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06-08-09, 10:59 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5982476/Four-year-old-dies-after-being-diagnosed-with-mumps.html
Four-year-old dies after being diagnosed with mumps
Lisa Pollitt, a four-year-old girl from Wythenshawe who had had the MMR vaccine, has died after being diagnosed with mumps, it has emerged.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Published: 12:21PM BST 06 Aug 2009
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01457/porritt_1457559c.jpg Lisa Pollitt, aged 4, from Baguely who died suspected of mumps. Photo: MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
The youngster had appeared to be recovering but then suddenly took a turn for the worse and doctors at a hospital in Manchester failed in their battle to save her. The exact cause of death has not yet been established, but deaths following mumps are very rare.
If confirmed, Lisa would be the first death in a mumps patient for more than nine years and over 65,000 cases.
Parents shunned the MMR vaccine followed research that linked it to bowel disorders and autism and there was a resurgence in mumps, with an epidemic in 2005. Measles cases have also risen and doctors are urging parents to ensure their children have had the full two doses of the vaccine.
It is not clear if Lisa had been given two doses of the MMR vaccine and cases of mumps in people who have been fully vaccinated are rare.
Parents Patsy and Danny, from Baguley, told of their horror at the death of their 'bright, bubbly and beautiful' daughter.
They described how their GP informed them Lisa had mumps, but the cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Lisa was rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital where medics managed to revive her, but she died hours later.
Patsy, 24, said: "She was so full of life, bright and bubbly and into everything. She was a real tomboy and loved playing with her brothers and our dog. We can't believe she has gone."
Post-mortem tests have not so far established the cause of death and toxicology tests are now being carried out. The results will not be available for several weeks.
Her parents have been told by doctors that she could have died because of a rare complication of mumps or a separate virus while her system was weakened.
Lisa had been given the MMR vaccine which should protect against mumps but in rare cases people can still catch it.
Patsy said: "She was a healthy young girl and had suffered no serious illnesses. She woke up with a swollen face and the GP said it was mumps.
"She seemed to be OK, she was eating and even had started playing again.
"Then a week later she was a bit groggy and couldn't get to sleep so I stayed downstairs on the sofa with her.
"Suddenly her lips went blue, she was all pale and was still breathing but a few minutes later she stopped.
"It all happened so quickly. It was terrifying.
"In a way it was good that I had her sleeping with me because if not we would never have known what had happened - at least we knew we had got her medical care immediately. Everyone did everything they could to save her."
Lisa had two brothers, Cameron, five, and Anthony, three, and was due to start at Baguley Hall Primary in September. She was already a pupil at the school's nursery.
Lisa was diagnosed with mumps on July 20. It is incredibly rare to die from the disease, with estimates suggesting one in 10,000 cases.
Patsy said: "It seems so unfair when Lisa had had all her injections that she would get mumps, but the doctors says it happens sometimes and there is a lot of mumps around at the moment.
"We know there are lots of children who haven't been given the injection and I hope that if their parents hear what happened to Lisa they will realise how serious it can be and they will get their children protected and stop it from spreading."
By May this year doctors had recorded 95 cases of mumps across Greater Manchester, with 31 cases in Manchester, 17 in Tameside, 13 in Trafford and 10 in the Ashton, Wigan and Leigh area.
Mumps is a virus which normally affects glands in the mouth and neck, making them swell up and become painful.
It is passed on through saliva and the incubation period is between two and three weeks.
In 30 per cent of cases there are no symptoms and complications include swelling of the ovaries and testes and, although some believe it can cause sterility, there is no evidence of this.
Four-year-old dies after being diagnosed with mumps
Lisa Pollitt, a four-year-old girl from Wythenshawe who had had the MMR vaccine, has died after being diagnosed with mumps, it has emerged.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Published: 12:21PM BST 06 Aug 2009
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01457/porritt_1457559c.jpg Lisa Pollitt, aged 4, from Baguely who died suspected of mumps. Photo: MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
The youngster had appeared to be recovering but then suddenly took a turn for the worse and doctors at a hospital in Manchester failed in their battle to save her. The exact cause of death has not yet been established, but deaths following mumps are very rare.
If confirmed, Lisa would be the first death in a mumps patient for more than nine years and over 65,000 cases.
Parents shunned the MMR vaccine followed research that linked it to bowel disorders and autism and there was a resurgence in mumps, with an epidemic in 2005. Measles cases have also risen and doctors are urging parents to ensure their children have had the full two doses of the vaccine.
It is not clear if Lisa had been given two doses of the MMR vaccine and cases of mumps in people who have been fully vaccinated are rare.
Parents Patsy and Danny, from Baguley, told of their horror at the death of their 'bright, bubbly and beautiful' daughter.
They described how their GP informed them Lisa had mumps, but the cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Lisa was rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital where medics managed to revive her, but she died hours later.
Patsy, 24, said: "She was so full of life, bright and bubbly and into everything. She was a real tomboy and loved playing with her brothers and our dog. We can't believe she has gone."
Post-mortem tests have not so far established the cause of death and toxicology tests are now being carried out. The results will not be available for several weeks.
Her parents have been told by doctors that she could have died because of a rare complication of mumps or a separate virus while her system was weakened.
Lisa had been given the MMR vaccine which should protect against mumps but in rare cases people can still catch it.
Patsy said: "She was a healthy young girl and had suffered no serious illnesses. She woke up with a swollen face and the GP said it was mumps.
"She seemed to be OK, she was eating and even had started playing again.
"Then a week later she was a bit groggy and couldn't get to sleep so I stayed downstairs on the sofa with her.
"Suddenly her lips went blue, she was all pale and was still breathing but a few minutes later she stopped.
"It all happened so quickly. It was terrifying.
"In a way it was good that I had her sleeping with me because if not we would never have known what had happened - at least we knew we had got her medical care immediately. Everyone did everything they could to save her."
Lisa had two brothers, Cameron, five, and Anthony, three, and was due to start at Baguley Hall Primary in September. She was already a pupil at the school's nursery.
Lisa was diagnosed with mumps on July 20. It is incredibly rare to die from the disease, with estimates suggesting one in 10,000 cases.
Patsy said: "It seems so unfair when Lisa had had all her injections that she would get mumps, but the doctors says it happens sometimes and there is a lot of mumps around at the moment.
"We know there are lots of children who haven't been given the injection and I hope that if their parents hear what happened to Lisa they will realise how serious it can be and they will get their children protected and stop it from spreading."
By May this year doctors had recorded 95 cases of mumps across Greater Manchester, with 31 cases in Manchester, 17 in Tameside, 13 in Trafford and 10 in the Ashton, Wigan and Leigh area.
Mumps is a virus which normally affects glands in the mouth and neck, making them swell up and become painful.
It is passed on through saliva and the incubation period is between two and three weeks.
In 30 per cent of cases there are no symptoms and complications include swelling of the ovaries and testes and, although some believe it can cause sterility, there is no evidence of this.