Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 The report of a ten year old girl who was diagnosed with ITP was indeed troubling and my heart goes out to her family. When my daughter was 4, she also was diagnosed with ITP. At that time, about 35 years ago, our family was required to undertake an enormous effort to reach out to living relatives to ascertain if anyone in our extended families had a history of blood or immune system disorders. There were none, causing our doctors to use the term "bizarre" whenever we tried to get a possible reason for her condition. Eventually, she had her spleen removed and is now a mother of three children herself. Needless to say, her compromised immune system will remain a lifetime worry for our family. However, at that time, no one had any reason to suspect that a vaccine may have possibly caused her ITP. In fact, the very first time I heard ITP associated with vaccines was an article describing it as one of many maladies Gulf War veterans were suffering as a result of their exposure to the unhealthy environment during the war OR the many vaccines they were given just prior to deployment to the Gulf area. My daughter's ITP is now part of the "genetic" history of our family. Which means, if any of my extended family members have children who are diagnosed with ITP they can rest assured the doctors will immediately sieze my daughter's experience as proof positive it must be "genetic". When, in fact, it may well be an adverse reaction to vaccines instead. In any event, the vaccine sock puppets are likely giddy with anticipation the time is quickly approaching when ALL families will have "genetic" histories upon which to exonerate their vaccines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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