Posted on 04/09/2025 9:22:26 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A recent study found that babies treated with antibiotics within the first few weeks of their life showed weaker immune response to vaccines due to reduced levels of Bifidobacterium—a bacterial species that lives in the human gastrointestinal tract. Replenishing Bifidobacterium in the gut microbiome using probiotic supplements such as Infloran showed promising results in restoring the immune response.
The researchers followed 191 healthy, vaginally born infants from their birth to 15 months: 86% of the participants received the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, and, by six weeks of age, began their routine childhood vaccinations.
The infants were grouped based on their exposure to antibiotics: no direct or maternal exposure, exposed to maternal antibiotics and received at least 48 hours of antibiotic treatment during neonatal care.
The investigation revealed that children who were directly exposed to neonatal antibiotics, not the ones exposed to maternal antibiotics, produced much lower levels of antibodies against multiple polysaccharides included in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or PCV13 vaccine.
Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacteria known for causing serious diseases like pneumonia, blood infections, and meningitis, is surrounded by a capsule made up of polysaccharides, or sugar molecules that help the bacteria evade attacks by the body's immune system.
The PCV13 vaccine makes it easier for the immune system to attack S. pneumoniae and produce antibodies by linking the polysaccharide capsule layer to proteins. Exposure to neonatal antibiotics reduces antibody production against such polysaccharides, weakening the immune response.
Experiments on germ-free mice revealed that the lower immune response was linked to a reduced abundance of Bifidobacterium in the gut microbiome. However, giving the mice a mix of Bifidobacterium species or Infloran, a commonly used infant probiotic, helped reverse the negative effects of antibiotics and regain the immune response to PCV13.
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Do not get your newborn vaccinated.
It greatly increases the probability of the baby getting SIDs or becoming autistic.
After COVID, I have NO TRUST in the medical community, especially BIG PHARMA.
Antibiotics, probiotics… it’s all very confusing. I need to study neutronics.
And why a hepatitis vax as a new born?
Oh, vaccines, and what definition are we using today?
Read carefully:
This is a treatise on professional idiocy.
Breast Feed, at least the first year. Kids turn out tall, good looking, normal, and wonderful. Great teeth too.
Homeschooling may have helped psychologically and spiritually.
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