MMR ADVERSE REACTION REPORTS

“When my daughter was two years old she received her MMR shot. Five days later, she had a high fever and seizures. Now she has a hearing loss”.

“I became aware of the truth almost too late after my youngest had been ‘poisoned by vaccination as a baby. When she started school, she had a terrible response to the MMR at the tender age of five, and almost died. Her doctor at that time even blamed the nasty stuff! He was a rarity”.

“My son recently contracted SSPE, a measles-virus illness [which is invariably fatal]. It all started 3 years ago when his health deteriorated to where he could not function – no walking, talking, or head movement whatsoever. My son never had measles but he had the MMR when he was 9 years old. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure what caused my son’s ailment but trying to prove it is a different matter”.

“Five years ago I was given the MMR shot and within days was suffering from ulcerative colitis. I now spend my days rushing to the bathroom (10-20 times daily), suffering severely from the disease. Doctors say that UC is incurable and they suggest removing my colon. What can I do? I want my life back”.

My son received the MMR shot shortly after his first birthday. I complained to his doctor when he did not walk, talk or respond as a normal one-year-old. I was told that the shots would not have had that reaction. He was diagnosed as mentally retarded, autistic, and Tourette’s syndrome. I am convinced that he has these problems due to the shots. He suffered severe diarrhoea, etc.- (of the symptoms. I pray that something will be done to stop the government from mandating these shots so that another child (and parent) will not have to suffer this. It has truly been an emotional roller coaster raising him. Although he has been in a special school since kindergarten, the calls to pick him up because he has had a bathroom accident, is hitting, tics are out of control, etc., has been overwhelming to me”.

“At 12 months, my daughter received her first MMR vaccine. Within the hour she began vomiting and developed a fever of 103. We went to emergency and when we got in to see a doctor (an hour later) she had developed a rash. The doctor confirmed that it was indeed a measles rash in reaction to the vaccine (he also quoted something like less than 2 % of cases end up with the rash) but stated that the vomiting was likely because she may have been sick prior to the vaccination.. Public Health required the reaction to be reported, which I did, I got a letter back advising that her next MMR immunisation be done in a ‘hospital setting’. My daughter did not eat all weekend. When she was 3 years old, we noticed some speech issues. As parents, we could not understand more than 75% of her sentences. Others could never understand her. She went for speech therapy. In the process, screenings were done and she also had sensory integration dysfunction (SID). I went into her journal and was able to determine that only since her first birthday did she start displaying the symptoms that became the basis of the SID diagnosis. (Nobody could touch or tickle her. She would smell everything – paper, pencils, cloth, plastic, toys, string – before using it, like a compulsion). She went from being a fairly contented child to a very anxious, inconsolable child. I used to be a diehard immunisation advocate, but after that experience I reall think these vaccines are not all they are hyped up to be by the medical profession!”

When my son was a baby, I got him all the required shots. He reacted badly to MMR and has since been diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder”.

Exactly 14 days after my son’s MMR, he had measles-type and mumps-type reactions“. He is now autistic. He also has leaky gut syndrome and asthma. My son was in PERFECT health up until the day of his reaction. He lost all powers of speech on that day and has never regained them”.

“My son became autistic due to a single dose of MMR. People who do not believe that there is a connection haven’t had to live the nightmare. Thankfully, after his reaction to the vaccine we did research and he never received another dose. I must constantly fight with his schools because most doctors refuse to acknowledge a connection between MMR and autism. I will do anything to help reform and/or ban the vaccine that changed my son’s life and future. With or without anyone’s help, no matter what roadblocks are put in my way, I will make sure the word gets out to both parents of the victimised children as well as to the rest of the unknowing public. This is a cause I am dedicated to no matter where it leads me. They will never find a cure until they freely admit the cause. Not one more lost Child! May God bless all the victims of this preventable disease”.

Ten days after MMR vaccine was injected into our daughter, she was dead. Two days ago I carried my daughter to her grave. We were told to possibly expect a mild reaction after 10 days; she was only seventeen months old. We believe our daughter died to save others, and that she holds the key. We will seek justice and bring all the lies to a stop and have the perpetrators locked up for crimes against humanity. All those little children, and for what? We are dealing with nothing short of a holocaust - government sanctioned corporate profiteering and killing at taxpayers’ expense”.

