From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-05-31 00:20:33 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret Vaccine Reactions/IBD
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Anaphylactic reactions are not connected in any causative way to IBD in anything I have
read, BUT individuals with allergies might also be prone to other allergies, including to
foods, so the two problems can have a shared cause.
There was a hypothesis that anaphylactic reactions might increase the chances of
cardiomyopathy. It was an intriguing hypothesis with any interesting postulated
mechanism (which I have since forgotten) but hasn't held up to rigorous examination in
anything I have seen to date (nor in anything that our allergist has seen to date -- since
both Steve and I (as well as other members of our families on both sides) are genetically
prone to anaphylactic reactions to multiple things.
It helps to know a bit about anaphylactic allergic reactions. First off, there have been a
number of approaches tried to reduce such reactions. We treat all with care. There was a
study we were invited to participate in which looked promising for an extended time, but
other demands prevented our being subjects. A few months later one of the subjects died
in the study. We treat all promises of control with skepticism. One day one that doesn't
cost tens of thousands of dollars a year just to reduce reactions will work but till then, an
anaphylactic reaction in our family means NOT ever using that item again, no ifs, ands, or
buts because too much might go wrong -- with one past exception which was my allergy
shots accompanied by staying a long while in the allergist's office.
The stage for an anaphylatic reaction is set in a PAST exposure, during which the immune
system mistakes the item for a major invader. Then the next time it over-reacts in trying
to fight the "invader". It is a case in which the body's response to a possible "invader" is
way worse than any actual threat, or evn that the "perceived" threat, actually. The more
exposures, the more chance of reacting the next time (which is also why favorite foods or
common regional foods are more likely to be causes of food allergies instead of rarely
eaten foods, with a few exceptions that are more prone to causing reactions.
That is also why titer studies have been begun to accomplish the first step toward
hopefully being able to have wider spacing between vaccinations.
Not everyone agrees with all of this and you can find a multiweek preparation routine and
more in the archives.
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