Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.
In the last of the series of three articles on Shaken Baby
Syndrome (SBS), we will look at how vitamin D deficiency and vaccine aluminum
adjuvants mimic SBS. Child abuse is a terrible crime, and should be punished to
the fullest. But as scholars such as Dr. David Ayoub have found, thousands of
cases of ‘child abuse’ are in fact misdiagnosed cases of rickets, caused by
vitamin D deficiency.
Vitamin D deficiency in an infant looks different on an
x-ray then it does in the classic presentation at an older age. On an x-ray,
bones may appear to be broken, even to the trained radiologist ignorant of
rickets presentation in infancy.
Dr. Ayoub has done in depth study of aluminum adjuvants that
are in many vaccines. The one classic disease that aluminum is linked to is
Vitamin D deficiency. He has found that aluminum can cause brain bleeding, just
like that of the supposed SBS. If aluminum also leads to Vitamin D loss, then
you have two of the most serious signs they report in SBS, brain bleeding and
bone fractures. Unfortunately, these two signs have had many children stolen
from good parents unwittingly by a misinformed legal system and uneducated
doctors.
Dr. Ayoub makes the point that there is a 95% reduction of rickets
information in today’s textbooks for clinicians. They simply are not informed
on the full scope of what rickets can look like. In infants, the bone fractures
on an x-ray do not have the classic ‘fraying’ or ‘broom’ ends. The fraying
bones ends are mostly noted in the one to two year old range.
According to Dr. Ayoub, whenever rickets occurs in an
infant, it actually originates in the mother. He has found some common
characteristics of mothers whose infants have rickets. He has noted that most
live in a northern hemisphere and their average vitamin D levels were about
18-19 ng/ml, which is severely deficient. More often they were pregnant during
spring when vitamin D is at its lowest. Eighty percent of the mothers he has
reviewed were obese, which is another risk factor for vitamin D deficiency.
About 30% smoked before or during pregnancy. There was a higher than normal
rate of gestational diabetes and difficult labor in this group of women. Half
of the mothers had severe musculoskeletal symptoms that were undiagnosed. Some
were even on narcotic drugs due to severe musculoskeletal pain, which is a sign
of adult rickets (osteomalacia). Another commonality was severe acid reflux in
these women. Over 75% were taking excessive amounts of tums, which makes bone
density much worse. And finally, twin births were overrepresented in these
women. The risk of rickets in a twin pregnancy is 25 times that of a single
birth.
That acid reflux connection is worth an extra mention. The
most common over the counter antacid is Tums. Like most over the counter
antacids, the major ingredient is calcium carbonate. The latest research shows
that calcium carbonate actually lowers your vitamin D levels and reduces bone
density. If you are pregnant, it also severely weakens your child’s bone
matrix. Calcium carbonate binds phosphorus in your body, therefore reducing the
ability to make bone. From the 1920’s – 1950’s calcium carbonate was given to
rats to produce rickets so they could study them!
Most people believe extra calcium is needed to prevent
osteoporosis. Calcium carbonate is the most popular supplement people take to
get more calcium. Can you see where this is going? Since calcium carbonate
reduces bone density, all of you who’ve been told to take Tums to get your
calcium are getting the opposite outcome. You are causing a loss of bone
mineralization by eating those chunks of chalk. But I digress.
One other cause of vitamin D deficiency is babies being fed
formula. Studies published in 2006 in the Journal of the American College of
Nutrition found that palm olein found in the fat blend of most formulas has “unintentional
physiological consequences, including diminished intestinal absorption of fat,
palmitic acid and calcium and lower bone mass.”
Dr. Ayoub clearly shows a number of factors that can lead to
brain bleeds in children with rickets. They are clinically significant, and
need to be ruled out in any suspected SBS case.
As you can see, vitamin D deficiency can cause the
conditions that mimic child abuse. The problem is that there is an entire
industry built up on protecting a child from abuse. Many times they are working
with insufficient or inadequate information, outdated information or willful
disregard of current science.
The easiest way to protect your family from any of these false charges is to make sure everyone has optimal vitamin D levels. Get your vitamin D levels checked prior to pregnancy and get them optimized. This simple advice may keep your family intact and you out of jail.