Hodge Jones & Allen have a group of solicitors advising over 200 parents of children who may have been damaged by the MMR vaccine. Patrick Allen, managing partner, makes the following observations:
Many parents have reported that their
children have become autistic or
developed autistic symptoms following
administration of the MMR (mumps,
measles and rubella) vaccine which was
introduced by the Government in 1988.
Although a number of side effects have
been noted by parents, autism is the most
common.
Children who have developed autism
following MMR did not display the typical
signs of autism beforehand. They were
developing normally in every way until
they had the vaccine. With classic autism,
the signs are there at an early age,
frequently within the first year of life,
even if it takes hindsight to indentify
them. The reporting of a large group of
children with atypical autism following
MMR is a worrying development and legal
aid has been granted to hundreds of
children for the investigation of potential
claims against the manufacturers of the
vaccine.
Over the last year, writs in a number of
cases have been issued in the High Court
in London and the first hearing to manage
the case took place on 3rd September.
Solicitors acting for the children will
shortly be sending copies of medical
records and letters of claim to the
defendants. Meanwhile, the Government
is emphasising the benefits of the MMR
vaccination and the injuries it prevents.
The Government’s national vaccination
programme is for the greater good of the
health of the nation but children who
have been seriously injured as a result of it
should be compensated.
In the USA, the
Government runs a generous scheme to
compensate those injured by vaccines. It is
paid for by the manufacturers by a levy on
each vaccine sold. In this country, we need
an urgent acknowledgement from the
Government and the vaccine
manufacturers that the MMR vaccine can
and does cause damage, that
compensation will be paid in proper cases
and dangerous vaccines will be
withdrawn. Without such action,
confidence in the vaccination programme
will continue to diminish and a great
injustice will be done to the injured
children.
(Email: pallen@hodge-jones-allen.co.uk).
TESTING FOR PARASITES
I recently read a report in the magazine ‘What Doctors
Dont Tell You’ June 1999 and was completely astonished
with the most under diagnosed health problem in the
West, parasites may be responsible for a multitude of
conditions - from joint pain and chronic fatigue to many
general disorders of the gut and immune system. As I am
no expert in parasitology I have had to plageurise a lot
of the article but have condensed it to what I feel is
most relevant to our readers.
In brief parasites can be protozoa, Giardea and
Cryptosporadium, worms and flushes. Dr Gall says
‘every patient with disorders of the immune function,
including multiple allergies (especially food allergies)
and patients with unexplained fatigue or with chronic
bowel symptoms should be evaluated for the presence
of intestinal parasites’. Parasites latch onto those whose
immune systems are functioning poorly, as a lot of
‘autistic’ children are showing.
TESTS
There are a number of tests that can be done but taking
samples of ‘rectal mucous’ which eggs adhere to ‘is the
most reliable way of determining whether an individual
is suffering from parasitic infestation’.
If left undetected these parasites can infest their tissues
and organs and cause extensive gut damage.
A number of doctors have evidence that they can cause
Crohn’s disease, worms, i.e. Ascaris Lumbricoides may
cause pneumonia and Idiopathic bronchial asthma. ‘In
immune compromised patients Cryptosporidium and
Giardea infestation can cause malabsorption and
nutrient loss.’
A lot of drugs which treat parasites can cause further
disruptions to the immune system. These parasites can
toughen their cell walls to a nearly impermeable state
unaffected by drugs. The main treatment for parasites is
prevention and failing that a cocktail of herbal
remedies. This centres around keeping the immune
system strong and the gut healthy so that parasites are
both less inclined and less able to take hold. In the
meantime, parasites may parallel that of candida so we
must not underestimate how fundamentally they can
affect human health.
TEST FOR PARASITES WITH A QUALITY STOOL TEST
Parascope Laboratory (01132 924657) or
in the USA - The Great Smokies Laboratory.
TRY HOMOEOPATHY
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Homoeopathic tissue salts such as Calcium Phosphate, Sodium
Phosphate and the like may also be helpful in supporting a system
damaged by parasites. Contact Ainsworth Homoeopathic Pharmacy,
London. Be patient, treatment must be done over a two month
period, minimum, as it will cover the entire lifecycle of the parasite.
Freepost ND 6041. 4, Wallace Rd, LONDON N1 2BR.