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Leeds student Flora Cox recovered from mumps

health experts warn that young adults are At Risk of developing mumps, because many of their age group and missed getting two doses of the MMR vaccine as children.

cases of mumps in England, their highest level for ten years.

So, why is mumps, a risk, and how effective is the MMR vaccination is?

mumps is risky for adults?

It can be.

The viral infection used to be very common in children before the MMR vaccine was in the UK in 1988.

It usually causes painful swelling in The Glands on the side of The Face , plus joint pain, fever, and fatigue.

Most people recover without treatment. However, it can lead to Complications , including:

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How many cases are there?

In England, there was 5.042 meters in 2019 - four times The Number in the year 2018.

the Public Health Wales identified 2,695 possible cases of mumps in the year 2019 - up from 519 in the year 2018.

Scotland draws his characters on a slightly different schedule, but says that by the end of September, there were 554 confirmed cases, compared with 218 in the year 2018.

Northern Ireland had an increase in cases in The Last year, compared with 66 in the whole of 2018.

What is the MMR vaccine and who can do it?

millions of children are vaccinated against mumps as well as measles and rubella (also called German measles) - since the MMR vaccine was introduced in the UK More Than 30 years ago.

The conditions are highly contagious, with potentially serious Complications , and babies, children and adults can uncomfortable very.

The mumps virus is very contagious and can be passed on by saliva or droplets of

babies, The First dose at 12-13 months and the second booster injection get in before school starts, usually at about three to four years old.

Two doses are required in order to be fully protected.

to arrange All adults need the MMR, should contact their family doctor for vaccination.

How effective is the vaccination?

It is safe and very effective.

About 99% of the people are protected against measles and rubella after two doses of the MMR.

- protection against mumps is a little lower, around 88%.

If the people have only one dose of the vaccine, the protection is even less to spread reducing The Risk of diseases.

Before the MMR vaccination was introduced in 1988, huge numbers of children got mumps, and it is an average of five death cases in the year, usually from brain Complications .

The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella-What are the take-up rates are like?

The proportion of children has fallen both doses of the MMR vaccine by their fifth birthday in The Last four years 86. 4% in England.

This is below the 95% target required for "herd immunity" to the diseases to circulate freely.

Scotland and Northern Ireland see better vaccination rates, but Wales is not.

Take-up rates are declining in many other countries.

That meant that, as well as the increase in mumps, measles cases rose to nearly 1,000 in the UK in the year 2018, twice as many as in the year 2016.

health experts warn that children is At Risk , with the devastating consequences of measles, mumps and rubella have failed the vaccine.

What is the reason for the falling prices?

In 1998, linked to a study by former doctor Andrew Wakefield wrong the MMR vaccination to autism. The research is now completely discredited.

But it had an impact on the reporting of the vaccine, which fell to about 80% in the late 1990s and a low level of 79% in 2003.

According to the vaccine prices began to recover, but anti-vaccination myths on Social Media have since been blamed for a negative impact on parent confidence in the vaccine.

The British chief medical officer has previously criticized the anti-vaccine movement, and urged to ignore the parents "social-media fake news".

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Source of news: bbc.com