RE: NEJM - The Risk of Seizures after Receipt of Whole-Cell Pertussis or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine

September 2, 2001

Also Sheri, after the MMR, my son began staring off into the distance for

minutes at a time.

At that time, i did not realize that these were PETIT MAL seizures and many

, many " autistic' and " apraxic " and other vax damaged kids very very

frequently have these seizures, and for months/years.

So, if a dr or the CDC had interviewed me back then and asked if my son

had seizures, I would have said, NO because I did not then know how to

recognize petit mal seizures.

So the incidence of seizures post vax is even higher than reported, very

very high.

>I would suggest that maybe the ones that have seizures are the " lucky "

>ones. The " unlucky " ones have SIDS, autism, ADD/ADHD, diabetes, other

>chronic immune illness, asthma - this wasn't looked at in the study - only

>seizures. So those that had seizures didn't have long-term, adverse

>consequences. That is not the same as saying there are no long-term,

>adverse consequences. Very important distinction.

>

>Sheri

>

>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/345/9/656

>

>The Risk of Seizures after Receipt of Whole-Cell

>Pertussis or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine

>

>Background The administration of the diphtheria and

>tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis (DTP) vaccine

>and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has been

>associated with seizures. We studied the relation

>between these vaccinations and the risk of a first

>seizure, subsequent seizures, and neurodevelopmental

>disability in children.

>

>Methods This cohort study was conducted at four large

>health maintenance organizations and included reviews

>of the medical records of children with seizures. We

>calculated the relative risks of febrile and

>nonfebrile seizures among 679,942 children after

>340,386 vaccinations with DTP vaccine, 137,457

>vaccinations with MMR vaccine, or no recent

>vaccination. Children who had febrile seizures after

>vaccination were followed to identify the risk of

>subsequent seizures and other neurologic disabilities.

>

>Results Receipt of DTP vaccine was associated with an

>increased risk of febrile seizures only on the day of

>vaccination (adjusted relative risk, 5.70; 95 percent

>confidence interval, 1.98 to 16.42). Receipt of MMR

>vaccine was associated with an increased risk of

>febrile seizures 8 to 14 days after vaccination

>(relative risk, 2.83; 95 percent confidence interval,

>1.44 to 5.55). Neither vaccination was associated with

>an increased risk of nonfebrile seizures. The number

>of febrile seizures attributable to the administration

>of DTP and MMR vaccines was estimated to be 6 to 9 and

>25 to 34 per 100,000 children, respectively. As

>compared with other children with febrile seizures

>that were not associated with vaccination, the

>children who had febrile seizures after vaccination

>were not found to be at higher risk for subsequent

>seizures or neurodevelopmental disabilities.

>

>Conclusions There are significantly elevated risks of

>febrile seizures after receipt of DTP vaccine or MMR

>vaccine, but these risks do not appear to be

>associated with any long-term, adverse consequences.

>

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September 3, 2001

, You make an excellent point. Sandy

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Re: NEJM - The Risk of Seizures after Receipt of

Whole-Cell Pertussis or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine