| I have come to realize, since finishing my pediatric training, that you can find evidence to support your decision to vaccinate or not to vaccinate. When I started my pediatric practice fresh out of residency, I was a primary care physician and offered vaccinations to those families who chose to vaccinate their children. I actually gave the children the vaccines myself (I'm so glad I no longer do that - I truly disliked that part of my job!). I was also one of the parents who chose to vaccinate my child. I did educate myself about the pros and cons of vaccines, and felt I still needed to vaccinate Kaitlin (my oldest), but selectively vaccinate and on an alternative schedule (1 vaccine per month). After the 5th vaccine, her eczema continued to worsen. I started to have the uncomfortable feeling of having to step further away from what the standard medical community recommended, on behalf of the health of my child. I made the connection that Kaitlin's eczema would improve if I stopped stimulating her immune system with the vaccines. In addition to supplementing her with cod liver oil and probiotics daily, I also stopped the vaccinations. Her eczema resolved and has never returned. My second child, Elle, has never been vaccinated. My Comments: I do believe more and more MD'S are starting to make a change for the positive. What I mean is that they are now going to have the best of both worlds when they start to think like this. The goal is always the patient at the end of the day, how to give the best care possible when possible. There is nothing better then when all Physicians can come together for one common goal, to help as many as we can when they need us the most, when it's important to them, it should be important to us as well as Doctors!
I do get asked often about vaccines and should I give them to my healthy children, my answer is always to get the best information that you can get your hands on. It's always best to know what you are about to do before you do it. I will always send them to the NVIC.ORG Sight for some really good information on this very controversial topic. It is a very personal choice, but I will always respect my patients decision either way, it's not an easy choice for them but I feel it's my job as a Physician to educate my patients with the upmost information there may be out there as I can. One of my biggest fears are the ingredients that are in some of these vaccines, here are a few: 1.Ammonium Sulfate-salt-Suspected of gastrointestinal, liver, and respiratory system poison 2.beta-propiolactone-known to cause liver, gastro intestinal, respiratory, skin and sense organ poison 3.aluminum 4.mercury 5.neomycin sulfate 6.human & animal cells 7.formaldyhide 8.polysorbate 80 9.micro organisms- Live and killed viruses and Bacteria or there toxins. The Polio Vaccine was contaminated with a monkey virus and is now turning up in Human Bone, lung lining(mesothelioma), brain tumors and lyphomas. There are at least another 8-9 products I will not bog you down with but I think you get the point I am trying to get to here. I will always tell my patients to keep up with there childs Immune System, Bowel Function and to keep there Anti oxidant levels High. I like to give them a good probiotic for good intestinal yeast balance, it good for the Immune system. The balance should always be 80% good & 20% bad to keep the bacteria in a good balance. Here is something to think about when it comes to Anti Oxidants and Disease. The lower the Anti Oxidant level in ones body, the higher the free radical in the blood, if you have high free radicals you are more prone to Disease, you are acidic and inflamed. So it is best to give them a good Anti Oxidant that will help to keep away the free radicals in there blood. For sure you want to give them a Whole Food Organic Multi Mineral if possible. Most kids don't eat a well balanced meal as they should, so please try to get them on one as soon as possible. If you find that your child isn't moving his bowels every day, that is another concern of mine as well. The bowel must move everyday to be able to eliminate all garbage that sits in the large intestine tract, other wise it sits there and polutes the blood stream with unwanted chemicals and your child can come down with skin issues, hair and nails as well, this will in turn lower the Immune system! We don't want that for the little guys do we. Another good one to give everyday is EFA'S, Tuna Omega Oil, these are the Essential Fatty Acids they need to have in there diet. Help promote good brain and Visual function, nerve cell communication, helps deal with pain and infalmmation, healthy heart valves, good trygylcerides and Cholesterol levels in the blood, healthy liver function, memory, learning, and focus, healthy hair,skin and nails and good cell membrane flexibility. Be sure to pick the right one for your childs age group. Moms and Dads need to on this as well, a healthy family is a smart family.
For those parents who might be confused with giving the flu vaccine, my self and other Doctors like Dr.Susan have never had a flu shot in my life. Lets not for get what happens when most people get the flu shot, they get the flu. In the vaccine there may be 6-9 different strains of the virus in the vaccine to begin with, the goal here is to hope the the virus you get matches the one of the six or nine that were in the vaccine, you might have a better SHOT winning the lotto at that point! For years they made us belieave we all needed to get the Flu Vaccine, but if there is one thing they Pharmacuical companies know is that Americans forget. A few years ago when they were short on the Flu vaccines, they all of the sudden said to us, here are the new rules for now, some do and some don't have to take the Flu Shot, they were talking about different age groups. All of the sudden not all age groups were requiered to have it, why, why all of the sudden these people didn't need to take the Flu Shot? Leaves me to belieave we just don't need it and its one of the biggest no brainer money makers for them of all time. If they get there way with this new Flu Vaccine, they stand to profit over $50 Billion per year. As parents we are not always going to make the right or the best decisions for our kids, but we should always keep trying to be informed so that when it comes time to make that decision, we can at least be educated to best of our knowledge and ability.Be sure to go to the sight: www.nvic.org for all your information on vaccines and what to do if you chose to or not to vaccinate. Either way parents may go with this very controversal decision to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, be sure to always give them healthy foods to keep there Immune systems up and running and give good quality supplements like: Tuna Omega's, Probiotic and a good Multi/Mineral. Keep them busy with activities in there there day to day lives as much as possible, an active body is a healthy one. I hope all who have had the chance to read this article found it helpful. Please freel free to pass this on to all your friends and family. Sincerely & Best in Health to You & Yours..God Bless Dr.Scott A&J Family Spine & Wellness Center/ Dr.Scott's Organic Natural Pharmacy 1075 Whitlock Ave Ste. i Marietta, GA 30064 678-797-1104 www.drspines.com
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