16 Year Old Girl Blinded After Merck Gardasil Vaccination, PIOG

[Julie132]

Journal of Child Neurology Reports 16 Year Old GIrl Blinded After Merck Gardasil Vacination

The .pdf from the journal is HERE.

A 16-Year-Old Girl With Bilateral Visual Loss and Left Hemiparesis Following an Immunization Against Human Papilloma Virus

Francis J. DiMario, Jr, MD

Departments of Pediatrics1 at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, [e-mail], University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut

Mirna Hajjar, MD

Department of Neurology at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

Thomas Ciesielski, MD

Department of Pathology at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

We report the course of a 16-year-old girl who presented with near complete visual loss associated with chiasmal neuritis and a biopsy proven tumefactive demyelinating lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in association with a recent immunization against human papilloma virus.

Key Words: demyelination • tumefactive • blindness • chiasm • HPV
Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 25, No. 3, 321-327 (2010)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809349322

 

[Julie132]

Its noteworthy that her blindness reaction happened after te SECOND injection.  I bet a lot of people think that if the HPV shot goes OK the first time there won't be any problems with future shots in the series.

[Mortiferouslatt]

Things like this is why we are anti-vax in my house.

[Mazie0723]

My girls will NOT be getting this shot.. I was upset with my mom when she got it for my sister even after all of the bad shit that could happen.. Well after getting them for her my mom felt bad.. Nothing went wrong but I told my mom what happens if they find out 10 years from now that the shot makes you infertile?? I said how bad would you feel..

[Your_Conscience]

  This is why I am not giving my daughter the shots.  There is always a chance and since it's not mandatory, I won't be taking that risk.

[Rachel12342]

Quoting Mortiferouslatt:

Things like this is why we are anti-vax in my house.

Me too. I posted my story a while ago in the nonvaccinating group. Here's the link http://www.cafemom.com/group/4388/forums/read/10903076/My_adverse_reaction_to_vaccines_kinda_long

[tamystoyparties]

There has been girls that have died also and became paralyzed both temporarily and permanent. my daughters Dr talked me into getting her this shot which I was really reluctant to begin with but I very reluctantly consented. Then when I got home I did a ton of research, I don't mean look around a little I mean I spent weeks, months researching it. After that I was pissed that I ever allowed her to get it and there was no way in Hell that she was ever getting another one.... I wish Dr's wouldn't push something they don't even know enough about we should not be Guinea pigs especially when we aren't told that is what they are doing!!!!

[KatieFlower]

poor thing is this permanant?\

[night.magic]

 It takes 3 shots total when getting that vaccine. My oldest got it and I wish now, that we didn't get it. My youngest dd wont' be gettign it. I worry for my oldest dd's fertility being affected. Won't know until she decided to try and have a family. I didn't know enough about it when my oldest got the vaccine, my mistake not educating myself better.

[night.magic]

 Same here with me and my dd's. Totally regret getting it for my oldest dd.

Quoting tamystoyparties:

There has been girls that have died also and became paralyzed both temporarily and permanent. my daughters Dr talked me into getting her this shot which I was really reluctant to begin with but I very reluctantly consented. Then when I got home I did a ton of research, I don't mean look around a little I mean I spent weeks, months researching it. After that I was pissed that I ever allowed her to get it and there was no way in Hell that she was ever getting another one.... I wish Dr's wouldn't push something they don't even know enough about we should not be Guinea pigs especially when we aren't told that is what they are doing!!!!

 

[JuneWestling]

My youngest sister has gotten it. NO problems at all. she started the first series when she was at the end year of 16. It's been almost 2 years and nothing. Its not just the vax its self. It has to do with patients not saying what they are taking prescription and or over the counter. Even parents don't know some of the things kids are taking these days. The smallest interaction with a drug mix can cause serious harm. If your truthful with your doctor things are less likely to happen