Anaphylaxis, Allergies, and Asthma
Despite “expert” opinion that vaccines rarely harm, very little is known about infant’s and children’s immune systems, how they work, how they mature, or how vaccines can possibly confer immunity to specific diseases in developing bodies. Medical journals reveal the potential of vaccines to alter the immune system in a way that increases the likelihood of allergic disease. Allergies, Asthma, Eczema, the cluster of allergic diseases are also referred to as “atopic” diseases.
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine in the US, an organization which has been notable for its ties to government-espoused dogma, considered the possibility that vaccines cause allergies. They examined only five studies. These they said, “led the committee to conclude that there is inadequate evidence to either accept or reject a causal relationship between multiple immunizations and increased risk of allergic diseases, particularly asthma.”
What is known about the immune system is that it has at least two branches: the first-response Th1 branch and the follow-up Th2, the branch most vaccines are designed to influence. Science studies show that vaccines, together with their powerful adjuvants (substances like aluminum which prolong the body’s response), can stimulate Th2 response to such an extent that it becomes dominant, increasing the risk of allergic diseases while suppressing the Th1first response arm of the immune system. A weakened Th1 implies a weakened ability to fight infections.
- Anaphylactic Children – Canaries in the Public Health Mine Shaft?
(During years of research, the mother of an anaphylactic child delves into the depths of medical science to find the cause of the threat to her son’s life.) - Can vaccines cause immune dysfunction resulting in allergies, asthma and anaphylaxis?
- Childhood vaccination, asthma linked. Delaying first shot lessens risk, U of M researcher’s study shows
- Delayed DPT Vaccine May Reduce Asthma in Children
- Increased Risk of Childhood Asthma From Antibiotic Use in Early Life
One or two courses of antibiotics in the first year of life increased the risk of asthma by about 20 percent, and more frequent use increased the risk. More than four courses of antibiotics increased the risk of asthma by almost 50 percent. (Chest. 2007; 131:1753-1759) - Multiple Vaccination Effects on Atopy
- Increase of Chronic Diseases in Children – Asthma Increased 232% since 1969
- Dramatic Increase in Asthma Parallels Increase in Vaccines
- Vaccination & Allergy Citations