Back in July we took to seen an immunologist at UCLA Medical Center for tics. They did a blood test and he had a high titer for strep antibodies. Immediately he prescribed Azithromycin...2 pills a week at 250 mg...a very low dose. Tics vanished almost immediately. In the middle of October, this same doctor sent our son for the pneumovax vaccine. He also had us get the flu shot. He wanted to get the flu shot and the vaccine because he said there would be in indirect benefit. He said by treating the viral, there would be an indirect benefit to bacterias. Our son was tested and although he had a high strep antibody, he didn't have a high auto antibody. For 4 1/2 months, it seemed that the antibiotic was working. In October, the pneumovax shot. Approximately 7 weeks after we got the pneumovax shot, the tics gradually returned over the course of 3 days. By the third day, we were right back where we started. My thought is that since he had issues with a variety of bacterias and an elevated antibody response, that this could be what's occurring right now.He is having an antibody response to an access of pneumoccocal antibodies. Has anybody out there had the same situation after getting the pneumovax shot? If so, how long did it take for the antibodies to start diminishing and possibly the symptoms diminishing as well?
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Thanks!
Ron
