Vaccination prevents allergies??

[Marnica]

http://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/article.asp?id=66129

This is priceless:

There is no well-documented evidence for an allergy-promoting effect of vaccinations. There is evidence, however, that vaccinations can lower the risk of allergy. It is recommended that all children, including those at elevated risk of allergy, should be vaccinated according to the recommendations of the German Standing Vaccination Committee (Ständige Impfkommission, STIKO) (A).

Yes just like there is no well-documented evidence that vaccines cause any problems whatsoever....

Im not saying I think vaccines are the only thing that can make allergies worse and I certainly think genetics has alot to do with allergies. My own son who is not vaccinated has allergies, but I KNOW that if I had vaccinated him on schedule they would be much much worse. How do I know? I"m his mother.
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence out there from parents whose children developed atopic issues post vaccination, but yes...it's just a cooincidence and would have happened anyway....at least that is what they are told.... To actually claim that vaccines have a preventative effect? Sorry Not buying it!

[Sileree]

That's odd. I've heard the opposite.

[greenluv]

This is me saying "Uh huh, sure."

[PlayaMama]

hmmm... interesting.

my vaxed ds has no allergies and my non-vaxed dd is developing eczema in a family that has absolutely no history of skin issues.

i found it interesting to see all the factors they listed. i'd also like to point out that they didn't say that vaccination was highly correlated to lower numbers of allergies/asthma/eczema, they just said there was evidence to support this view. it's not exactly a ringing endorsement in scientific speak.

whoa, this one is interesting!

"Nonspecific immune modulation
There is evidence supporting a protective effect of early, nonspecific immune stimulation on the development of atopic diseases. Growing up on a farm, attending a day-care center in the first two years of life, and having older siblings are all considered to be types of nonspecific immune stimulation. Helminthic infections, especially hookworm, are negatively associated with asthma (2b–3b)."

no wonder they didn't offer a recommendation on this: "we think all children should be exposed to hookworms and take weekly trip to grandma's farm to decrease their risk of asthma."

[larkedyflarp]

I've also heard the opposite because vaccines work with IgE just as allergies do and they make the immune system over-reactive.

My daughter got all most all of her vaccinations until she had anaphylaxis to them at 15 months. She has severe food allergies that in hind-sight and according to her allergy testing results gradually got worse and worse with each set of immunizations. She also had eczema.

My son doesn't have eczema or allergies and is non-vaxed.

Who knows......