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Antenatal blood tests
You will be offered a variety of blood tests during your pregnancy. By testing your blood, a great deal can be deduced about the likely health of yourself and your baby. Whenever possible the taking of blood tests is timed so that you don’t need lots of needles on separate occasions! Blood group Usually at…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged anaemia, antibodies, Blood disorders, CVS, Cystic fibrosis, deafness, diabetes, Down’s syndrome, Genetic disorders, German measles, hepatitis B, HIV, Miscarriage, Rh disease, Rhesus factor, rubella, Sickle-cell disease, Thalassaemia, Toxoplasmosis, Ultrasound, Vaccination
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Infections that may affect your baby
Rubella Rubella (or German measles) can seriously affect your baby’s sight and hearing, and cause brain and heart defects in your baby if you catch it in the first four months of pregnancy. All children are now immunised against rubella at 12-15 months, and again before they start school. If you’re not immune and you do come into contact…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Online antenatal classes, Pregnancy Health
Tagged AIDS, antenatal class, Antibiotic, baby Rubella, babyworld online antenatal class, chickenpox, class 1, cold sores, German measles, Group B streptococcal, hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Herpes, HIV, HIV/AIDS, infection, Infectious diseases, oral herpes, rubella, Sexually transmitted diseases, Toxoplasmosis
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Conception: how to help you get pregnant
You’re more likely to get pregnant if you’re fit, and your body will cope better with both pregnancy and labour. Aim for three lots of 20-minute exercise a week as a minimum – still time to get a few sit-ups in now! Look at your diet – is there enough folic acid? If you’re having a Valentine’s…
Protection levels for vaccines
Normally after a completed vaccination programme almost all children will have lifelong protection against certain diseases, most likely lifelong protection against measles, mumps, rubella and meningitis C, at least 10 years protection against diptheria and tetanus and around three years against whooping cough. However, vaccines cannot always guarantee complete protection. Sometimes this is because the body has not produced enough…
Posted in Baby Care, Immunisations
Tagged antibodies, Immunity, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Mumps, Pertussis, rubella, tetanus, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, whooping cough
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Immunisation illnesses explained
The current immunisation program offers protection against eleven infectious diseases but because vaccinations have been so effective, many people know very little about these illnesses. Read on to find out more about the diseases you’re protecting your child from. Diphtheria Diphtheria is an extremely infectious disease which, thanks to vaccinations, is very rare in the UK. However, in poorer countries…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Bacterial diseases, blood poisoning, common cold, congenital rubella syndrome, Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis, encephalitis, epilepsy, flu, homeopathy, illness, infection, Infectious diseases, Infertility, inflammation, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Miscarriage, Mumps, oral polio drops, Pertussis, pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, polio, rubella, septicaemia, TB, tetanus, tuberculosis, Vaccination, viral infection, whooping cough
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MMR Vaccine
MMR stands for Measles, Mumps and Rubella and is often referred to as the triple vaccine. Children receive a single injection of the MMR vaccine at around 13 months, with another dose given at three years and four to five months old and your child needs two doses. Dr Ramsay, a consultant epidemiologist, says “Anyone…
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Tagged antibodies, Autism, Child Health, encephalitis, German measles, immunisation, live measles, Measles, Measles Mumps Rubella, MMR vaccine, Mumps, rubella, slight rash, Vaccination, Vaccines
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Measles, jabs and eggs
Doctors have today urged mothers of children with egg allergies not to avoid measles immunisations any longer. Experts on allergy have endorsed the recommendation, which applies to nearly every child in this risk category. It has been estimated by the researchers that nearly 6,000 children a year with egg allergies are safely given the measles, mumps and rubella…
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Tagged allergic reaction, allergy, Child Health, Egg allergy, food allergy, immunisation, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, rubella, severe asthma, Vaccination, Vaccines
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MMR jab ‘not linked to autism’
7 June 1999 MMR jab ‘not linked to autism’ A study commissioned by the government, and due to be published this week, has ruled out any link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. The Department of Health are hoping the findings will reassure parents who are concerned about the safety of the…
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Tagged Autism, Causes of autism, Department of Health, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, rubella, Vaccines
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Measles could sweep the UK
13 September, 2000 A REFUSAL to get children vaccinated could lead to epidemics sweeping the UK, pharmacists have warned. Vaccination levels for all jabs are on the way down, but particularly for the childhood MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) jab given between 12 months and 15 months. Now the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry…
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Tagged Autism, Diphtheria, epidemics, Immunology, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, rubella, such autism, Trevor Jones, Vaccination, Vaccines
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MMR vaccination programme planned for schools
10th November Thousands of school children will be offered the MMR jab in a bid to prevent a threatened measles epidemic. Health officials are writing to most of the primary schools in London to see if they will take part in the programme. The move follows warnings from the Health Protection Agency that the capital…
