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A mother revealed that her baby had spent six weeks fighting for her life in the hospital after she had caught measles.
Sophie Dale, 22, says her son Levi had "terrifying" fits just 11 months ago last November, while she was preparing her birthday cake.
Levi, who was scheduled to have his usual measles shot the next month, was stopped at the hospital where doctors treated him for everything from sepsis to meningitis, before realizing that he was sick. he had measles.
The young man spent his first birthday at the hospital, being "stung every 30 minutes with needles" before getting out of it..
Miss Dale of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, now urges other parents to "learn from Levi and vaccinate your children".
Its story comes after scientists warned that the UK was facing a time bomb against the measles outbreak because of "the rapid rise of anti-vaccination alerts on social networks, pushing many people to doubt the need for vaccines ".
Sophie Dale's son, Levi (pictured left after his recovery) spent six days in the hospital fighting for his life after contracting measles at the age of 11 months. The young man was arrested at the hospital when he had seizures. He is photographed well treated
Levi also developed the revealing measles rash on his legs (photo)
Miss Dale, a single mother, said, "Measles causes infections. It's life threatening. It's scary and my son could have died.
"Seeing my son in the hospital has been the most terrifying six days of my life and I want all parents to know what can happen and what to watch for.
"Some people think that measles has only a few spots and a fever, but one in 15 children will develop very serious complications, including encephalitis, seizures, meningitis, deafness, bronchitis, or pneumonia."
Miss Dale had planned to have Levi vaccinated after her birthday. The first dose of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine was usually given when a child had reached the age of 1 year.
However, the disaster struck just before the youth was immunized.
"I was preparing Levi's birthday cake and getting ready for his birthday when he started having terrifying convulsions," said Miss Dale.
"His face was swollen, his body was sore, he was not eating, he had the highest temperature I've ever seen, he had epileptic seizures and he was just staring into the empty. It's something that no parent wants to see.
"Ambulance to the hospital, he turned on his blue light and was led directly to the high addiction treatment unit where he was treated and treated for sepsis, encephalitis, pneumonia, meningitis and a whole bunch of other things.
"Intensive care was put on hold, my poor little baby undergoing MRI, lumbar punctures, EEGs, cannulas, infusions, antibiotics and sedation."
Levi (left with her mother in the hospital) could not understand "why mom – her protector – let the doctors give her needles every 30 minutes to stab him". In the photo, recently right, the young man has completely recovered, but had to relearn how to walk.
The measles rash (on the ankle and foot of Levi) usually appears three to five days after other symptoms, such as fever. Flat and red spots usually start at the hairline and extend downward
Doctors eventually diagnosed Levi with measles and began treating the infection.
"He was hospitalized for six days and they were the scariest six of my life," said Miss Dale.
"He was pushed and pushed left and right. I just wanted to cry to the doctors and nurses to leave him alone but I knew that they were saving his life.
"I was heartbroken by the fear and confusion of my poor baby.
"He would not have been able to understand why Mom – his protector – let the doctors stab him and hit him every 30 minutes with needles.
"He would cry for me when I was not allowed to enter the room for certain procedures. He spent his first birthday at the hospital, tied up with machines and I was terrified of losing his spark and never smirking again. & # 39;
Public Health England even contacted Miss Dale in the middle of the night to ask her where her son had been and with whom he had been in contact.
"It was then that I realized how a measles outbreak could be very serious," she said.
Levi recovered but was forced to relearn how to walk. He has since had his MMR javelin. Miss Dale shares her family's hardships to encourage other parents to vaccinate their children.
"Our experience shows that we should not be afraid of vaccinations," she said. They save lives.
"There are so many messages online about the need to encourage parents not to get vaccinated and to claim that it causes autism and sudden death. Please, learn from Levi and me and please, have your children vaccinated. & # 39;
After the first injection of a MMR vaccine at about a year, the baby undergoes a second injection before starting school, usually at three years and four months, according to the NHS.
The MMR vaccine can be given to babies from six months old if they have been exposed to the measles virus or during an outbreak.
Younger infants do not routinely receive the bite because of measles, mumps and rubella antibodies passed from mother to baby at birth. These are almost all gone after a year.
On the photo with her son after the test, Miss Dale urges parents not to "fear" the vaccines
Levi (left photo recently) almost died of fear. The eruption also covered his hand (right)
Miss Dale (on the photo recently left with her son) wants parents to "learn from Levi". The eruption also covered the torso of the young (right). His mother says that he had other symptoms, including loss of appetite, muscle aches and pains, and that he was "staring into space."
