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New fears as tests link triple jabs to childrens

disease

Sunday Express March 18, 2001

Scientists discover damning evidence that MMR

injections could cause autism

The most damning and compelling evidence yet of a

link between autism and

the controversial MMR jab has been discovered by

scientists.

Researchers working on two separate studies have

linked the brain

dysfunction to physical abnormalities that could have

been triggered by the

multiple vaccine.

The revelation will dismay thousands of parents told

by the Government that

the vaccine is safe and they should go ahead with

inoculations. It will

also increase pressure on ministers to fund more

research.

The new evidence is far more convincing than results

of previous studies

because it is based on clinical tests rather than

analysis of statistical

information.

Because scientists were investigating physical

symptoms they were able to

put samples under the microscope instead of just

numbers.

Shattock, head of the Newcastle-based Autism

Research Unit said the

studies represent the most important research into

the condition ever

carried out.

He said: " This is what we have been waiting for for

so many years a proper

scientific look at what may trigger autism.

" We knew that this research was being done, but you

do not know how strong

the findings are. These findings could not be

stronger in getting to the

bottom of autism. "

And Rosemary Kessick, chief executive of the medical

research and support

charity Allergy Induced Autism, said the findings

vindicated what have long

believed.

She said: " This is a huge step forward in helping

prove what we have felt

from the outset which is that vaccines, viruses and

food play a major part

in causing autism in a huge number of children. "

Until now autism has been seen as a purely mental

disorder. But the new

research suggests it may be connected to physical

conditions that could

have been caused by the MMR jab.

One of the ground breaking reports found that many

autistic children suffer

from a condition known as " leaky gut syndrome " .

The disease, which damages the intestine wall, is.

often found in children

with autism and very rarely in other children.

Researchers from the Royal Free Hospital in London,

who studied 68 children

over a period of two years, believe the gut disorder

is linked with, or

could even cause autism.

Other research has led experts to believe these

symptoms could be triggered

by a reaction to the MMR jab.

World renowned child specialist and the main author

of the report, Simon

Murch, said the study was an important advance.

He said: " People have seen autism as a mental, not a

physical illness. We

have shown for the first time in a properly

controlled study a clear link

between gut inflammation and brain damage. "

A second studied carried out in the United States has

found evidence

suggesting that vaccines can cause childrens immune

systems to go out of

control.

Child specialists at the University of Minneapolis,

studied 35 autistic

children and found 27 had abnormal immune systems.

The abnormalities had

apparently been triggers by vaccines or other

external factors including

viruses and certain foods.

The scientists, due to present their work at the,

conference of the

American Academy for Allergy Asthma and Immunology

next week, believe this

immune disorder could affect the brain and cause

autism.

However the research was dismissed by Government

experts who insist there

is not enough evidence to prove any link between

inoculations and autism.

Salisbury head of vaccines at the Department of

Health, said his

advisors had examined evidence from the Royal Free

and could not support

their findings.

He said: " We have looked at this work and the

conclusions are not convincing. "

ONE patient under the care of doctors at the Royal

Free is seven-year-old

Hewitt, who suffers both autism and " leaky gut

syndrome " .

His doctors recently confirmed he is carrying the

measles virus in his gut

and believe this could be linked to his symptoms.

The youngsters mother, Ann, 52, is convinced

problems were

triggered by the MMR Inoculation.

She said: " He was a perfectly healthy boy and had

achieved the usual

developmental milestones -in fact he was very

advanced for his age. "

Her sons health and behaviour suddenly changed after

he was given the MMR

jab at 13 months, She recalled: " He became very

unsettled. He screamed and

would bang his head against the walls. "

Ann, from in Wood Green, North London, later

discovered had a form

of autism and serious digestive dysfunction. He is

now on powerful

medication, can barely eat, and suffers constant pain

and diarrhoea.

The Royal Free, which runs a unit specialising in

child stomach disorders,

still believes parents should vaccinate their babies.

However, it argues

that the Government should fund proper scientific

research into the

potential risks. The hospital currently has an

18-month waiting list for

children from across the world seeking its medical

expertise and struggles

to fund research.

had started to tall nine months and was even

beginning to walk by

the tin had was given the jab.

But weeks later he started become very agitated. It

was this point when he

started having screaming fits and banging his head

against walls.

" At first we just didnt understand it, " recalls Ann.

eventually took him

to his G who identified that a stomach

disorder.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA