If one doesn't work, or 2 don't work, or 3 don't work..................just
give more.
Maybe the vaccine caused it? Now that's a thought.
Sheri
DAILY NEWS from NetDoctor.co.uk
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IRISH KIDS DEVELOP MENINGITIS
HEALTH NEWS
Today's headlines > Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Irish kids develop meningitis
Three children have been hospitalised with meningitis in Ireland this year
despite being vaccinated against the disease.
Recommendations were made last July to offer meningitis boosters after it
was found that vaccinations given at two, four and six months may not be
adequate enough to fight the disease caused by the haemophilus influenzae
bacteria (Hib).
However, the booster programme is yet to be implemented in spite of calls
from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC).
Consultant paediatrician at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Dr Kevin
Connolly, said: "I am disappointed that the implementation of a booster
programme was not advanced quicker. The NIAC scheduled extra meetings
specifically to discuss whether a booster was necessary.
"We made a decision in July in the hope that a booster dose would be
introduced before the winter period. I am very disappointed that nothing
definite has been decided thus far."
It also emerged this week that several children have suffered neurological
damage in the past few years as a result of the disease, which can also
cause septic arthritis and a fatal voice box infection.
Despite the development of a new vaccine in 1992, 14 cases of the disease
were reported in 2003, the highest number in almost ten years.
Meningitis in the UK and Ireland is usually caused by meningococcal bacteria
and the introduction of the MenC vaccine between 1999 and 2000 has
drastically reduced the number of people contracting the disease.
Meningitis symptoms can include an all-over rash, vomiting, sensitivity to
light, severe headaches and a stiff neck.
Adfero Ltd
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