contamination of vaccines with viruses, mycoplasma, etc.

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How do patients contract the mycoplasma, bacterial and viral infections found in

those with chronic conditions? Many patients may already have these infections

in dormant or latent forms, and their triggering of illness

may be associated with a decline in the ability of the immune system to hold

them in check. In other patients, infections may occur by a variety of routes,

including airborne transmission, fluid exchange (such as blood transfusions), or

in contaminated vaccines. In some

commercial vaccines contamination has been documented. For example, some of

the more common contaminants of commercial vaccines are mycoplasmas [6].

In the case of GWI, the multiple vaccines that the Armed Forces received upon

deployment to the Persian Gulf have recently been associated with GWI.

Unwin and colleagues [7] studied British Gulf War veterans with GWI and found an

association with the multiple vaccines that they received during

deployment. In the U.S. there has been a rash of GWI signs and symptoms in

Armed Forces personnel who recently received the anthrax vaccine. In some

cases this

has resulted in chronic illnesses in as many as 7-10% of personnel receiving the

vaccine [8]. The chronic signs and symptoms associated with anthrax

vaccination are very similar to those found in GWI patients, suggesting that at

least some of the chronic illnesses suffered by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

may have been caused by vaccines in combination with other exposures

[8]. The anthrax vaccine, in particular, should not be used in Armed Forces

personnel because of valid questions

concerning its safety and efficacy.

When microorganism infections are identified in blood fractions of subsets of

patients with FMS, CFS/ME, GWI or RA, these patients should be treated as

medical not psychological or psychiatric patients, just like any other

patients with blood bacterial infections. If such infections are important in

these disorders, then appropriate treatments with antibiotics, antivirals or

other medications that suppress chronic infections should result in

improvement and even recovery. This is exactly what has been found [9].

6.Thornton D. A survey of mycoplasma detection in vaccines. Vaccine 1986;

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7.Unwin C, Blatchley N, CokerW, et al. Health of UK servicemen who served in

the Persian Gulf War. Lancet 1999; 353:169-178.

8.Nicolson GL, Nass M, Nicolson NL. The anthrax vaccine controversy.

Questions about its efficacy, safety and strategy. Med. Sentinel 2000;

5:97-101.

9.Nicolson GL, Nasralla M, Franco AR, et al. Diagnosis and Integrative

Treatment of Intracellular Bacterial Infections in Chronic Fatigue and

Fibromyalgia Syndromes, Gulf War Illness, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other

Chronic Illnesses. Clin. Pract. Alt. Med. 2000; 1(2):92-102.