my son who is 4 years has GBS,,it happened in Nov 2004 he is doin great in his progress until a few weeks back when he was due for his pre school jabs. When I took him the nurse didnt mention anything about his illness (even though it stated in his medical records). A few hours later my son couldn't weight bear, he was moving around on his hands and knees. I looked on the NHS immunisation website to see of any known side affects and it stated there that MMR has been linked to GBS, If i'd have known this i would have refused my son having the injection but unfortunatly he suffered again. I complained to the surgury and a nurse has rang me to appolagise and she stated i should have been made aware of the risk. My son is know weak in one of his legs again. Everyone has said that this medical negligance as his illness is in his notes and if the nurse was unsure what GBS was then she should have asked a doctor or me. what do you think I should do?
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This is the nurse's fault, if she is to be giving out MMRs she has to be well versed in situations in which MMRs cannot be given. She should have asked the doctor, also, if u decide to bring this to court, u'll have to be able to prove that the MMR did indeed cause his GBS symptoms, which will be very hard to prove.
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Return to your specialist. If he/she cannot help you, seek a different specialist. My son was born with birth defects 26 years ago, and I discovered that there are degrees of specialists, i.e., just because someone is a specialist, it doesn't make him or her an absolute authority. When a specialist would "give up" on my son, and basically say he was going to die and there was nothing more to be done,I would simply find a different specialist who could help him.  He is now 26 and getting married this summer. Had I accepted one specialist's answer, he would not be alive today. Something is obviously wrong with you and you need to find a physician who can help you. I have gone to 4 specialists for help recently, including the U of Mich. who could not help me with a major medical problem I was having. I went on the net, found yet another specialist who solved my problem in one office visit!!!!
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i think it is always best to ask a doctor especially if its for your child. there could be a drug interaction or complication with any underlying conditions your daughter might have.
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This is a weird disease and is often misdiagnosed.  In fact it is more the rule than the exception that this is misdiagnosed.My mother came down with it after the flu shots were started. Has your father had the \nflu shot ? The drug companies now have insurance to cover this eventuality. Contact the drug company that made the shot. Maybe they will give you some help with the medical bills. My mother had that over twenty years ago and I didn't know she had had the oral vaccine when it first came out. If I had that knowledge I would have advised her to contact the manufacturer.  As it was my parents did not have Medical insurance. And they used up their life savings paying the hospital bill.  She was hospitalized for a month but that was over 20 yrs. ago when there was no treatment for this disease.  The prognosis is as weird as the disease. It is the only neurology disease that you can fully recover from.  However some people are left with permanent effects that range from a mild limp to paraplegia.That was at the time of the unknown treatment.  My mother was left with a dropped left foot. She had some permanent neuropathy. The treatment should prevent your father from having any permanent residuals.  He is lucky to get it now that it is more recognized. I could go on at length about this disease but this should give you a handle on this polio like disease.
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Oh, little girl.. Never never and never.\n\nSee how many people are there to answer you. No one has any problem to answer you. I am sure most of them, though they may have hundreds of their own personal problems, will be always ready to answer you and support you.  See the wonder ful people who answered here... \nmeta4icks, matilda, krisj38, mompoo, st martin, lulykofford, lahsgirl2010, cos_studygro, OneRunningMan, otraves, nacho_bella420\n\nAfter all, as mompoo told here, which other answer in yahoo-answers is worth answering.. Have you seen any other questions, many of them make us sick. We all will listen to you a thousand times. Dont worry.\n\nAnd it is you who has to come forward and tell us boldly one day. "hey come on, I am okay now, I am very happy, I dont have any bad thougthts now.."\n\nWe are all eager to hear that from you. But you see, we will not go away till you tell that  : )  .  Well, take your own time. These things will take their own time.  We will be here for you.\n\nHave you read meta4icks' answer very carefully? \nYou need to read it once again. I have experienced this in the past. So I can tell what he says is right. Your question this time is a different question. See yourself..\n\nEarlier, it was a helpless person's request for support. Today, it is a very rational question... Very rational. Your conscious mind (though with all the stress) has already started taking control over the situation.... slowly.. Todays question is not a helpless voice, but a rational, realistic reaction to the outside world.... (The answer from our side is -- "Dont worry , we are here for you."  But, dear little girl, you are fast improving.. realize that.. \n\nSome one pointed out in the previous questions' answers that you have taken the right step to connect with others. That itself was a big leap forward in the right direction. Now you have already established some contacts with medical experts. Probably you have to go one more step forward and connect with a local person, who can talk to you in person. (The internet is not the best communication medium)\n\nWhat nacho says should be considered in the positive sense. He/she is only asking you to go forward to take more positive steps. There is a danger tomorrow a sadist person trying to destroy all the good improvement you have aleady made. So please learn to ignore others saying-- that is the meaning of what Nacho says.\n\nI ask you to write down and keep for later reading what otraves says. It is a naked truth. "We are all mad.." I would correct his statement. All human being ae nuerotic. At certain point of time this will become a little serious and we may need outside support. I am sure some of the medical expert will endorse my saying, I read this long back in a psychology book-- it says every human being is actuall y nuerotic.\n\nSt marin, your answer is really encouraging. And most others' answers. \n\nhey, you have to give us chocolates when you are completely happy. okay? I know you can not send chocolates to all of us, But you will sure send a greeting card with  a virtual chocolate.. Promise?\n\nHow sweet is this world.. We all need you to be with us in this world overcoming temporary dark time...  You need to make this world sweeter...
