Vaccine May Help Treat Childhood Eczema

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Note:  There are many who believe vaccines cause eczema. 

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March 30, 2001

 

“Vaccine May Help Treat Childhood Eczema”

Ottawa Citizen (www.ottawacitizen.com) (03/26/01) P. A14; Fraser,

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According to a recent British study, after receiving a vaccine designed to “re-educate” their immune system, children with allergic eczema can gain significant relief from the distressing condition.  At Booth Hall Hospital in Manchester, doctors gave the vaccine to 20 five- to 18-year-olds with eczema and compared their progress with a similar number of children given a placebo injection.  Three months after receiving the injections, the children who had been given the placebo had improved by only 4 percent, while the children who had been given the vaccine had 49 percent less eczema on average.  The man who led the study, Dr.  Peter Arkwright, noted that the vaccine produced considerable improvement in some of the children, all of whom had suffered for years from severe to moderate eczema.  Arkwright now intends to try the vaccine on a larger group to see if it can produce more long-term results.

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