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aatainc
09-10-09, 03:03 PM
Hi There,
My neighbour's 1 year old had his MMR 2 weeks ago. His paed advised his mum that he might be irritable and have a fever or other reaction 2 weeks after the shot. My children (2 and 6 mo) were playing with him last week when exactly this occured, he was crying and had a mild fever. His mother stupidly gave my 2yo his leftover orange to eat after he had been slobbering on it. (She is unvaxed.) the next day she refused much breakfast, then shortly after said she had a sore tummy and didn't vomit but had the hiccups and bouts of sudden upset crying and shaking. She had diarrhea the next day, was back to normal on the third. She had a moderate fever 38.5 for about 48 hours. I think (but am not certain) that my breastfed 6mo caught it too, as she was doing lots more pooey nappies than usual, they were a bit separate and green, and she had a mild fever just over 37.

Anyway, I just presumed that this was a mild rotavirus or something like that, as did the doc. it required no treatment. This child was literally the only soul we had contact with that week, except my mother who hasn't been ill. We hadn't left the house at all. I can't imagine they caught something from anywhere else.

So I presumed he was actually sick and it wasn't a vaccine reaction he was having. BUT - after the same symptoms as my girls for 2 days, he developed a measles like rash.

My questions are:
-if he was having a measles like reaction from the vaccine - can my kids really have caught measles from him?

-could my girl's symptoms (no rash) really have been measles?

-if so, would my girls now have immunity? and would this be as "good" as immunity from full-blown natural measles? (if so - WOO HOO!)

Thoughts appreciated. Of course the health line I called denied the possibility that the original kid could even be having a vaccine reaction as late as 2 weeks later, but if even his paed advised it??????

Thanks!

Momtezuma Tuatara
09-10-09, 03:09 PM
Incubation period for vaccine acquired measles is 14 days as doc said, and after contact same period...

one day is too short a time span.

Was he given the rotavirus vaccine at the same time? It's live and the vaccine is a more efficient spreader than rotavirus infection itself....

aatainc
09-10-09, 04:01 PM
I don't think so, it's not on the qld schedule after 6 months. The schedule does also have hepB and hib, meningococcal (?sp) C as well. He might have had 2 things at once. Unless my kids caught something from the cat?? or food borne? can't work out what else it could be. (baby isn't even eating solids to get it from food) - or could a food borne illness affect DD1 and she then pass it on directly to bub? who knows!!

Thanks for the info.

any chance that my girls could catch hte measles from him in the next week or so (after exposure last week?)

Momtezuma Tuatara
09-10-09, 04:44 PM
Only time will tell you that :D