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...pain, acid reflux, menstrual changes, cystic acne and
other side effects reported here. The question of HPV vaccine / Gardasil side effects has
continued to draw more comments
than anything else I've posted to this website. It's taken months, but finally
I've put together a new table of all the comments posted to all the different blogs.
Many of the stories are really heart-rending and I recommend that you take the time to
go to the other related blogs on this site to read them. I think the most common
items on the list are seizure, fainted (loss of consciousness), faint (feeling faint
rather than actually fainting), dizzy, nausea, weakness, fatigue, severe acne, yeast
allergy, pain, muscle twitching/spasms, limited or lost use of limbs.
Please bear in mind that I am not a medical professional. Also, it is unknown
whether all of these experiences are reactions to the vaccine. Each of the
people submitting information believes they are or is asking if they are.
I've begun collecting the information so that medical researchers can have a starting
place to make a scientific finding. And, so people considering getting the
vaccine can know about the outstanding questions. Last, the blog has helped a
number of people discover that they are not alone.
Because many people have written long, detailed information, I can't get that all
into a table. I've tried to include every symptom they've mentioned, with
which of the three shots in the series they believe the problem is associated, and
the elapsed time from the shot until the first symptom. I've tried to include
when they've been to a hospital or ER, because a researcher will know how to reach
that data. On reflection, this version doesn't state whether the reaction was
a minute or a year; some have been quite prolonged and I'll need to capture that
next round.
(Sorry the text is so small. You can read it by pressing
"view" on your browser's menu bar and then choosing "zoom" or "text size"
(increase)).
|
Reaction |
Age |
Size |
Known Allergies
or Other |
Shot |
Administer With |
Elapsed Time
After Shot |
Commenter |
Re: |
Date of Posting |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Fainted |
17 |
|
low
blood pressure? |
1st |
Meningitis, Hep A, TB test |
10
min. |
snail |
self |
7/27/2007 |
|
| 3 |
Collapsed, fainted, became
rigid |
13 |
|
|
1st |
Gardasil |
2
to 3 min. |
Patricia
Doughty RN |
daughter |
8/2/2007 |
|
| 4 |
Seizure,
slurred speech, left-side weakness (hospitalized) |
|
|
|
|
"several
other vaccines" |
within
5 min. |
Carol |
daughter |
8/10/2007 |
|
| 5 |
Fainted
24 time since shot, black eyes, concussions, broken wrist, pacemaker (hospitalized) |
21 |
|
I
was healthy and athletic up until the vaccine |
1st
or 2nd |
|
continuing
over 8 months |
Blondie |
self |
8/17/2007
& 8/20/07 & 1/18/08 |
|
| 6 |
Seizure,
rigid |
14 & |
|
|
1st |
None |
1
month |
Maria |
two
daughters |
8/18/2007 |
|
| 7 |
Fainted
at home |
12 |
|
|
1st |
|
7
days |
Monica Della-Quercia |
daughter |
8/20/2007 |
|
| 8 |
Seizure,
fainted |
13 |
|
|
1st |
Meningitis
/ Hep A |
within
minutes |
Anonymous |
daughters |
8/22/2007 |
|
| 9 |
|
&
16 |
|
|
1st |
Meningitis
/ Hep A |
within
minutes |
Anonymous |
daughters |
|
|
| 10 |
Seizure,
fainted (ER) |
21 |
|
no
medical problems, no allergies, active & healthy |
3rd |
|
2
hours |
JV |
daughter |
8/24/2007 |
|
| 11 |
Dizzy, collapsed (no loss
of conciousness) |
|
|
often
dizzy after shots |
1st |
Meningitis |
within
5 minutes |
Ashley |
self |
8/25/2007
& 11/18/07 |
|
| 12 |
Severe itching, rash,
developed yeast allergy |
|
|
often
dizzy after shots |