Dr. Helen Bedford, Professor of Child Health at University College London (UCL) at the Great Ormond Street Institute, led a study on the adverse effects of anti-vaxx messages.
"While the majority of parents are happy to vaccinate, the rapid rise of anti-vaccination alerts on social networks is causing many people to question the need for vaccines," she said.
"Thanks to a long-standing and successful vaccination program, our country has forgotten the terrible consequences of these diseases on children.
"Anti-vaccination sites can focus on perceived side effects, but they do not show the real and often decisive impact of catching a disease for which we vaccinate."
According to Unicef, 500,000 British children in the last eight years have not been vaccinated against diseases such as measles. The charity has blamed the recent global outbreak of the life-threatening disease at falling immunization rates.
UCL researchers found that nearly half of the 1,000 parents surveyed felt that the anti-vaxx phenomenon was having more and more influence.
And up to 59% of mothers and fathers under the age of 25 could be influenced by anti-jab propaganda.
Overall, one in five parents reported that the anti-vaxx movement had reduced their incentive to vaccinate their child. And one in seven admits to "questioning the need for vaccines", which affects a quarter of mothers aged 25 and under.
The study also revealed that 83% of young parents with children aged five and under – when most vaccines are administered – admit to having read alarmist stories, whereas this is only for 65% of parents.
And a little more than half of parents do their own "research" before deciding to vaccinate their child, Facebook being an "information site" for 44% of British parents.
One in ten also admitted to looking for misleading information on Instagram.
Alarmingly, only 41% of respondents trust official information proving that vaccines are safe and effective, with 15% believing that these data are "promoted by pharmaceutical companies".
And one in five is actively researching alarmist vaccine stories as part of their research, while one in ten has an "anti-vaxxer" friend with whom he discusses vaccination.
The study also showed that young parents are more likely to visit anti-vaxx sites than to talk to their midwife about vaccinating their child.
However, three in five parents feel that children should be banned from going to school or nursery if they have not been vaccinated.
Siobhan Freegard, founder of ChannelMum.com – who took part in the research – added: "In terms of vaccination, trust between some parents and the authorities has collapsed.
"But it is the kids who pay the price if they are not vaccinated.
"While it is essential to hear the voices of both sides of the debate, we need to examine the reasons why parents are willing to put the health of their children at risk?"
"There must be an honest debate on both sides about what we can do best.
& # 39; & # 39; Your child, your choice "is a common parental mantra, but not being vaccinated can have far wider implications than just your child's."
CAN ANDREW WAKEFIELD'S DISCREDITED AUTOMATIC RESEARCH BLAMATE LIBRARY VACCINATION RATES?
The discredited research of Andrew Wakefield has long been held responsible for a drop in measles immunization rates.
In 1995, Gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield published a study in The Lancet showing that children immunized against MMR were more likely to have bowel disease and autism.
He hypothesized that the injection of a "dead" form of the measles virus by vaccination causes disruption of the intestinal tissue, resulting in both disorders.
After a 1998 article confirming this conclusion, Wakefield said: "The risk of this particular syndrome [what Wakefield termed ‘autistic enterocolitis’] development is linked to the combined vaccine, MMR, rather than simple vaccines. & # 39;
At the time, Wakefield had a patent for single vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella and was therefore accused of a conflict of interest.
Nevertheless, MMR vaccination rates in the United States and the United Kingdom have fallen. In 2004, The Lancet editor Richard Horton called Wakefield's research "fundamentally flawed," adding that he had been paid by a group suing vaccine manufacturers.
The Lancet officially withdrew Wakefield's research paper in 2010.
Three months later, the General Medical Council banned Wakefield from practicing medicine in Britain, claiming that his research had shown "total disregard" for children's health.
On January 6, 2011, the British Medical Journal released a report showing that of the 12 children included in Wakefield's study in 1995, at most two had autistic symptoms after vaccination, instead of the eight that he declared.
At least two of the children also had developmental delays before being vaccinated, but Wakefield's paper claimed that they were all "previously normal."
Other discoveries revealed that no children were suffering from autism, nonspecific colitis or symptoms a few days after receiving the MMR vaccine. Yet, the study claimed that six of the participants had undergone all three.
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