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I could not disagree more strongly with the first two respondents.  Proponents of immunization will point out the decline in childhood illness since mass immunizations became popular.  They fail to point out the fact that these diseases declined in European countries around the same time, BEFORE these countries initiated mass immunizations for children.  A more likely explanation for the drop in childhood illness in the improvement of sanitation that we saw at this time.  In fact, every known case of polio in the U.S. since the 1970's was caused by the vaccine.\n\nWhat childhood diseases are we afraid of anyway?  Mumps?  Mumps is an innocuous viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  Bed rest for two or three days and a soft food diet with plenty of fluid will offer the child a lifetime of immunity (something no vaccine can offer).  The mumps vaccine is usually administered along with measles and rubella -a vaccine combination that is loaded with mercury and is implicated in the shocking rise in the prevalence of autism.\n\nMeasles?  Another viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  The medical community will attempt to justify the vaccine be quoting the statistic of 1/1000 developing a type of encephalitis.  my own research and experience causes me to question this statistic.  In the middle and upper income brackets in this country, this stat is more like 1/10000.  Rare.\n\nRubella?  Pertussis?  Chicken Pox?  None of these diseases are exceedingly dangerous in this day and age, and contracting them naturally offers lifetime immunity.  This, without the dangerous side effects of the vaccines designed to treat them.\n\nI won't keep writing about all of the dangers of vaccines, but I will suggest that the single most important thing that you can do for your child is to breast feed her... a lot.  Breast milk IS her immune system for the first three months, and the microbes that she comes in contact with on mom's nipple will gently introduce her to new challenges to her immune system.  The child's nervous system is about 80% developed when he is 2 years old.  If one must get immunizations, waiting until the age of 2 will give the child the best chance to avoid injury.  (Japan's current immunization schedule begins at age 2.  Since the change in this schedule SIDS has all but disappeared).\n\nDr.B.H.
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My son is also in the Submarine Force. And I know you're probably worried sick, but you do NOT want this question answered on this public forum for his safety. Have you tried e-mailing him on the boat?\n\nTry to hang in there and always remember, like one of the others said, no news is good news.\n\nNavy Hugs!
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Yes NHS is crap, similar experience here and I lost my little girl, stillborn at 40 weeks, she had only been dead a week, cord wrapped around her neck. I'd visited my doctor and gynaecologist earlier in the week and they never picked up on it. I knew she'd stopped moving as much but stepmum said it was the calm before the storm. Took me in to start me off, did a scan and told me she was dead, and I'd have to give birth naturally. Sheer hell I'll never forget it. So get your husband to kick but as much as he has to till they take notice. Be careful and good luck. X
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Hey, I put your question on my watch list because my son is not too excited about the shots, either. Thanks for coming up with a great question - I never thought to ask it! I'm waiting to see what everybody has to say...\n\nMy advice? Remember the last time you fell on the sidewalk and skinned your knee? Or got a little sunburned? Or bumped your head hard on something? Well, getting shots hurts less and lasts for a shorter time than all of those things.  Good luck!
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It could be just the process of growing and if he's a very active little guy, it could be understandable.  But just to be on the safe side, I would take him to a pediatrician or at least call the pediatricin and talk to them about it.  Never hurts to get the little ones "checked-out" from time to time.
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So basically, your child has just been diagnosed with a neoplasm and you're thinking about suing the doctor presumably  for economic purposes. wow.\n\n////\n\nTo reply again: you're saying they misdiagnosed.  have you referred the child to another pool of doctors who drew another diagnose? is there no paraclinical evidence (cat,  rm scans, biopsing, etc) to back the original diagnosis?\n\nbasically, you're saying the neurologist drew the diagnosis out of thin air.
