somewhat OT: asthma, measles, and antibiotics

[Guest guest]

I'm reading " The Secret Life of Dust " by Hannah Holmes. (Seemed appropriate

since we're renovating the kitchen and creating lots of dust.) It mentions lead

and mercury among many other things. In the section on asthma, p.190 includes

the following:

" Children who get measles before they turn three are less likely to develop

asthma... "

and

" An English study reported that children who take antibiotics in the first two

years of life are at higher risk for asthma. The authors speculated that

antibiotics may indiscriminately kill off bacteria that toughen the immune

system. "

S S

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Posted by: " Shepard Salzer " _Shepard@... lgshepard

Date: Sat May 10, 2008 6:43 pm ((PDT))

>I'm reading " The Secret Life of Dust " by Hannah Holmes. (Seemed appropriate

since we're renovating the kitchen and creating lots of dust.) It mentions lead

and mercury among many other things. In the section on asthma, p.190 includes

the following:

> " Children who get measles before they turn three are less likely to develop

asthma... "

I suppose they would also be less likely to have had the MMR.

>and

> " An English study reported that children who take antibiotics in the first two

years of life are at higher risk for asthma. The authors speculated that

antibiotics may indiscriminately kill off bacteria that toughen the immune

system. "

And those Brits are big about being tough.

The antibiotics also interfere with mercury excretion. So, perhaps this too is

just a reflection of what happens when you're not vaccine damaged.

> S S

Just a " could be " , that's all.

Dave.