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Date Posted:Sat, Oct 18, 01:32:42pm Author: scap Subject: Double Dose MMR boy tested for suspected autism
(at 5 years old it would be extremely late onset)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_829745.html
Double dose MMR boy tested for suspected autism
A five-year-old boy accidentally given a double dose of the controversial MMR vaccine is being tested for suspected autism.
The boy, whose mother has asked is not named, was given the second jab in January after moving house from Kendal, Cumbria, to another town in south Lakeland.
His new GP said there was no record of him having received the vaccine. But only days after being given the jab a second time, health officials rang his mother to tell her he had been given a double dose.
After being given the jab, his mother said his behaviour changed "dramatically".
Her son was now undergoing further tests to try to determine if he has developed the condition, she said.
"He has tantrums and is violent when he doesn't understand something and can't cope with groups of people," his mother told the Westmorland Gazette.
"We are convinced that it is autism and so is the rest of the family."
His great-grandmother added: "Before having the double dose he was a little boy without a care in the world. I don't care what anyone says, this mistake has ruined the boy's life."
His parents are having to reconsider whether or not to give their other children an MMR booster to protect against measles, mumps and rubella.
