Age: 51.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: TD
Symptoms: Skin discolouration, Tremor, Vertigo, Walking aid user, Yellow skin
Clinical narrative: I received a vaccine for tetanus (Td) on May 15th 2019 for an infected injury on my finger. I am not sure which brand from the drop down list above?please check with the clinic I have listed on this form.  I felt in good health at the time of my vaccination.  I received a tetanus shot in 2012 with no adverse reaction, so I did not anticipate any problems with this vaccination. However, after receiving this Td shot I began to feel sick by evening. At first symptoms were flu-like: weakness, nausea, body aches, headache?but no fever, no runny nose, no sore throat.  I went to bed to rest. During the night I developed extreme pain in my feet as if they were being burned in lava. At the same time there was a tingling feeling in my hands and feet and legs as if they were ?falling asleep?. Also, the muscle fatigue became so bad I had difficulty turning over in bed and needed assistance from my son to get out of bed the next day. If I tried to stand the pain in my feet was excruciating despite my feet feeling numb to the touch.  The headache became severe, similar to a migraine but without the ?aura? that usually precedes the migraines I have had in the past. I had trouble even drinking water due to extreme nausea. My abdomen felt sore to the touch. I stayed in bed while my 17-year-old son took care of my 5-year-old daughter. It was during this or the next day (24 to 48 hours post-vaccine) that I noticed the palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet turned bright yellow. I had a deep tan on the rest of my skin due to the fact that I work outside everyday?however I looked slightly yellowish all over. I had a bowel movement that was white in color which was very strange and worrisome. I noticed I trembled slightly and could not steady myself.  I still had no fever, no congestion.  I would have gone to get medical treatment but I live alone with my two children in a very rural area with no one to drive me. I was unable to walk without help and could not drive myself. During that next night I seemed to get worse?as if every muscle in my body had been pulled?even the slightest movement hurt. I felt extreme fatigue and the burning pain from my feet had moved into my lower legs.  My hands and lower arms were still tingling. My feet felt numb but also burned if I tried to walk. The headache was terrible and unrelenting. I had vertigo even lying down and felt at times that I might pass out.  At this point I began drinking small amounts of fresh lemon juice in plain water.  I also started taking esterified vitamin C?small doses at first but then increasing to 10,000 milligrams per day over the course of the next few days. I also took milk thistle extract in water twice per day.  The headache began to slowly subside, then the pain diminished and the nausea became milder so that I could drink broth, juices, and eat some fruit. A week post-vaccine I was eating normally and having normal bowel function. I still had muscle soreness and a very slight headache, but I could function without assistance. I have no idea if the milk thistle or vitamin C helped, or if I simply recovered on my own. I switched to a new health provider that is closer to my home after this negative vaccine event.  When I finally got routine blood work a month later, my liver enzymes were still high suggesting that something had happened to me during my vaccine reaction.