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New Study Shows that Vaccinated Children are Twice as Likely to Get Asthma and Other Related Allergy Conditions

A new study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics supports the findings of three previous studies that children who receive diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) or tetanus vaccines are more likely to have a "history or asthma" or other "allergy related respiratory symptoms". The study reviewed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics from 1988 to 1994. The survey data included interviews (by proxy with parents) of 13,944 infants, children and adolescents (2 month through 16 years old.)

The JMPT study addresses an issue that has much supportive evidence:

The prevalence of allergic disorders has doubled over the last 20 years.
In the U.S., there are currently 30-50 million asthma and allergy sufferers, with an estimated cost of $6.21 billion in 1990.

The Institute of Medicine, which conveyed two committees (the Committee to Review the Adverse Consequences of Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines and the Vaccine Safety Committee) concluded that there is a causal relation between DTP vaccine and allergies and tetanus toxoid and allergies.

The result of the JMPT study demonstrated that those children who had been given DTP and tetanus vaccination had significantly greater odds of asthma and allergy related symptoms than those who had remained unvaccinated.

The Specific ratios (for vaccinated children vs. unvaccinated) are as follows:

2.00 Asthma
1.50 Severe Allergic Reaction
1.66 Any allergy or allergic reaction
1.81 Sinusitis or sinus problems
1.23 Wheezing or whistling
2.22 Nose and eye symptoms
1.68 Any allergy related respiratory symptoms (past 12 months)
Any lifetime allergy history or 12 month symptoms

Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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