Seizure risk doubles for children given the MMRV vaccine.

Source: http://www.webmd.com

The MMR or Mumps, Measles and Ruebella vaccine now has an added component for the Chicken Pox. The only problem is the vaccine is showing a rise in the risk of seizure and other complications.

Here’s what the  good folks over at WebMD have to say about it. …

“The risk of fever-related seizures in infants nearly doubles with the four-in-one measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine (MMRV) compared to when the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and chickenpox vaccine are given separately, according to a new study.

Even so, the risk of febrile seizures — convulsions brought on by fever — is low with either approach, says researcher Nicola P. Klein, MD, PhD, a research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research and co-director of the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, Oakland.”

You can read more about this at their website:

http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20100628/seizure-risk-rises-with-4in1-vaccine

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