Re: Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent
My Grandson is now grown up and still suffering terribly from the above syndrome, which was downgraded to 'chronic constipation' after the Royal Free Hospital was incorporated into UCL; the 'special clinic' was disbanded, with most child patients discharged back to primary care, also with 'constipation' diagnoses.
Since then, my Grandson has been prescribed only laxatives and painkillers for his bowel problems. After what happened to clinicians Professors Walker-Smith and Murch, and research scientist Dr Wakefield, following the publication of the Wakefield et al 1998 Lancet paper, no other NHS doctor has been prepared to accept and treat the 'colitis' aspect of my Grandson's original Royal Free diagnosis, and who can blame them? There are literally thousands of children in the UK alone, with the same syndrome as my Grandson, whose bowel problems are presently not being properly addressed and treated. This is prolonging their suffering.
It is time for what Dr Wakefield refers to as the 'bowel-brain bone' to be officially acknowledged by the UK medical establishment. This will have to happen eventually, particularly since Professor Walker-Smith's successful High Court appeal, completely exonerated him from all the GMC charges, and restored his medical licence. It was Professor Walker-Smith who personally compiled the Lancet twelve children's clinical histories. This is prominently stated within the 1998 Lancet paper.
Competing interests:
Autistic Grandson, who was a Royal Free patient, diagnosed and treated for the bowel syndrome "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, with non-specific colitis", by Professor John Walker-Smith and his excellent team.
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Re: Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent
My Grandson is now grown up and still suffering terribly from the above syndrome, which was downgraded to 'chronic constipation' after the Royal Free Hospital was incorporated into UCL; the 'special clinic' was disbanded, with most child patients discharged back to primary care, also with 'constipation' diagnoses.
Since then, my Grandson has been prescribed only laxatives and painkillers for his bowel problems. After what happened to clinicians Professors Walker-Smith and Murch, and research scientist Dr Wakefield, following the publication of the Wakefield et al 1998 Lancet paper, no other NHS doctor has been prepared to accept and treat the 'colitis' aspect of my Grandson's original Royal Free diagnosis, and who can blame them? There are literally thousands of children in the UK alone, with the same syndrome as my Grandson, whose bowel problems are presently not being properly addressed and treated. This is prolonging their suffering.
It is time for what Dr Wakefield refers to as the 'bowel-brain bone' to be officially acknowledged by the UK medical establishment. This will have to happen eventually, particularly since Professor Walker-Smith's successful High Court appeal, completely exonerated him from all the GMC charges, and restored his medical licence. It was Professor Walker-Smith who personally compiled the Lancet twelve children's clinical histories. This is prominently stated within the 1998 Lancet paper.
Competing interests: Autistic Grandson, who was a Royal Free patient, diagnosed and treated for the bowel syndrome "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, with non-specific colitis", by Professor John Walker-Smith and his excellent team.