Do vaccines cause fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, or lupus?
After decades of vaccine use in the U.S., current research shows no definitive evidence proving vaccines cause chronic illness. According to the Arthritis Foundation, there is no known link between vaccines and fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or lupus, and while the number of persons with these conditions has been rising, the statistics do not support alarm over these increases.(1) In considering the increases, it’s important to remember that rheumatoid arthritis (a type of arthritis that causes systemic inflammation, as well as joint problems), arthritis, and lupus are primarily diseases of middle and older age. A very large segment of the American population–the so-called “baby boomers”–are now entering the ages when these diseases occur, so an increase in the numbers of cases is to be expected. Perception of increases in fibromyalgia incidence may be because this disease has only recently been defined, and it is just in the past decade that physicians have known that the vario
After decades of vaccine use in the U.S., current research shows no definitive evidence proving vaccines cause chronic illness. According to the Arthritis Foundation, there is no known link between vaccines and fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or lupus, and while the number of persons with these conditions has been rising, the statistics do not support alarm over these increases.(1) In considering the increases, it’s important to remember that rheumatoid arthritis (a type of arthritis that causes systemic inflammation, as well as joint problems), arthritis, and lupus are primarily diseases of middle and older age. A very large segment of the American population–the so-called “baby boomers”–are now entering the ages when these diseases occur, so an increase in the numbers of cases is to be expected. Perception of increases in fibromyalgia incidence may be because this disease has only recently been defined, and it is just in the past decade that physicians have known that the vario
