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Study finds vaccinations unlikely cause of asthma
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060906...E0BHNlYwN0bWE- New data released at a respiratory conference has slammed a belief that vaccinations cause babies to develop asthma or make their asthma worse. Timely vaccination does not increase the risk of asthma and in fact may even protect against it, doctors from the University of Bern in Switzerland and Britain's University of Leicester said Wednesday. The research focussed on whooping cough vaccination, which has been a big target of whispering campaigns. But the authors said the outcome could apply to other infant vaccinations for tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and diphtheria and other diseases. The study looked at 8,700 randomly selected children living in Leicestershire, a county in central England. They were aged between one and four years at the start of investigation, which ran for a five-year period. Among children who were fully vaccinated on schedule, 14 percent had symptoms of wheezing, eight percent of whom had chronic allergic wheezing. But among those who were incompletely vaccinated, or not vaccinated at all, the wheezing rate rate was 21 percent, and 15 percent had chronic symptoms. The risk of wheezing was particularly strong among children whose vaccinations had been delayed by three months or more. Indeed, delaying vaccination beyond seven months raised the risk of wheezing by 56 percent among children from one to four years old, and by 84 percent among those six to nine years old. [...] "On the contrary, when administered according to the schedule, they might even provide protection against asthma in the future. This is an important message for all parents worried about vaccinating their children." |
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Study finds vaccinations unlikely cause of asthma
"Mark Probert" wrote in message ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060906...E0BHNlYwN0bWE- New data released at a respiratory conference has slammed a belief that vaccinations cause babies to develop asthma or make their asthma worse. I was wondering if Sodium metabisulfite/sodium pyrosulfite/E223 consumption could be partly to blame for the rise in cases - not all obviously but.... Sulphur and Sodium metabisulfite are well known asthma triggers. Sodium metabisulfite is (less so now) used to sterilise food processing machinery and bottles. It's a constituent in some fruit drinks - particularly highly processed drinks that are aimed at children. I think some lemon drinks even use it as a flavouring. and according to Wikipedia (yes I know) Sodium metabisulfite is also used to remove chloramine from drinking water after treatment. Just a thought. I've no evidence one way or another. |
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