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vaccines cause epilepsy?

Wed, 01/31/2007 - 16:04
Epilepsy & vaccination In 1998, federal public health officials at the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Public Health Service (Pediatrics; March 1998) found that a causal relationship exists between live measles vaccine and encephalopathy after analyzing cases of children who received measles vaccine alone or in the combination MMR shot and, within 15 days of vaccination, suffered neurologic signs that progressed to death or mental regression, retardation, chronic seizures, motor and sensory deficits and movement disorders.---BL Fisher http://www.nvic.org

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Re: Re: vaccines cause epilepsy?

Submitted by christophers mom on Mon, 2007-05-07 - 00:13
this is what happend to my son Christopher ,he was born normal and at about 4 months he started having seizures too..I still think it was vaccines because it was during that time . After the shot he got sick vomitting ,fever then the siezure and of course the Doctors say it`s not possible .

Re: Re: Re: vaccines cause epilepsy?

Submitted by shelly maire on Mon, 2007-05-07 - 00:27
My oldest boy suffered seizures from the MMR shot when he was 15 months after he received his immunization shots. They would not give him his MMR shots after that. If there is any questions about that immunizations he doesn't receive it and gets a letter from his physician explaining why the child does not receive the immunization. When the child turned almost 16 he has started to develop epileptic seizures now and they are treating them with Lamictal at this point and he seems to be handling it all very well. I would differently look into what immunization is causing the child to have the seizure and refuse for the child to continue to have the immunization. I also have a friend that suffered from a reaction from a seizure from the polia shot when it first come into effect and now suffers serve seizures from it and has some other serve side effects from it. So I would be very careful on what you continue to provide your child on immunization shots to your child because obviously one of them are not agreeing with the child.

Re: Re: Re: Re: vaccines cause epilepsy?

Submitted by kirst on Wed, 2007-05-09 - 22:57
id have to agree mine had her 6 month needles then the siezures started im only knew at this stuff and only found out to nights ago that she now has epilepsy i duno what sort of epilepsy as i didnt know there was heaps of different types shes now 2 years old and stil having them shes on epilim but makes her go crazy and uncontrolable i duno if its just the meds and docs are suggesting up the doasage

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