2nd |
|
3
days? |
Ashley |
self |
|
|
| 13 |
Fever, nausea, daily vomiting |
18 |
|
|
1st |
Chicken
pox |
|
Erin |
friend |
8/27/2007 |
|
| 14 |
Menstrual
abnormalities |
16 |
|
|
2nd |
|
"a
month or two" |
Robin |
self |
8/27/2007 |
|
| 15 |
Swelling,
red and itchy |
11 |
|
|
|
4
others |
|
Michele |
daughter |
8/29/2007 |
|
| 16 |
Muscle
cramps, itchy, developed yeast allergy |
23 |
|
|
2nd |
|
|
Ashley |
self |
8/30/2007 |
|
| 17 |
Fainted |
17 |
Small,
5'6", 90 lbs |
|
1st
& 2nd |
|
|
Victoria |
self |
8/30/2007
& 9/4/07 |
|
| 18 |
Fainted |
20s |
Small,
under 100 lbs |
|
|
|
|
Victoria |
friend |
8/30/2007 |
|
| 19 |
Burning, dizzy, headaches |
15,
13 & 13 |
Petite
& thin |
|
3rd |
|
Immediate |
Jeanie |
daughters |
9/8/2007 |
|
| 20 |
Seizure
(hospital) |
13 |
|
|
|
|
5
days |
Jeanie |
daughter |
|
|
| 21 |
Seizure? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jessica |
daughter |
9/10/2007 |
|
| 22 |
Episode:
muffled hearing, high pitched ringing, diminished vision, hot and pale |
25 |
|
|
3rd |
|
Immediate |
Melody |
self |
9/15/2007 |
|
| 23 |
Fainted
(fell off examining table) |
23 |
Med. |
never
had an adverse reaction to an injection, giving blood, etc. |
1st |
|
"about
a minute" |
"age
23" |
self |
9/23/2007 |
|
| 24 |
Seizure |
21 |
Med. |
"no
medical problems and no allergies" |
3rd |
|
1
hour |
Joanne |
daughter |
9/23/2007 |
|
| 25 |
Seizure,
lost consciousness (fell on cement -
bad concussion) |
|
|
"very
healthy athlete who has never had any medical issues previously" |
3rd |
|
about
1.25 hours |
Sara |
daughter |
9/27/2007 |
|
| 26 |
Seizures
(2 - shaking, ...drooling, and loss of
orientation ...clouded vision and muffled hearing), fainted, hurt neck |
24 |
med |
"work
out 4-5 days a week", no prior seizures, no known allergies or medical
conditions |
2nd |
|
10
min. |
Kim K |
self |
9/30/2007 |
|
| 27 |
Faint,
nausea, cold sweat, could barely walk. |
16 |
|
none |
1st |
|
|
Marina |
self |
9/30/2007 |
|
| 28 |
Severe
stomach pains, vomiting, nausea, painful menstruation, menstrual
abnormalities, sore arm |
25 |
med |
"asthma...
allergic to cats" |
1st
and 2nd |
|
|
Bernadette |
self |
10/3/2007 |
|
| 29 |
Seizure
(lost bladder control, eyes rolled back, body rigid, arms moving) |
16 |
|
|
|
|
10
sec. |
Beth |
daughter |
10/4/2007 |
|
| 30 |
Shaking
hand (interimittent, involuntary), sore arm |
18 |
|
|
2nd |
|
1 day |
Sharon |
daughter |
10/7/2007 |
|
| 31 |
Fainted,
pain |
31 |
above
avg. |
no
allergies |
1st |
none |
10
min. |
Tania Lopez |
self |
10/10/2007 |
|
| 32 |
Seizures,
fainted, dizzy, hallucinating (more than 10 times - banned from school) |
12 |
|
|
1st |
|
|
Latoya |
niece |
10/12/2007 |
|
| 33 |
Fainted |
16 |
|
|
1st |
|
|
Emily |
self |
10/12/2007 |
|
| 34 |
Collapsed,
severe abdominal pain |
17 |
Small,
5'7", 105 |
|
|
menengitis,
tetanus |
minutes |
Ed |
daughter |
10/16/2007 |
|
| 35 |
"Mini-seizures"
(many), body jolts and unsteady movements |
26 |
5'8",
128 |
|
1st
& 2nd |
(taking
Topamax for mood) |
|
Amber |
self |
10/19/2007 |
|
| 36 |
"Twitch
and jolt," dizzy |
13 |
|
|
|
|
immed. |
Michelle |
daughter |
10/21/2007 |
|
| 37 |
Fainted, feels run down |
13 |
|
|
|
MMR,Meningitis
shot and chicken pox & blood draw |
|
Sherry |
daughter |
10/21/2007 |
|
| 38 |
Severe
fatigue; severe nausea, weakness, headaches, and abominal pain (now home
schooled by district) |
13 |
|
|
All
3 |
|
|
Aggie |
daughter |
10/22/2007 |
|
| 39 |
Extreme
arm soreness, pain with lifting |
|
|
|
3rd |
|
|
Jrehal |
self |
10/24/2007 |
|
| 40 |
Fainted,
vomited, severe weakness, sore joints, itchy |
18 |
athletic |
none |
1st
& 2nd |
1st
