. A second dose of MMR is recommended for adults who 1) were recently exposed to measles or in an outbreak setting; 2) were previously vaccinated with killed measles vaccine; 3) were vaccinated with an unknown type of measles vaccine during 1963--1967; 4) are students in postsecondary educational institutions; 5) work in a health-care facility; or 6) plan to travel internationally. Withhold MMR or other measles-containing vaccines from HIV-infected persons with severe immunosuppression. Mumps component: 1 dose of MMR vaccine should be adequate for protection for those born during or after 1957 who lack a history of mumps based on health-care provider diagnosis or who lack laboratory evidence of immunity. Rubella component: administer 1 dose of MMR vaccine to women whose rubella vaccination history is unreliable or who lack laboratory evidence of immunity. For women of childbearing age, regardless of birth year, routinely determine rubella immunity and counsel women regarding congenital rubella syndrome. Do not vaccinate women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant within 4 weeks of receiving vaccine. Women who do not have evidence of immunity should receive MMR vaccine upon completion or termination of pregnancy and before discharge from the health-care facility.


How can a new born baby be immune to measles?

A newborn baby can acquire immunity to measles if the mother has been previously vaccinated or had natural infection, passing on protective antibodies to the baby through the placenta. This is known as passive immunity and offers protection to the baby until they are old enough to receive their own measles vaccination.


How vaccinating a child with MMR vaccine makes them immune to measles?

MMR is measles mumps and rubella. If you give a strain of measles to a child, it's immune system develops anti bodies that destroy the virus, the anti bodies will stay around for ever and the child will be immune to measles as the anti bodies will prevent the measles virus from spreading.

Related Questions

Can you take measles even if you have been vaccinated against it?

Yes. The vaccines are not 100% effective.


Where does Rubella originate?

Measles is a childhood disease. It can be fatal. It is most often found in people who have not been vaccinated.


Can you catch measles by holding a child?

If the child has measels, and you were not vaccinated, then yes you can.


Can you get measles if vaccinated as a child?

It is possible but rare to get measles after being vaccinated as a child. The measles vaccine is highly effective, but no vaccine is 100% perfect. In some cases, the immunity provided by the vaccine may wane over time or the vaccine may not have conferred full immunity.


Can you die from the missals?

No, there is no such disease as "missals". But if you mean Measles- yes. In 2013, there were 145 700 measles deaths globally. Being vaccinated against measles is very important.


Why are you Immune to Chickenpox but not to Measles?

The virus that causes Chicken Pox is different from the virus that causes Measles. If you receive the vaccination for Chicken Pox and not the vaccination for Measles, you are immune to the virus that causes Chicken Pox but have no immunity against the virus that causes Measles. Thus, while while Chicken Pox will not kill you from Reyes Syndrome, you might go blind from Measles. You should also get vaccinated for Measles. We can be immune to chicken pox as if the mother of a baby has had chicken pox the mother will pass temporary immunity to the baby. You can also have a vaccination. If you have chicken pox once it is unlikely you will have it again. But you can get measles more than once unless you get vaccinated. Measles are also more serious than chicken pox.


Will a person who is not vaccinated against rubella contract measles?

Yes, it is very possible that he could contract measles without being protected with a vaccine.


Can senior citizens still get measles?

Yes. If they have not been vaccinated or otherwise acquired immunity (by having contracted the disease previously, then they can still get measles. With the upswing of ill-informed parents who have been duped into thinking that vaccinations are the cause of various unrelated ailments, the risk to senior citizens of contracting measles has gone up significantly.


How can measles be prevented?

Get vaccinated. It is very irresponsible to not have your children vaccinated. It puts your child along with others at risk. contact your doctor to set up an appointment.


How many times can you get rubella?

In childhood, if not vaccinated, you can get the measles one time.A few years ago, it was advised that children who were vaccinated many decades ago get a booster in teenage years.For all people who have ever been exposed to or developed measles, people after age 50 can have Shingles. The virus that causes measles lies dormant in the body, when it can erupt again in late life. Shingles is a very painful outbreak, usually above nerves. It is often found around the waist, sides, and can affect the face and eyes.


How do you cure Measles?

There is no specific treatment for measles mainly because it is a viral infection and the management is usually of the symptoms. Sometimes antibiotics are given to manage bacterial complications accompanying measles such as pneumonia. It is best to get vaccinated against measles with the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rublla) which will prevent you from having measles in the future.


Being vaccinated for a disease such as measles can protect a person from that disease for the rest of his or her life true or false?

true.