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Vaccination Suspended Risk: Mumps (Parotitis)
Before there was the mumps vaccine, this disease was a major cause of deafness among children, with an incidence of approximately 1 in 20,000 cases reported. Typically, mumps is a mild viral illness.
However, certain rare conditions caused by the disease, as inflammation of the brain, nerves and spinal cord can result in serious side effects such as paralysis, seizures, and fluid accumulation in the brain. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Tetanus
Tetanus is a severe disease that often causes death. The bacterium that causes tetanus is easily found in soil and dust from the street and also in the feces of some animals, it is also very resistant to heat and antibacterial cleaners. Between 1922 and 1926, each year there were about 1314 cases of tetanus in the United States. The tetanus vaccine was introduced in the late 40′s and tetanus became a disease that health authorities in the United States remained officially under statistical control and monitoring. In 1998, only 45 reported cases of tetanus in the United States.
Affected individuals suffer from tetanus rigidity and spasms in the muscles. Patients with this disease are severely narrowing the larynx (throat), which causes them difficulty breathing and eating well, muscle spasms can cause fractures (breaks) of the spine and long bones of the body. Some patients may fall into a coma and die. Approximately 30% of the reported cases the patient dies. Read the rest of this entry »
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Vaccination Suspended Risk: Diphtheria
Diphtheria is a serious disease caused by a poisonous substance produced by bacteria. Frequently causes heart and nervous. Mortality rates are between 5% and 10%, and among children and the elderly is higher incidence (up to 20%).
In the 1920′s, diphtheria was a leading causes of illness and death of children in the United States. In 1921, he reported a total of 206,000 cases and 15,520 deaths. After the vaccine was developed in 1923, the number of new cases of diphtheria began to decline in the U.S. and in 1998 reported only one case. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Hepatitis B
More than 2 billion people worldwide have contracted the hepatitis B virus at some point in their lives. Of these, 350 million are carriers of the disease for life and can transmit the virus to others. One million of these people die each year from liver disease and liver cancer.
The country studies show that 5% of Americans (ie, 1.25 million people) are infected with hepatitis B. These same studies also indicated that during the two decades prior to 1990, approximately 300,000 people were infected with hepatitis B each year. Currently, there are about 1.25 million people with the infection of hepatitis B virus for life. Every year between 4,000 and 5,000 of these people because of liver disease related to hepatitis B, which represents more than 700 million dollars in medical costs and absence from work. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Chickenpox
Chickenpox is always present in the community and is highly contagious. Prior to granting license to the chickenpox vaccine in 1995, almost all U.S. residents had suffered from this disease when they reached adulthood. Every year, chickenpox was the cause of about 4 million cases, 11,000 hospitalizations and 100 deaths.
Chickenpox is usually a mild disease, but may be complicated in some infants, teens and adults. Some people who get chickenpox have also come to suffer complications such as secondary bacterial infections, fluid loss (dehydration), pneumonia and central nervous system disorders. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Rubella
Although rubella is usually a mild illness in children and adults, 90% of babies born to mothers who contract rubella during the first three months of pregnancy will develop congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which can result in abnormalities heart disease, cataracts, mental retardation and deafness.
Between 1964 and 1965, before the use of rubella immunization as a routine practice in the U.S., there was an epidemic of this disease as a result of which approximately 20,000 infants born with CRS and there were 2,100 deaths of infants and 11,250 abortions . Of the 20,000 children born with CRS, 11,600 were deaf, blind 3850 and 1800 suffered from mental retardation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Vaccination Suspended Risk: Pertussis
Since the early 80′s, reported cases of pertussis have been increasing every 3 or 4 years reach high levels, however, the numbers of reported cases still substantially lower than the figures seen in the time that there was a vaccine. Compared with cases of pertussis in other age groups, infants 6 months of age or younger who become ill with whooping cough are observed higher rates of hospitalization, pneumonia, seizures, encephalopathy (degenerative brain disease) and deaths. Between 1990 and 1996, died of whooping cough 57 people, 49 of them were younger than 6 months old.
Before disposing of immunization against pertussis, nearly all children contracted the disease. In the United States before the vaccine will be counted against this evil, were reported annually between 150,000 and 260,000 pertussis cases and 9,000 deaths related to the disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Meningitis Haemophilus Influenzae
Meningitis Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib)
Before there Hib vaccine, this disease was the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in infants and children in the United States. Before you count on a vaccine, approximately 20,000 reported cases of invasive Hib each year.
About two thirds of those 20,000 cases were meningitis and one third were from other invasive Hib variants that could cause death, such as bacteria in the bloodstream, pneumonia or inflammation of the epiglottis. About one in every 200 American children under age 5 suffering from meningitis invasive. Hib meningitis caused the deaths of 600 children per year, and many of the survivors suffered from deafness, seizures or mental retardation. Read the rest of this entry »
Vaccination Suspended Risk: Measles
Before there immunization against measles, almost all U.S. residents contracted the disease. Were approximately 3 to 4 million cases of measles per year. Between 1953 and 1963, was an average of 450 deaths associated with measles.
In industrialized countries, 20% of people with measles are hospitalized and between 7% and 9% suffer complications like pneumonia, diarrhea or ear infections. Although less common, some patients may develop measles encephalitis, which can result in brain damage. It is estimated that the mortality rate from measles rises to one in 1,000 people. Read the rest of this entry »
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Vaccination Suspended Risk: Polio
Vaccines are a mechanism for control of many infectious diseases that were common in the past in this country. However, the viruses and bacteria that cause disease and death still exist (although they can be prevented by vaccines) and can be transmitted to people who are not protected by vaccines. These diseases have a major economic impact as a result and bring medical consultations, hospitalizations and premature deaths. In addition, diseases of children can make parents miss work.
Polio
Virus polio (or poliomyelitis) causes acute paralysis that can result in permanent disability and even death. Before there was the polio vaccine, were reported annually between 13,000 and 20,000 cases of paralytic polio in the United States. Often, these annual epidemics of polio left thousands of victims (mostly children) in iron lungs or condemned to wear braces, crutches and wheelchairs. Read the rest of this entry »
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