Diptheria and the Dangers of Contracting It
Diptheria and the Dangers of Contracting It
In 1996 a mother took her six-month-old son, Jonah, to the doctor to get his DPT vaccination. Two days later, Jonah came down with an ear infection. Bobbie took him into the doctor and the child was given a prescription of amoxicillin. The ear infection soon healed and all went well for about two months when the infection returned. Bobbie again took Jonah to the physician where he, this time, gave the boy a stronger form of amoxicillin. Again the infection soon diminished. About four months later Jonah received a third ear infection, this time accompanied with a fever of 103F. Seeing that the amoxicillin was not working, the doctor prescribed Jonah an even stronger form of antibiotics known as ougmitin. This is a mixture of amoxicillin and penicillin called clavulate.
This time Bobbie was a bit more skeptical. She figured that if antibiotics didn’t work the last two times, why would they work this time? She then, with the help of her husband, decided it was time for a second opinion. She then took Jonah to a man named Dr. Eugene Pontius, a naturopathic doctor in British Columbia, Canada. After talking with Bobbie and looking at her son, Dr. Pontius asked Bobbie if Jonah was receiving his regular immunizations. Bobbie assured the doctor that Jonah was indeed receiving his immunizations. Dr. Pontius then informed Bobbie that if she wanted Jonah’s ear infections to stop she needed to cease his immunizations. According to Dr. Pontius, the “D” in DPT vaccine stands for Diptheria. Diptheria is a dangerous toxin-producing bacterium called Corynebacterium diptheriae. The diphtheria vaccine is what is known as an “attenuated” vaccine; meaning the bacteria has been weakened and modified, but is still alive. Corynebacterium diptheria, when alive in the human body, lives in the sinus and nasal tissues and migrates down to the larynx. It gives off a toxin that attacks the epithelial cells and causes tissue destruction. In extreme cases it may even attack the heart.
Jonah had an ear infection due to the fact he had active diptheria present, but not a full-blown case. It was just a mild form that is common today and is associated with common ear and sinus infections…It does respond very briefly to antibiotics...