re: Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine as a Potential Cause of Encephalitis (Brain Inflammation) in Children

ex-cfs — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:13:23 GMT

These findings are interesting not only for autism, but also for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia. Much anecdotal discussion has implicated measles vaccine as one possible trigger (though not the only one) for CFS. One of the major dynamics of CFS has been found to be limbic dysfunction and possibly damage (see Jay Goldstein's work, for example). About 30% - 40% with CFS also have vision problems, and measles is known to attack the eyes and cause blindness, at least temporarily as I recall from childhood stories. Lastly, many with CFS though not all had mononucleosis (EBV) at/as onset, and this story mentions that measles hides in monocytes, so maybe there is some connection there too. Lastly, multiple schlerosis involves demyelinization, and CFS in MRI images looks just like MS, though they are different diseases, with a test that can confirm whether you have MS. I think I also heard some mention of demyelinization in fibromyalgia, which might account for the greater sensitivity to pain at the central perception level. Lastly, there has also been some controversial mention of demyelinization, possibly from a vaccine adjuvant autoimmune reaction, with Gulf War Syndrome, which is also similar to CFS (see the book Vaccine A). I do not know whether the affected veterans also had a measles vaccine as part of the many vaccines they got in a short period of time. So, all this hints at a possible greater danger to the brain and nervous system from measles vaccines. Someone should pursue pulling all this research together and doing a longitudinal pre- and post-measles vaccine study.