Re: Свободен избор за ваксините / Взаимопомощ / Здравна / Алтернативна

Научих името на още една болест - chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
Прочетох статия за усложнения след поставяне на ваксината Gardasil, която е
създадена за да предотвратява риска от заразяване с HPV (human papillomavirus),
който може да доведе до рак. Усложнението се изразявало в разболяване
от chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

"Trish Gingerich of Scarborough was a true believer in immunization to prevent such outbreaks. She quickly got on board when the province decided to fund Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent the virus HPV (human papillomavirus, which can lead to cervical cancer), for Grade 8 girls. Her daughter, Alycia, then 13, received her first shot in December, 2008, and complained of soreness at the injection site and a headache for a few days. Two weeks later, she developed severe bruising and was rushed to hospital, where her platelet count (the clotting factor in her blood) had plunged to dangerously low levels, risking hemorrhage.

Gingerich says her daughter was diagnosed with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and hospitalized four times over the following six months for treatment to restore her platelet count.

ITP is a rare condition that can appear during the early years at a time when children receive most of their shots, says Dr. Melanie Kirby-Allen, a staff haemotologist at the Hospital for Sick Children, where Alycia was treated.

She wouldn’t comment on the case specifically but said ITP can happen randomly, so it’s not always clear whether it is a coincidence, related to vaccines or whether a vaccine might trigger the condition in someone predisposed to ITP. In some cases, the antibodies that are stimulated to fight off a disease by a vaccine can attach themselves to platelets, prompting the spleen to remove them, reducing the platelet count. She said the condition is treatable and usually resolved within a few months.

“We’ve seen it post-vaccination but it’s hard to speak in generalities about it because it is so rare,” says Kirby-Allen. She says the benefits of immunizing outweigh the risks of such rare reactions.

That’s cold comfort to Gingerich, who says her faith in the system has been shaken and she now worries every time her daughter gets a bruise. She says she would never want Alycia vaccinated again for any disease. Nor would she be immunized herself.

Gingerich says the ITP was officially reported to Health Canada as an “adverse event following immunization” and that she also wrote letters to federal and provincial health authorities. “I would like to see somebody accountable and the public to know about the risks.”

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