Posts by WildKingdom

By the way, if your pediatrician insists on this insanity, I would get the blood test. The PPD reading is very subject to people reading it incorrectly and interpreting it as positive when it is not (for example, measuring the area of...

"As I mentioned, it's on the NY required testing for kids prior to school admissions. We are in the burbs on LI so I don't see that this is a high prevalence area, but haven't looked at the CDC figures yet" That's NUTS!!! ...

There is a blood test for TB, but it is not commonly used. The bigger question is- why does you doctor want to test for TB. TB should not be tested for unless your son is in a high risk group- was exposed to TB or comes from a...

I can't call it highly intriguing. Until this study is actually accepted for publication, and I see a full accounting of the methodology and the reason for the apparent discarding of half of the data, I can only call it...

Low iron can't cause slow clotting. Low platelets (or platelet dysfunction), problems with clotting factors, or Vitamin K deficiency can.

After having chicken pox (or getting the vaccine) the virus remains in your body in the dorsal ganglia of the spinal column. As immunity decreases over time, the virus can be re-activated in the form of shingles. So, you can get...

"After the Hannah Poling case, the CDC was starting to look kind of silly. I wonder how they will approach this new and highly credible research." New and highly credible research? Did you read the abstract? If not, here...

WendyJoe: Here is the actual abstract with the data, since you seem to doubt its veracity (this study is the pre-vaccine era): Population-based studies of varicella complications. AU Guess HA; Broughton DD; Melton LJ 3rd; Kurland...

I can't remember where I read it, but some recent research indicates that eczema may be due to a genetic defect in the skin's barrier function. This article postulates that the incidence of eczema is increasing because of people with...

I've posted this information in a recent thread, with primary sources. Adults don't die from chicken pox per se, but they can die from the complications of it. One in 400 will develop pneumonia (which can not be treated with...