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strabismus, where their eye points in, but they may also have suddenly developed a speech impediment. Speech pathologists will spin their wheels trying to figure out why this kid is suddenly unable to talk. To me, it is fairly obvious: their eye is turned in, and if you look two millimeters down the brainstem, you’ll see the cranial nerve that controls the tongue. It may have developed a problem that keeps the tongue from being able to form properly. You may have a kid who used to say “yellow” but now says “lellow” because they can’t control the sides of the tongue anymore. The cranial nerves can affect all kinds of things, and they can explain so many mystery ailments—such as a baby who was latching perfectly and was able to breastfeed just fine and then suddenly is unable to latch. To me, that’s a dead giveaway for tongue paralysis, which is a cranial nerve problem. I could go on and on. These cranial nerve problems manifest themselves in a million different ways, and usually they leave doctors completely flummoxed.
HG: What conclusion did your research and observations lead you to, Forrest?
FM: Part of my research led me to a realiza- tion that the brainstem is frequently the target of attack or assault in different ways. For me, most importantly, it was frequently under assault via damage from the neurotoxic alu- minum adjuvants in vaccines. [Editor’s note: Childhood vaccines that contain aluminum adjuvants include various diphtheria-tetanus- pertussis vaccines (DT, DTaP, Td, Tdap and combination vaccines with a DTaP component); Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib); hepatitis
A and B; human papillomavirus (HPV); and meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccines, which may include one or more of the following aluminum formulations: aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, potassium aluminum sul- fate or amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate (AAHS).]
HG: You said the brainstem is “under attack.” How does it show up in the eyes, mouth and elsewhere? What other patterns did you notice?
FM: I started to notice a pattern where it wasn’t just the eyes or the mouth. I saw problems with other functions within the brainstem affected by cranial nerves. Have you ever seen a kid who had a speech impediment? Have you seen mystery ailments that doctors can’t diagnose?
HG: When you were talking earlier about the eye problem that kids with polio had, it made me think of what we call “lazy eye.” I’ve seen young children who have to wear corrective glasses or an eye patch. I know the doctors don’t often have a reason for why that happens. You’re saying there is more to this than meets the eye?
FM: Most definitely. We’ve come to accept that it is a rite of passage that weird things are going to happen to our kids that doctors can’t explain. I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of these things may be explained by what I call lesions in the brainstem where all these cranial nerves emanate from.
HG: What would cause the lesions?
FM: There can be many causes. Normally, the
Cranial nerve problems manifest themselves in a million different ways, and usually they leave doctors completely flummoxed.
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