What you should know about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and drug treatment

The problem in brief

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is said to affect around 3% of children in the UK and is thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance that affects the part of the brain that controls attention, concentration and impulsivity. This means a child's behaviour can be anything from 'very dreamy' to 'always on the go'.
Most experts agree that ADHD can be treated by combining techniques including medication, behavioural therapy, psychotherapy and education. Together these techniques have been successful, but it is the increasing use of largely untested psychoactive drugs like Ritalin which is disturbing.

Ritalin 'has cocaine-style side effects'

Psychoactive drugs have a fast and noticeable effect on the behaviour of ADHA sufferers. Ritalin, a well-known example, is actually an amphetamine which works on the brain. The result is that children become more compliant and calm - 'zombie-like' is one mother's description - and better able to concentrate, which can be a great relief to harassed parents and teachers.
However, some studies have found that Ritalin affects the mind in much the same way as cocaine. Cocaine is taken very quickly into the bloodstream and gives an immediate hit, but Ritalin is swallowed in tablet form and so works over a much longer period. The hit isn't there, but the effects - and the side effects - appear to be.
Ritalin has been shown to produce a range of side effects including depression, tics, hallucinations and delusional disorders, seizures, headaches, blurred vision, 'zombie-like' behaviour and hair loss. The withdrawal symptoms of Ritalin can include severe and prolonged depression and may even lead to suicide.
Some advocates of Ritalin say that the worst side effects are loss of appetite, insomnia and headaches, which reduce over time. Opponents strongly disagree. The real problem is that Ritalin is a relatively new drug and its long-term effects have yet to be identified. In the meantime, we continue to 'test' its properties on those with ADHD, and that means, increasingly, on our own children.

Adding to the problem?

To a child with attention deficit disorder, particular colourings and preservatives are a danger. Children ... are aroused by them, made very miserable, and virtually uneducable."
Dr Peter Mansfield, Good HealthKeeping (Kindred Spirits, Issue 4, Summer 1999)
Although not proven, some studies suggest that hyperactivity can be induced or aggravated in some children when they eat food containing additives.
Many children are not receiving enough essential nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, vitamin A, riboflavin and folate. Iron deficiency is directly associated with attention deficit disorders, irritability and with poor achievement at school; zinc deficiency with irritable, tearful, sullen, and possibly hyperactive behaviour; calcium deficiency with anxiety neurosis; and magnesium deficiency with fidgeting, anxious restlessness, as well as with learning disabilities.

What can be done

Screening for food intolerance is a necessary first step before any decision to use psychoactive drugs such as Ritalin. Even the simplest dietary changes - such as avoiding foods containing food additives like coloured sweets, fizzy and sugary drinks - can bring about a remarkable improvement in the child's health and behaviour.
If your child has ADHD then you should also encourage them to take Omega-3 oil - specifically fish oil - which is probably the single most important nutrient for a child with ADHD. They should also drink water as their primary beverage, taking care to avoid fruit juices, soda and milk. It is also important for your child to restrict their intake of sugars and grains, which can cause elevated insulin levels.
This item is based on a review by Tuula E. Tuormaa for FORESIGHT, the Association for the Promotion of Preconceptual Care. First published in Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 9(4):225-243, 1994 (16 Florence Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 1E9) and on an article first published on netdoctor.co.uk
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What you should know about fluoride

Smile please - if you dare

Dental fluorosis caused by drinking fluoridated water is a very visible example of the toxic effect that fluoride can have on our bodies. A study of five primary schools around Birmingham indicated that 34% of young children had dental fluorosis. Peter Mansfield, former President of The National Pure Water Association (NPWA) tested over 500 volunteers in the West Midlands and found that 60% had four times the 'safe' level of fluoride in their urine. Dental fluorosis symptoms include mottled, weakened and discoloured teeth in children. Children with moderate to severe fluorosis are at likely to experience discrimination at school and, as a result, may face psychological and behavioural problems in later life.

