Rumors are spreading fast that the H1N1 virus may cause infertility. Before you panic, here are the facts you need to know...While undergoing fertility treatments may not increase your risk for getting the flu, there is a growing amount of electronic chatter concerning whether or not the flu vaccine can increase your risk of infertility now or in the future.
That chatter recently grew quite loud when a Middle Eastern television network aired a stunning interview with Harvard-trained medical investigator and best selling American author Dr. Leonard Horowitz. Here, Horowitz asserted that vaccines in general, but specifically H1N1 is not only dangerous but , in fact, part of a global conspiracy involving drug companies, governments and even top business moguls, to reduce world population - in part by causing infertility.
As compelling as the interview was, so far, Horowitz has failed to back up his claims with any solid medical research – and that's a fact that Saudi health officials are desperately trying to make known as the vaccine becomes available to its citizens. Dr. Salman, Assistant, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and supervisor of the university hospitals in King Saud University, said recently in an interview with Arab television networks that the vaccine is “not new and dates back to many years been tested a lot of people for years”
Indicating confidence in the vaccine to protect rather than harm, he added that health officials have become accustomed to this kind of doubt whenever a new drug hits the market. He is reported to have stressed that studies show the vaccine is safe – an opinion that is echoed by world health leaders, including those in the United States.
To read more about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine in pregnancy, click here.
For more information visit the Pregnancy Swine Flu Resource Center at GettingPregnantNow.org.
For information how diet can help increase your fertility and help safeguard your health during flu season visit FertilityDietGuide.com
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