MMR library
MMR and risk
The MMR vaccine has been linked to some serious illnesses. What are the risks to my child if I go ahead with MMR immunisation?
Mumps meningitis
MMR vaccines containing one strain of mumps vaccine virus - one that is no longer used in this country - were found to be linked with a mild form of mumps meningitis which appeared about three weeks after immunisation.
Although these cases were rare, this vaccine has not been used since September 1992 and there have been no cases of mumps meningitis linked to the MMR vaccine that is used now.
- Introduction
- The risks of diseases
- Side effects of the disease vs side effects of the vaccine
- How do we know the vaccine is safe?
- Why should we trust the government on the safety of the MMR vaccine - look at BSE?
- What do these symptoms look like?
- The MMR vaccine has been linked to some serious illnesses. What are the risks to my child if I go ahead with MMR immunisation?
- The risks: Asthma
- The risks: Autism
- The risks: Crohn's disease
- The risks: Guillain Barré Syndrome
- The risks: Inflamatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- The risks: Mumps meningitis
- The risks: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)