The problem in brief

"Our children are our future - and our future is under threat." Gwynne Lyons, WWF toxics adviser, March 2004
"We accept that dental fluorosis is a manifestation of systemic toxicity'' Baroness Hayman quoted in Hansard, 20 Apr 1999
Fluoride is a poison. It enters our bodies through water supplies (in some areas in the UK), toothpaste, mouthwashes, processed food, some vitamin tablets, and drinks like fruit juice, soda and tea. There is, for example, enough fluoride in a tube of fluoride toothpaste to kill a small child. Even more surprising, is that when it comes to dental hygiene, fluoride actually does more harm than good.

Fluoride:

Accumulates in bones, making them brittle and more easily fractured
Damages tooth enamel ('dental fluorosis') and may lower fertility rates
Increases the uptake of aluminium into the brain and lead into the blood
Inhibits antibodies from forming in the blood
Confuses the immune system, causing it to attack the body's tissues, which can increase the risk of cancerous growths

For very young children, the dangers of ingesting such a toxic substance are frightening to comprehend. The '1 part per million' level of fluoride in UK water supplies deemed 'safe' by the government is 100 times higher than that normally found in mother's milk. Prof Paul Connett, a leading authority on fluoride, spoke at the Science, Medicine and The Law conference in London in January 2005. He said: "There are no benefits, only risks, for infants ingesting heightened levels of fluoride at such an early age, [when] susceptibility to toxins are particularly high."

Fluoride is a poison

Hydrofluorosilic acid is listed as a Part II poisons under the Poisons Act 1972. As such its use as a commercially ingestible product in water contravenes UK and EU pharmaceutical legislation governing the regulation of medicinal substances, as well as the Poisons Act.
Dr Arvid Carlsson of Sweden, a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2000, advises against fluoridation. He says: "Fluoridation of water supplies would also treat people who may not benefit from the treatment. Side effects cannot be excluded and thus some might only have negative effect without any benefit".

A chorus of disapproval

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, West Germany, Netherlands and Italy have all banned the addition of hydrofluorosilic acid to drinking water. So have Japan and India, where fluoride occurs naturally and skeletal fluorosis (thickening of bones) is prevalent.
Dr John Colquhoun, former Principal Dental Officer for Auckland, New Zealand changed his mind about fluoride when his worldwide study revealed that dental decay was "slightly better in children in non-fluoridated areas" and fluoride caused more harm than good to children's teeth.
Professor Hardy Limeback, a consultant to the Canadian Dental Association, warned that children under three years of age should never drink fluoridated water or use fluoride toothpaste or products, and that fluoridated water must never be used for making baby formula. He rebuts the safety claims about fluoride and is concerned that no tests have been undertaken by the international pro-fluoride lobby to assess the effects of fluoride accumulation.
Although not all areas in the UK are fluoridated, there is legislation to introduce it, subject to 'consultation'. But, even if you live in a fluoride-free area, your child may still be drinking fluoride in drinks produced with fluoridated water elsewhere.

More research is needed now

The York Review (2000) on the safety and effectiveness of water fluoridation, presented by England's Department of Health Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) at York University, says that there is "surprisingly little research" into the harmful effects of fluoride and recommends "high quality research" into fluoride's possible links with infant mortality, IQ and congenital defects.
In a 2004 review by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) into the effects of chemicals on children's development, Gwynne Lyons, WWF toxics adviser, said "...we are all living in a global chemical experiment of which we don't know the outcome. It seems unbelievable that although science has shown that chemicals are affecting children's mental abilities and their ability to make sense of their world, we are still missing vital safety data on most chemicals in use today."
In America, advocates of water fluoridation claim that the dramatic fall in tooth decay amongst children in the past fifty years is due primarily to the addition of fluoride to drinking water. In 1999 the Center for Disease Control nominated water fluoridation as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century. However, the same decline in tooth decay has occurred in virtually every western country - most of which do not fluoridate.
This item is based on a press release published by http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NotoFluoridation.php, the article 'What you never expected to hear about water fluoridation' by Dr Joseph Mercola published on www.mercola.com, and a BBC news website article on a WWF chemicals review

What can be done

Use only non-fluoride toothpastes, refuse fluoride treatments from your dentist. Eat a healthy organic diet and avoid processed foods. You should, of course, avoid drinking fluoridated water.

