Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Annette-would the Dr. also be willing to do viral screening for mono and EBV? How about a strep titre? If any/all of these are also skewed, it could mean that further investigation of his immune function is warranted. [ ] no measles titers > Hi all, > > I had some blood work done on my son recently. His titers for rubella come > out somewhat high, but he came back as negative for measles titers. His > doctor wanted to vaccinate him again, but I said no. I am wondering if this > could mean that the measles virus injected into him has settled into areas > it should not have? Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might mean? > (His doctor said it was odd, but could not offer any reason as to what may > have happened). > > Thanks for any information, > Annette > > > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Annette, I would pose this question to Dr. McCandless. Are you a member of any of the following groups in which she participates (and answers parent questions)? csb-autism-rx chelatingkids2 abmd If not, I'd suggest joining one or all of them (they are all VERY good groups) and asking this question (put Dr. JM in the subject line). There are a lot of experienced parents in these groups. Another excellent group is sulfurstories At 12:03 AM 7/3/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I had some blood work done on my son recently. His titers for rubella come >out somewhat high, but he came back as negative for measles titers. His >doctor wanted to vaccinate him again, but I said no. I am wondering if this >could mean that the measles virus injected into him has settled into areas >it should not have? Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might mean? >(His doctor said it was odd, but could not offer any reason as to what may >have happened). > >Thanks for any information, >Annette > > > > >======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Annette, Some researchers at Mayo published an article or several wherein they offer that missing vaccinal titers may indicate an immune impairment. Many articles have studied rates of inducing titers following revaccinations. Hold your ground, if your son has an immune impairment against MV, he may well have acquired an atypical chronic infection -- and once again, proving that is not easy, especially when so many in the powerful vaccine-zealots lobby (well, more like a kingship, dictatorship) make sure that little to no research occurs in this area. Jeff Bradstreet et al have done lots of MV research and probably can guide you to specific tests and labs that will cooperate. avogtcearns wrote: >Hi all, > >I had some blood work done on my son recently. His titers for rubella come >out somewhat high, but he came back as negative for measles titers. His >doctor wanted to vaccinate him again, but I said no. I am wondering if this >could mean that the measles virus injected into him has settled into areas >it should not have? Does anyone have any ideas as to what this might mean? >(His doctor said it was odd, but could not offer any reason as to what may >have happened). > >Thanks for any information, >Annette > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Sometimes people with major virus problems don't show any or show very low titers to viruses because their immune systems are so overwhelmed or dysfunctional that the body can't fight it off. However, since his rubella was high this may be less likely. Since titers are a measure of how you're body is fighting something rather than whether or not it's in the body, I think it wouldn't be very likely that no titers would indicate measles settling somewhere. Then again, if he got a vaccine for rubella and measles at the same time, perhaps it's possible that his body was so busy over-reacting to the rubella that it didn't react to the measles. I have no clue as to whether this is possible but may be worth considering as a remote possibility. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Thank you to everyone who responded to my inquiry, especially to for all the excellent information/abstracts that you sent. Lots for me to look into. Have a great weekend everyone, Annette on 7/3/04 12:58 PM, at wrote: > Re: no measles titers - 4 quotes, 16 citations > > , thanks for your postings on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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