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FACT SHE
Immunizatio
Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine Keep your child and yourself safe. By getting all vaccines on time, you and your child can be protected from many preventable diseases over your lifetimes. Immunization has saved more lives in Canada in the last 50 years than any other health measure.
What are measles, mumps, and rubella? Measles, mumps and rubella are diseases caused by viruses.
The viruses are easily spread through the air by sneezing and
coughing.
Measles (Red measles) causes fever, rash and cold‐like
symptoms and can lead to ear infection or pneumonia. More
serious complications, occurring in 1 in 1,000 people, include
inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). This can lead to
convulsions, deafness or permanent brain damage. One in
3,000 people with measles can die from complications.
Mumps causes fever, headaches, and swelling of the salivary
glands and cheeks. More serious complications include
encephalitis, which can lead to permanent brain damage.
About 1 in 20 people with mumps get mumps meningitis.
Mumps can also cause temporary deafness. Permanent
deafness occurs in less than 5 in 100,000 people with
mumps. About 1 in 4 adult men and post‐pubertal boys
develop painful
swelling
of
the
testicles.
Rubella (German measles) causes fever, rash and headache.
Encephalitis occurs in 1 in 6000 cases and occurs in a higher
frequency in adults. Rubella can cause serious complications
and birth defects in an unborn baby including deafness, eye
problems, heart defects, liver damage, and brain damage. It
occurs in 9 in 10 babies born to women who become
infected with the virus in the first three months of their
pregnancy. Rubella can also cause miscarriage or stillbirth.
How can measles, mumps and rubella be prevented? Be immunized. The vaccine is very effective.
Approximately 99% of children given two doses of
measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, started on or after
their first birthday will have lifelong immunity.
When you get your child vaccinated, you help protec
others as
well.
Who can get the vaccine free of charge in Saskatchewan? The vaccine is given to children as a series of two do
MMR vaccine Child’s Age at vaccination 1st
dose 12 months
2nd dose 18 months
Grade
8
and
grade
12
students
that
have
not
receivetwo doses of the vaccine.
Adults born since 1970 should consider the
immunization when there is: no medical confirmatio
of having had measles, mumps and/or rubella; no
history of immunization with the vaccine; no immun
against these diseases.
Women of childbearing age that are non‐immune to
measles, mumps and/or rubella.
Who should not get the vaccine? A
mild
illness,
with
or
without
a
fever,
is
not
a
reason
to
avoid immunization. People who have a serious illness, with or without
fever, should delay immunization.
Persons with allergies to any of the vaccine compone
or who have had a life‐threatening allergic reaction t
previous dose of the vaccine.
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Pregnant women or women planning to become
pregnant within one month.
Anyone who has a medical condition or is taking
medication or having radiation therapy that can weaken
the immune system (i.e., persons on high doses of
corticosteroids, chemotherapy) should check with their
physician before being immunized.
Immunization may need to be delayed for anyone who
had immune globulin or received blood products in the
last 12 months. Check with your doctor or public health
nurse.
Other Considerations: If you need another live vaccine, get it at the same time
or wait at least one month.
If you need TB skin testing, the vaccine should be given
on the same day or you should wait 4 to 6 weeks after
being immunized.
What are possible reactions after the vaccine? Vaccines are very safe. It is much safer to get the vaccine than to get measles, mumps or rubella. Common reactions to the vaccine may include soreness,
redness and swelling at the injection site.
A mild fever, a rash (that looks like measles) and swelling
of glands in the cheeks or neck can occur about 7 to 12
days after
getting
the
vaccine.
Temporary joint pain may occur in teenage and adult
women.
Rarely, febrile seizures, bleeding problems or
inflammation of the brain may occur.
It is important to stay in the clinic for 15 minutes after
getting any vaccine because there is an extremely rare
possibility of a life‐threatening allergic reaction called
anaphylaxis. This may include hives, difficulty breathing,
or swelling of the throat, tongue or lips. If this happens
after you leave the clinic, call 9‐1‐1 or the local
emergency number.
This
reaction
can
be
treated,
and
occurs in less than one in a million people who get the
vaccine.
Who should you report reactions to?
Report any adverse or unexpected reactions to your
public health nurse or your doctor as soon as possib
Talk to your public health nurse if:
You have questions or concerns about your or your
child’s reaction to immunization; or,
You had to take your child to a doctor, hospital or he
centre with an illness that might be related to the
immunization.
What does the vaccine contain? MMR II® is a live attenuated vaccine and contains
weakened forms of the measles, mumps and rubella
viruses, sorbitol, sodium phosphate, sucrose, sodium
chloride, hydrolyzed gelatin, recombinant human
albumin, fetal bovine serum and neomycin.
Your immunization information will be recorded in a computerized system known as the Saskatchewan Immunization Management System (SIMS). Information
collected in SIMS may be used to: manage immunization records; notify you if you or your child needs an immuniza
monitor how well vaccines work in preventing va preventable diseases.
Your immunization records may also be shared with heacare professionals in order to provide public health servicassist with diagnosis and treatment; and to control the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. For more information contact:
your local
public
health
office,
OR your physician,
OR HealthLine at 1‐877 ‐800 ‐0002.
References: Canadian Immunization Guide, 7th ed., (2006
Red Book, 28th ed. 2009; Product Monograph, 2009;
HealthLink BC, 14a, 2009.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol®, Tempra®, and Panadol®) can be given for fever or soreness. ASA (Aspirin®) should NOT be given to anyone under 20 years of age due to the risk of Reye’s syndrome.