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You are here: Home / Specific Vaccines / Chickenpox and Shingles Vaccines / Chickenpox Vaccine by Sherri Tenpenny DO

Chickenpox Vaccine by Sherri Tenpenny DO

October 21, 2008 By Vaccine Choice Canada

by Sherri Tenpenny DO

By attempting to eliminate an essentially harmless childhood disease, we are going to create a disaster of epidemic proportions. This is the “first glimpse” of things to come: vaccines to treat problems caused by vaccines.

Chickenpox is a mild infection of childhood caused by the varicella zoster virus. A self-limiting disease characterized by fever, malaise and an itchy, vesicular rash that covers the entire body. Chickenpox usually resolves within 4-5 days, leaving the child with lifetime immunity. With vaccination, the duration of protection from varicella infection by Varivax® is unknown.

Shingles is thought to be caused by the reactivation of the same chickenpox-causing virus, varicella-zoster. It is generally a disease of the elderly but can also develop in insulin-dependent diabetics and those who have immunodeficient diseases such as AIDS and leukemia. A shingles outbreak can be triggered by the stress-emotional or physical-or by certain medications, including steroids [ex: prednisone], chemotherapy and radiation.

Unlike chickenpox, a shingles outbreak is anything but benign. The first sign is usually one sided tingling, itching, or stabbing pain on the skin. After a few days, a red, blistering rash appears that is severely painful rash that can last for weeks. At its peak, symptoms range from a mild itch to intense pain.

When the outbreak resolves, it can leave numbness, skin discoloration and permanent scars. Serious complications, including facial paralysis, hearing loss, or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) can occur, and if the infection includes the eye, the result can be glaucoma, cataracts or even permanent blindness.

There are a few medications available to treat shingles such as antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and topical agents. The severity and duration of an attack of shingles can be somewhat reduced if treated early with the antiviral drugs acyclovir (Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex) or famcyclovir (Famvir). However, none of these medications “cure” shingles.

Frequently type specific homeopathics can be quite helpful though.

Approximately 20% of shingles cases can result in post-herpetic neuralgia. This condition manifests as unrelenting pain that can persist for years after the initial rash has healed. There is no conventional treatment for post-herpetic neuralgia and even the strongest pain medications are rarely helpful.

As the article points out, vaccinating children with the chickenpox vaccine will cause the pool of wild virus will die out. Adults who had chickenpox as a child need to be re-exposed to the wild virus to keep any residual dormant virus in check.

It is estimated that currently as many as 2 in every 10 persons may be affected by shingles in their lifetime. Without this exposure, the number of people who will contract shingles is anticipated to increase substantially. The solution appears to be the development of another vaccine.

Not to miss an opportunity, a large study is underway for the development of the shingles vaccine. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is currently testing a shingles vaccine in clinical trials in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH.)

The Shingles Prevention Study is part of a nationwide collaborative effort between the NIAID, Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA), and Merck. It should be noted that Merck is also the manufacturer of Varivax®, the chickenpox vaccine.

This double-blind study will test a vaccine similar to Varivax®; however, the experimental vaccine contains a larger amount of the weakened varicella virus. If a participant was given the placebo during the trial and the vaccine is later found to be “successful,” the person will be offered the shingles vaccine at no charge at the conclusion of the study. A nice perk for participating as a human test subject.

None of this makes sense. Wouldn’t the logical solution be to STOP the chickenpox vaccination and allow this mild virus to do its job?

However, there seems to be little logic when it comes to the development of new vaccines. The vaccine industry believes that the widespread use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases is “one of the greatest public health achievements of this century” and plans are in place to create a vaccine to treat every type of conceivable ailment. One of the goals set forth in the NIAID Strategic Plan is to:

“Explore opportunities for vaccine development in less traditional areas, including therapeutic vaccines for the management of chronic diseases; vaccines for the control of autoimmune diseases; and vaccines for special circumstances of public health concern, such as bioterrorism.”

So, a shingles vaccine to treat a problem caused by the chickenpox vaccine is only the beginning. Here are three examples of dozens coming:

  1. The Allergy Vaccine: for cypress pollen and food allergies. Seven product candidates are in clinical trials with two more at the preclinical stage.
  2. The M.S. Vaccine: A USC-invented vaccine for multiple sclerosis (MS)
  3. The Rheumatoid Arthritis vaccine: RAVAX® is thought to inhibit the disease-associated T cells that cause rheumatoid arthritis, and prevent further damage in patients suffering from the disease.

Even the most cursory review of vaccine package inserts and the medical literature will show ample evidence that the side effects of vaccines can cause allergies. The hepatitis B vaccine has been implicated in the development of both MS and rheumatoid arthritis. The list goes on and on.

However, with NIAID’s proposed budget of $4 billion for fiscal year 2003 , it is likely we will see more and more “designer vaccines” to treat a myriad of diseases-in fact, there are more than 200 vaccines currently in the pipeline. It remains to be seen what additional medical disasters will be created by this massive immunological experimentation.

References

  1. The Physician’s Desk Reference. Varivax, p. 2202. or view information about Varivax. Varicella Virus Vaccine Live [92 KB PDF] (Oka/Merck)
  2. Shingles. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  3. NIAID Strategic Plan Executive Summary.
  4. BioPortfolio
  5. http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/1vol5/526/ms.html
  6. Immune Response Corporation press release; http://www.dnavaccine.com/new.html?aid=125 or try this site: http://www.imnr.com/pipeline/pipeline.htm

Related Articles

  1. Chicken Pox: Why Do Children Die?
  2. Children Who Had Chickenpox Vaccine Contract Disease
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