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Originally Posted by meperrella My little one is due for his 1 yr. old shots soon and I have heard alot of different things about the MMR shot, has anyone of you out there ever had a problem with it?
They say it takes 10 days to see a reaction from it, why so long, anybody know? |
10 day reaction time is probably due to the fact that is the incubation period for measles. Both of my boys had MMR w/o any issues. I had ONE child in my entire 5 year career as a daycare provider have a moderate reaction. She broke out in a measle like rash for 2 days. No fever, no issues, just had a rash.
I *think* and I could be wrong, but it is possible to break this vaccine down into single doses given over a period of time (measles one month, mumps the next and rubella the next, for example).
For the most part vaccinations are safe--there are reactions, but there isn't enough evidence to say whether it's actually a vaccination that causes the reaction or a genetic anomaly in the person that causes them to be more susceptible or allergies, etc.