Macrophagic
myofasciitis (MMF)
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See: Aluminium
[2017] Injecting Aluminum (Documentary) In the early 90s, a mysterious muscular disease began to surface among multiple patients in France. A team of doctors in Paris discovered that these patients had developed a new disease called Macrophagic Myofascitis, or MMF, which occurs when the aluminum hydroxide adjuvant from a vaccine remains embedded in the muscle tissue.
Aluminum-hydroxide in vaccines causes serious health problems By Tenna Merchant
[2010 Jan] FURY AT VACCINE SCANDAL In one case Steve Robinson, a previously fit 43-year-old father of three, was vaccinated six years ago against hepatitis A, B and polio, tetanus and diphtheria as part of his work as a forensic specialist. Two days later he became ill and developed muscle weakness and chronic fatigue. Mr Robinson, from Morpeth, Northumberland, is now 60 per cent disabled, which an industrial injuries tribunal put down to the vaccinations. He has also been diagnosed with macrophagic myofascitis, a disabling condition which may be caused by the aluminum in vaccines. He also suffers from problems that cause him to fall with no warning. He said: “Before I had the vaccinations I was very healthy, a keen mountain biker and enjoyed walking and keeping fit. “Now I have very poor mobility and walk with sticks, I am constantly tired.” I
[2008 Nov] Vaccine-related chronic fatigue syndrome in an individual demonstrating aluminium overload A team of scientists have investigated a case of vaccine-associated chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and macrophagic myofasciitis in an individual demonstrating aluminium overload. .....a possible mechanism whereby vaccination involving aluminium-containing adjuvants could trigger the cascade of immunological events that are associated with autoimmune conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome and macrophagic myofasciitis.
Science has proven that the following conditions may all be caused by the aluminum-hydroxide in vaccines: Chronic fatigue, Multiple sclerosis , Lou Gehrig’s disease, Demyelinating central nervous system disorders, Plymyalgia rheumatica and rheumatoid arthritis, Motor delay, Hypotonia or diminished muscle tone, Failure to thrive, Apoptic neurons, which are self-destructing neurons in the lumbar spinal cord, Neuron loss in the lumbar spinal cord. I’ve known for over four years now that aluminum was bad for the body, but as usual, I just didn’t know how bad it is. However, there is plenty of scientific evidence, hidden in plain sight, proving the pervasiveness and toxic nature of aluminum in our world today. Aluminum-hydroxide in vaccines causes serious health problems By Tenna Merchant
In 2001, Dr. R. K. Gherardi and co-workers described a new condition associated with retained aluminum in injected tissues from aluminum hydroxide vaccine adjuvants, which they called macrophagic myofasciitis. This infirmity was associated with intense, diffuse muscle pains, weakness and various neurological complaints. At the time of their first report there were 130 patients from France and a growing number of cases from Germany, USA, Portugal and Spain. In all cases, the problem was linked to hepatitis B (86%), hepatitis A (19%) or tetanus toxoid (58%) vaccines. A subsequent report found a number of patients with a multiple sclerosis-like illness. In 2004, a study reported in the journal Neurology (63:838-842) found that people exposed to the complete series of hepatitis B vaccines experienced a 3 00 percent higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis than the unvaccinated public. Others dispute this link.
Vaccine Safety Manual by Neil Z. Miller. (Preface)While mercury has gotten all the attention, aluminum (found in most vaccines) is
also a major culprit in this shocking saga. Added to most vaccine are a number
of substances either used during manufacturing or designed as an immune booster
(adjuvant). These include albumin, aluminum (either as aluminum hydroxide,
aluminum phosphate or alum also known as aluminum potassium sulfate), various
amino acids, DNA residues, egg protein, gelatin, monosodium glutamate (MSG),
MRC-5 cellular protein and various antibiotics. Not listed on official lists are
bacterial and viral contaminants, which can include their particulate,
fragmented matter.94-99
The purpose of the aluminum compounds is to dramatically boost the immune
reaction to the vaccine and make it prolonged, since some of the aluminum
remains in the site of injection for years. Aluminum was first added to vaccines
in 1926. Many of the other components added to the vaccines also boost immunity,
especially that of undesirable components of the immune system, such as the
B-cells.
Because these vaccine adjuvants are designed to produce a prolonged immune
stimulation, they pose a particular hazard to the developing nervous system.
Studies have shown that immune activation can last as long as two years after
vaccination. This means that the brain’s microglial cells are also primed for
the same length of time, and possibly longer.
A new emerging syndrome called macrophagic myofasciitishas been
attributed to the aluminum adjuvant in vaccines and is especially associated
with the hepatitis B vaccine and the tetanus vaccine.100 Victims of this
syndrome suffer severe muscle and joint pains and severe weakness. Subsequent
studies, since the syndrome was first described in France, indicate widespread,
severe brain injury as well, as confirmed by MRI scanning.101,102 This brain
syndrome has been described in American children as well.
It is known that aluminum accumulates in the brain and results in
neurodegeneration. The evidence for a link between aluminum neurotoxicity and
Alzheimer’s disease continues to grow stronger. Aluminum, like mercury,
activates microglia leading to chronic brain inflammation, which is a major
event in both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.103-110
Flarend and co-workers studied the fate of vaccine injected aluminum in the dose
approved by the FDA (0.85 mg per dose) using radiolabeled aluminum adjuvant
–either aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate, the two approved forms of
adjuvants used in vaccines.111 They found that the aluminum was rapidly absorbed
into the blood from both forms of aluminum, but that the aluminum phosphate was
absorbed faster and produced tissue levels 2.9x higher than aluminum
hydroxide. Blood levels of aluminum remained elevated for 28 days with
both adjuvants. Elevated aluminum levels were found in the kidney, spleen,
liver, heart, lymph nodes and brain.
This indicates that aluminum from vaccines is redistributed to numerous organs
including brain, where it accumulates. Each vaccine adds to this tissue level of
aluminum. If we calculate the total aluminum dose from 36 vaccines, we see that
the total dose is 30.6 mg and not the 0.85 mg considered safe by the FDA. Of
course not all this aluminum ends up in the tissues, but they will accumulate
substantial amounts, especially when added to the amount from foods and drinking
water. When a number of aluminum-containing vaccines are given during a single
office visit, aluminum blood levels rise rapidly and to much higher levels and
this elevation persist for over a month, all the time infiltrating the tissues,
including the brain with aluminum.
It is also known that aluminum enhances the toxicity of mercury and that
aluminum, even from other sources, increases inflammation in the body.106 The
question no one seems to be asking is -does the aluminum act as a constant
source of brain inflammation? Research, especially that showing aluminum-triggered
microglial activation, seems to indicate it does.112 Dr. Anna, Strunecka, a
professor of physiology, found that aluminum readily binds with fluoride to form
fluoroaluminum and that this compound can active G-protein receptors, which
controls a number of neurotransmitters, including glutamate receptors.46 Giving
multiple aluminum-containing vaccines at once would raise blood and tissue
levels much higher than when give separately, thus increasing brain levels as
well. Fluoride in drinking water, foods and dental treatments would react with
the brain aluminum, creating the neurotoxic fluoroaluminum combination. Studies
have shown that fluoride also accumulates in the brain. [March
2008] Vaccines, Neurodevelopment and Autism
Spectrum Disorders by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.