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So as most of you know we are in a measles outbreak that is actually getting worse. Some predict this is the new normal.
I got my MMR vaccines in the 1960s and the year I got it was one of the years they said it was not effective. However I am on a med that does not allow me to get live vaccines. So I asked my physician to run MMR titers the other day. MMR titer is a blood test that determines if you are immune to measles, mumps, and rubella. It measures the level of antibodies in your blood that your immune system produces to fight off these diseases.
Results were back in less than 24 hours. I am "immune" to measles and am protected. My DH who got another measles vaccine last month (I asked him to because a few years ago our internist checked his titers and they were zero even after getting the vaccines a few months before that) was also checked and now finally he is "immune". So yay.
Anyway I am sharing this so others who aren't sure get their titers checked. Not everyone will be immune despite getting the vaccine and not everyone needs the vaccine because they are already immune. The only way to know for sure is check your titers. Interestingly enough Greg's titers were MUCH higher than mine (being recently vaccinated). SO I am guessing immunity wears off and is not forever. While I am still in the immune category my titers were 10 times lower than Greg's.
I got my MMR vaccines in the 1960s and the year I got it was one of the years they said it was not effective. However I am on a med that does not allow me to get live vaccines. So I asked my physician to run MMR titers the other day. MMR titer is a blood test that determines if you are immune to measles, mumps, and rubella. It measures the level of antibodies in your blood that your immune system produces to fight off these diseases.
Results were back in less than 24 hours. I am "immune" to measles and am protected. My DH who got another measles vaccine last month (I asked him to because a few years ago our internist checked his titers and they were zero even after getting the vaccines a few months before that) was also checked and now finally he is "immune". So yay.
Anyway I am sharing this so others who aren't sure get their titers checked. Not everyone will be immune despite getting the vaccine and not everyone needs the vaccine because they are already immune. The only way to know for sure is check your titers. Interestingly enough Greg's titers were MUCH higher than mine (being recently vaccinated). SO I am guessing immunity wears off and is not forever. While I am still in the immune category my titers were 10 times lower than Greg's.
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