{"id":11984,"date":"2025-03-06T21:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=11984"},"modified":"2025-03-15T21:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T02:20:26","slug":"does-vitamin-a-prevent-measles","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/does-vitamin-a-prevent-measles\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Vitamin A prevent measles?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]Our burgeoning measles outbreaks have spread\u00a0the old rumor that Vitamin A<\/a>\u00a0prevents measles and that sanitation and nutrition are responsible for bringing down measles deaths before we had a vaccine to prevent it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]While measles deaths can be prevented with better access to medical care and nutrition, two doses of\u00a0MMR<\/a>\u00a0vaccine can prevent around 98% of measles cases. Before the measles vaccine in 1964,\u00a0nearly all children<\/a>\u00a0got measles before the age of 15. And even then, 500-600 children died annually.<\/p>\n

While sanitation is an important part\u00a0of public health, it has very little impact on measles, a respiratory virus so\u00a0contagious<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0it can remain airborne for up to 2 hours after an infected person leaves the area and infect 9 out of 10 susceptible people.<\/p>\n

Vitamin A plays an important role in the immune system, but its levels can drop during an infection, making it harder for the body to absorb and use. If someone has measles, a doctor may prescribe Vitamin A to help stabilize these levels. However, taking too much Vitamin A when it’s not needed won\u2019t provide any benefits and can actually be\u00a0dangerous<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does Vitamin A prevent measles? While it supports immune health, only the MMR vaccine effectively prevents measles. Get the facts on nutrition, sanitation, and immunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[191,203,218],"class_list":["post-11984","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-measles","jtf_topic_subjects-mmr","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/11984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/11984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11985,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/11984\/revisions\/11985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=11984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}