You can participate in a letter writing campaign to stop water companies adding fluoride to tap water by contacting the National Pure Water Association (NPWA) www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk or www.greenparty.org.uk

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Antibiotics – the Disadvantages

Undoubtedly, antibiotics have revolutionised modern medicine and countless lives have been saved, thanks to their use.
But in the fifty years or so since Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first of the antibiotics, they have become one of the most abused substances in modern medicine. What used to be reserved for life-threatening illnesses is now routinely handed out for minor complaints or even when one is merely suspected. At one time, antibiotic use was thought to cause a minor reaction like a tummy upset in only one patient in twenty. A growing body of informed opinion now believes that repeated courses of antibiotics can so disturb a person’s internal ecology that they can trigger ME or even cancer.

Many studies in the medical literature of the past twenty years have revealed a massive and incorrect over-use of antibiotics. An audit in the USA (1981) claimed that in half of all cases where they were prescribed, either they were not warranted or the doctor prescribed the wrong drug, or the wrong doseage. A similar situation was found by two UK studies where two thirds of prescribed antibiotics were deemed to have been inappropriate.

In the overwhelming majority of cases antibiotics are prescribed for conditions they cannot treat. Dr John Masefield, an allergy specialist, believes that, in three out of four instances, antibiotics are used as placebos for such things as colds. The next most common use of antibiotics (about 25%) is for childhood middle ear infections. Although these infections, known as otitis media, are usually self-resolving, the rationale has always been to use the antibiotics as a “just in case” measure, in case meningitis or mastoiditis develops.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, antibiotics are prescribed for conditions they cannot treat.

In most cases when doctors aren’t sure which bug they are treating, they will resort to the “scatter gun” approach with a ‘broad spectrum” antibiotic. Unlike narrow spectrum they blast out all manner of bacteria, good or bad. Imipenem, for instance, has been applauded because it kills 98% of all germs – twice as many as penicillin.

The British National Formulary describes many potentially crippling side effects of antibiotics:
Tetracyclines can permanently stain a child’s teeth yellow, decrease levels of Calcium, iron and magnesium and can cause psoriasis.

Anti-inflammatories decrease vitamin C, vitamin D, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium and zinc.

Neomycin can cause liver malfunction.

Generally, they disrupt the ecology of the intestine by killing beneficial gut bacteria and allowing other organisms to grow in the gut. The ‘good’ bacteria manufacture vitamin K, five B-vitamins and folic acid. When these are destroyed, deficiency may occur.
Specific functions are performed by ‘friendly’ bacteria, by which play a role in metabolising vitamins and other nutrients.

A big worry is that repeated courses of antibiotics appear seriously to disturb immune system function. We also don’t know the long term effects on the current generation of children, who receive many courses of antibiotics before they even reach their teens.
Sally Bundy of the HCSG, claims that her group sees a definite correlation between antibiotic use and hyperactivity among children.

Repeated courses of antibiotics only encourage the development of supergerms in the body, which will resist treatment from the antibiotics so that, when it is really needed, the drug won’t work. This kind of “transfer resistance” can also effect the population at large, as it has with staphylococcus and gonorrhoeal infections. I don’t need to spell out the MRSA problem in hospitals…….

It is worth bearing in mind that antibiotics, like other drugs, are rarely, if ever, tested on people who may eventually use them such as pregnant mums and young children. Usually they are tried out on young medical or other students who find the money very useful.
It is hardly surprising that these strapping, healthy young things don’t suffer too many side effects.

If your child is prescribed an antibiotic, take time to discuss with your doctor (hopefully one that you trust and respect) why he or she thinks it is needed. Unless the situation is life threatening, insist on a test to prove that the problem is bacterial. Again, unless the situation is life threatening, it may be better to let the child’s own defence mechanism wipe out the infection anyway. Many benign infections will clear up by themselves - and the immune system may benefit as a result. A study of 1300 children, published in the BMJ, showed that children who contracted at least two colds in the first twelve months of life are half as likely to develop asthma, allergies and wheezing tendencies later on, than those who don’t. This is because, by being exposed to germs, children build up a stronger immunity.

Antibiotics are life saving drugs. With so much adverse publicity concerning their over-use, it is hardly surprising that some doctors are becoming less inclined to “dish them out like Smarties”. But not all. It is highly advisable, in the light of the risks already described, to restrict their use to life-threatening illnesses, when the benefits are clearly worth the risks. Click here to email us. View and print a pdf of this article.