w/ Meningitis; 2nd w/TB test |
|
Ali |
self |
10/2/2007 |
|
| 41 |
Fainted and slept for 48 hours |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lara Ward |
daughter |
10/7/2007 |
|
| 42 |
Siezure,
fainted |
14 |
|
very
healthy, athletic, no prior reactions to any shot |
1st |
Meningitis |
Immed. |
Kristie |
daughter |
10/18/2007 |
|
| 43 |
Blood
pressure increase |
25 |
|
healthy,
no meds, and no known allergy |
3rd |
|
|
Sara |
self |
11/3/2007 |
|
| 44 |
Faint,
fever, chills, nausea, convulsions, headaches, difficulty breathing, stomach
pain, menstrual abnormalities, severe cramps,
depression (hospitalized) |
14 |
|
|
1st |
meningitis
& tetanus |
(for
4 months to date?) |
Jessica |
self |
11/5/2007 |
|
| 45 |
Fainted |
|
|
|
1st |
|
|
Kristen |
self |
11/6/2007 |
|
| 46 |
Seizure,
lost consciousness, dizziness, tachycardia, numbness and tingling |
24 |
|
running every day, extremely
healthy |
|
|
less
than 1 month |
Julia |
self |
11/7/07
& 11/9/2007 |
|
| 47 |
Appendicitis
like symptoms, nausea (bed-ridden) |
|
|
|
|
|
3 to 4 weeks after |
Betsy
Luck |
daughter |
11/9/2007 |
|
| 48 |
Dizziness,
weakness, ear pain, tingling |
20 |
|
|
1st
& 2nd |
|
|
Jane |
daughter
(1 of 2) |
11/10/2007 |
|
| 49 |
Seizure
(turned bluee), fainted |
13 |
|
athletic,
soccer player, no medical issues |
3rd |
|
|
Tammy |
daughter |
11/13/2007 |
|
| 50 |
Seizure
(convulsions, rigid, eyes rolled, lost bladder control, face turned pale
white and lips turned a purple color, stopped breathing) |
18 |
|
|
|
|
right
after shot |
L |
self |
11/14/2007 |
|
| 51 |
Diagnosed with Hashimoto
thyroiditis |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Brenda |
daughter |
11/15/2007 |
|
| 52 |
Persistent
nausea, vomiting (w/blood), ear pain, severe acid reflux, diarrhea, motion
sickness, abdominal pain, weight loss (25 lbs), painful menstruation, extreme
leg soreness |
19 |
|
|
1st |
|
30
days |
Crystal Wade |
daughter |
11/17/07
& 11/29/2007 & 1/17/08 |
|
| 53 |
Depression |
17 |
|
|
1st&
2nd |
1st
w/meningitis |
|
Barbara |
daughter |
11/20/2007 |
|
| 54 |
Nausea,
fever, dizzy, weakness |
20 |
athletic
build |
only allergy - long
haired dogs & cats |
2nd |
|
1
day |
Marlene |
self |
11/4/2007 |
|
| 55 |
Faint,
pain |
|
med |
very
healthy; no allergies |
1st |
mult. |
immed |
Dana |
daughter |
11/9/2007 |
|
| 56 |
Extreme
arm soreness, pain, and weakness (hurts to walk) |
19 |
|
no
allergies |
2nd |
|
|
Diana Vo |
self |
11/10/2007
& 11/16/07 |
|
| 57 |
Arm pain |
|
|
|
2nd |
|
|
LA |
self |
11/12/2007 |
|
| 58 |
Fever,
nausea, severe arm pain |
17 |
tall
& thin |
|
1st |
|
immed |
Carol P |
daughter |
11/13/2007 |
|
| 59 |
Abdominal
pain, back pain, extreme fatigue |
15 |
5'8"
& 135 |
|
2nd |
|
|
Helen |
daughter |
11/14/2007 |
|
| 60 |
Dizzy,
headache, body ache; arm pain |
14 |
5'7"
& 110 |
|
1st
& 2nd |
|
10
sec |
Dylan-Marie |
self |
11/14/2007
& 1/7/08 |
|
| 61 |
Severe
arm pain (couldn't lift arm above neck), leg pain (physical therapy, shock,
massage) |
25 |
5'7"
& 130 |
allergies:
fine animal hair & dust |
1st |
|
|
Bethany |
self |
11/16/2007
& 11/22/07 & 2/29/08 |
|
| 62 |
Fainted,
dizzy, ear ringing, cold sweat, headache, extreme arm pain |
|
|
prior
seizures; normally no pain with shots |
1st |
|
immed |
Haley |
self |
11/20/2007 |
|
| 63 |
Very
sick, focus problem, muscle twitches, light sensitivity, menstrual
abnormality |
17 |
petite |
on
depo-prevera birth control |
1st |
meningitis
& MMR |
|
Breann |
self |
11/21/2007 |
|
| 64 |
Extreme
dizzines |
|
|
|
1st |
|
immed |
Daisy |
self |
11/21/2007 |
|
| 65 |
Seizure,
fainted; urinary incontinence, confusion, nausea |
|
|
|
|
|
1
min. |
Sheila |
|