Flu vaccine greatly increases risk of asthma problems

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Roman Bystrianyk, "Flu vaccine greatly increases risk of asthma
problems", Health Sentinel, August 29, 2004,

A study published in the August 2004 issue of the Archives of Disease
in Childhood shows that despite a belief to the contrary, use of the
influenza vaccine increased asthma related visits to the clinic as
well as emergency room visits.

The study conducted on 800 children with asthma was divided into 2
groups of 400, one group that received the influenza vaccine and one
group which did not. Both groups were equally matched in respect to
age, sex, and rates of exposure to tobacco smoke.

The hope of the study was that vaccination would lead to a "70% risk
reduction" in asthma events. However, the study results showed that
after adjusting for multiple variables the vaccine group was more
likely to have clinic visits for asthma or pneumonia and were also
more likely to have an emergency room visit or hospitalization. In
fact, the vaccinated group had nearly a 3 times increased odds of
having a clinic visit for asthma or pneumonia and a 2 times risk of
emergency department visits or hospitalizations. The authors do note
that the risk for hospitalizations did not reach statistical
significance.

Because of the "surprising findings" of the study, the authors
examined factors that could have given this result. However, after
controlling for a number of factors such as asthma severity, previous
receipt of the vaccine, and frequent use of medical services the
authors still failed to find a benefit for the vaccine. They also note
that, "recent systematic reviews have concluded that available
evidence is not sufficient for determining whether the vaccine causes
more benefit than harm in patients with asthma."

The authors conclude that, "this study failed to provide clinical
evidence in support of the recommendations for annual influenza
vaccination of asthmatic children. Even after controlling for several
potential confounders, we noted a statistically significant increase
in asthma related health care utilization association with
vaccination."

SOURCE: Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2004, Volume 89,
pp.734-5

Roman Bystrianyk ) writes:
http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.p...st_item&id=171

Roman Bystrianyk, "Flu vaccine greatly increases risk of asthma
problems", Health Sentinel, August 29, 2004,

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SOURCE: Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2004, Volume 89,
pp.734-5


Thank you for posting this useful information!!
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Cathy

"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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Thank you for posting this useful information!!
--
Cathy

Yeah, good stuff, vaccines are the main cause of asthma
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/asthma.html (along with antibiotics),

"john" wrote in message
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"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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Thank you for posting this useful information!!
--
Cathy

Yeah, good stuff, vaccines are the main cause of asthma
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/asthma.html (along with antibiotics),

The website is good stuff. Well at least good for a laugh. The author is too
ashamed to put her name on the site. Can't blame her - she doesn't have a
clue about science, medicine, or vaccines.

Jeff