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this question is probably best answered by his pediatrician , consult him and get a second and even third opinion if you feel uncomfortable with this diagnoses good luck
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Question: As a child did you ever run a really high temp? My brother ran a sudden high fever(cause never found, of 105 and soaring)that nearly killed him. He was wrapped in towels and buried in a tub of ice to bring the fever down. But while waiting on the ice to be brought he was bathed from head to toe in rubbing alchol. At that time the doctor did the only things he knew to do. The fever came down but my brothers normal temp of 98.6 was changed to 96.0. So a temp of 99.0 is not low grade fever anymore; at least not for him.  Are you under great amounts of stress? Stress can do wild things to your body. Under tremendos stress  the muscles literally separated from the bones in my chest area. Doctor's at first thought it was a heart attack but my pulse did not indicate such to be the case. I felt as if a huge weight had been droped on my chest, but it was stress. Vicatin would not even allow my body any relief, and the doctors had said if it didn't help that morphine was the next step.Fianlly, after several months of just letting nature run its course; I finally stopped hollering with every breath. I would shake like I was in a ice house on min. and feel normal the next; but my temp. was up and down like a yoyo. Do you have any other symptoms, coughing, sneezing,dizzy spells, black outs, nausea? Have you been to a doctor yet? If not; I strongly reccommend you go see one immediately. Keep in mind not all diseases or illness's cause the same reaction in a person. You can take 50 people with the flu. Some it turns into more upper respitory infections, and some of those can be fatal. Others just feel crappy and tired. While some can't see much difference in the flu and what most people would call a bad cold. My temp. runs 98.6; 99.0 is low grade, and any thing more than 102.6 I start calling the doctor. As I said I strongly reccomend you go straight to a doctor and have them check you out. I wish you well.
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Please keep pressing for solutions other than psychological! Go to as many doctors as it takes and make a nuisance of yourself if your concerns are brushed aside or put under the "mental illness" umbrella. \n\nMy 5-year-old nephew was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease (a severe allergy to gluten). This disease is commonly screened for in parts of Europe, but only now catching physician's attention in the US. It was once thought to be rare in the US and most well-meaning physicians simply don't think of this as a possibility. My nephew was extremely lucky to get a correct diagnosis so quickly as this disease has symptoms (including those you described) that can mimic many other diseases. Making it even more complicated is that the symptoms, severity, and age onset vary from individual to individual. At any rate, this will give you something to be ruled out if it has not been explored as a possibility.\n\nFor more information go to www.celiac.org. I hope you quickly find a solution. If doctors are leading to dead end diagnoses, I can see where you would post on forums like this for any ideas that think "outside the box" for a possible cause/solution.\n\nGOOD LUCK!
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My son had a similar condition last year at school. The nurse at school called me and apparently it is called " Fifth disease". It went away within 2 days,  it was splotchy, red, no itch, no fever, no residual side effects, but he looked horrible for 2 days, it affected his cheeks, arms, thighs, buttocks, back and stomach it  has never come back, I have never heard of anything like this being a recurring problem. Best wishes, Tiff
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I tend to agree with the above person. Although there seems to be quite a bit of info on the internet, it's often better to have it explained to you by an expert. There are different treatment modalities, that I won't go into here. Best to speak in depth with your childs doctor. Best of wishes.\n\nHave you discussed surgical options?
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My Doc told us if we hadn't started PT when we did, (7 months) our son would not be walking, talking, and getting ready to start all-inclusive Kindergarten in September.  Like I said, he started at 7 mos, and is now 5 years old.  We have gone to PT 1-2 times per week for over 4 years now, and I truly believe he would not be as mobile if we had just let him lay in a bed and allow his muscles to get tighter.  If you do not have PT, your son may have tendon shortening, which causes even more tip-toes and in the future he may need surgery for it.  \n\nFrom what you describe, our experiences are very similar.  At 5 months, my son was nowhere near sitting up, he was drooling a lot, and he spit up every time he was fed.  He was also very irritable, but we found out it was a milk allergy causing all the crying.\n\nI am confused with the "normal MRI".  CP is caused from lack of oxygen to the brain, which in turn causes the damage, which shows up in the MRI.  Was he sedated for the MRI?  My son had his MRI at 13 months, but the Ped. Neuro. said the damage would show no matter what age the MRI was done.  He said it will never get better or worse, with respect to the test results, not your child's motor skills.  \n\nYou can never go wrong with PT, it cannot do any damage, and it will only help your son.  It will be worth it in the long run.  Sometimes I see older kids with CP that are mobile, but have a fisted hand, or a severe limp, and I wonder if they had Physical Therapy.  Please do this for your child.  I hope you have a Pediatric PT in your area, we drive 4 hours round trip for ours.  We have a Pediatric Feldenkrais PT and she has done wonders for our son, in my opinion it's better than traditional PT for our child.  Go to www.feldenkrais.com to find a practitioner in your area and learn more about this type of PT.  Good luck!