Have you heard that you can get SSPE from the MMR?
Apparently it’s in the vaccine insert…
Who Gets SSPE?
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) occurs after a natural measles infection.
It is not caused by MMR or any measles containing vaccine.
Of course, the measles vaccine is not 100% effective, so it is possible that you could still get measles after being vaccinated. And those folks who get measles after getting vaccinated could be at risk to get SSPE, but even then, their SSPE would be caused by wild measles virus, not a vaccine strain.
“Available epidemiological data are consistent with a directly protective effect of vaccine against SSPE mediated by preventing measles.”
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and measles vaccination
Again, SSPE is caused by natural measles infections and the wild type measles virus.
Tragically, after big outbreaks of measles, we start to see more cases of SSPE, with the greatest in children who get measles at a young age.
And SSPE is universally fatal in these children, who develop symptoms about six to eight years after recovering from having measles.
That the symptoms of SSPE don’t develop until long after you have recovered from measles is why the condition is often described as a time-bomb.
A time-bomb that you can’t stop.
Want to avoid getting SSPE? Get vaccinated and protected against measles.
More on Getting SSPE
- How Many People Die in the USA Every Year from Being Vaccinated?
- When Was the Last Measles Death in the United States?
- The Myth That Measles Isn’t Deadly
- Who Dies with Measles?
- Why Do We Include SSPE When Counting Measles Deaths?
- Did the Measles Vaccine Have Only a Meager Effect on Deaths?
- Why Do We Only Worry About Measles?
- NIH – Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Information Page
- WHO – Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and measles vaccination
- Study – Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: more cases of this fatal disease are prevented by measles immunization than was previously recognized.
- MMWR – Notes from the Field: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Death — Oregon, 2015
- Yep, measles is still a killing disease
- Measles Doesn’t Kill, Except When It Does
- A Death from Measles
- Cruel delayed death from measles
- sadly – another: Aliana has SSPE
- Yep, measles is still a killing disease
- SSPE: A Deadly and Not-That-Rare Complication of Measles
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: an update
- For Some Kids, Measles Becomes a Time Bomb With No Cure
- Yes, California children are dying of measles. Today. It’s called SSPE.