Age: 64.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: TD
Symptoms: Injection site reaction, Muscle contractions involuntary, Muscle spasms, Myalgia, Sleep disorder
Clinical narrative: I have been told that I'm Allergic to Penicillin, from childhood/and found over the years that I have sensitive reactions to numerous other synthetically created medications, including anesthetics, used in surgical procedures. After 3 to 4 days of receiving the TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA VACCINE from a hospital on 25 Oct. 2010... I suffered from extreme deep muscle pain, mostly in the shoulders and other parts of my body, in or around wounds that I had received during combat action, back in June of 1966. Surprisingly, I have also been feeling pains in joints that where sprains that had occurred over 2-40 years ago in my wrists ankles, thumb, knees and other places of my body. I also experienced, for the first time in my life a terrible case of 'Incontinence' that was uncontrollable for months and disrupted my normal activities, at times embarrassingly and would, along with the intense pain also interrupt my sleeping...much of my muscle control were adversely out of control to a great extent. I experienced my eyes getting blurred more quickly when reading or writing or doing mathematics. My appetite was also affected to where I did not feel like eating. I cannot say that I experienced a depressive mood... And I had cut down on my use of pain and anxiety medication to half the dose allowed before I was given the (T/D) Shot, until I read the flyer that I was given just after I received the (T/D) Shot. It then came to me that the symptoms I was having could have well been due to the TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA Shot that I had gotten approximately 3-6 days ago. The flyer sheet I was given after I got the Shot did elude to that Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen could reduce some of the "sureness", though I was experiencing quite a number of symptoms, which was more like being infected with Tetanus than being vaccinated against it; The most obvious example, the sheet explains that Tetanus can cause Serious, Painful Spasms of all muscles... Note: the control of the relics of urine from the bladder is controlled by a muscle... I could never decide which was the most disrupting, the instance pain, That was almost unbearable to get up out of bed in the mornings or the constant having to stop and find a restroom... Once it was so bad that I stopped, after being caught in a traffic backup, where I was having trouble from leaking uncontrollability and felt as if my head was going to explode. With having a bit of dampness accrued I finally reached a place that I was able to use a restroom and drained quite a bit out of my bladder...though no sooner than I left and was ready to reenter my vehicle I felt the overwhelming urge to go back and the bladder drained profusely once again... Five miles down the road I had to frantically stop again. I tried beginning an exercise program daily, starting the first thing in the morning and doing stretching at night before going to bed. That did help increase my appetite and got me eating better once again, hoping that the nourishment and the exercise would expel the effect of the drug that caused more problems than I had already with my health but within a few days the pains increased drastically during the mornings, throughout the day and I ended up having to get up at nights to use something to stop the pain in order to get some sleep. Though I remained eating fairly regularly and kept the medication under control though, so far I never have been able to bring the use of them down below the maximum for more than a day or two, in order to function with the pain. Luckily just a few days before Christmas the symptoms subsided quite a bit. The incontinence became quite controllable. The pains weren't as severe though still persist throughout the day. It kept me awake at night and makes it hard to get up in the mornings, more due to the pain than the lack of sleep. I have had shoulder pains since I was in my late 40's but the episodes didn't last longer than a few weeks or a month at the most and it was only when I would move my arms slowly; to turn off a light switch for instance but never when doing moderate or even heavy tasks. The pain I have been experiencing after the TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA Shot I received at the Hospital on the 25 of Oct. 2010 has been something I have never experienced before. The greatest concern I have come to have about it is, before I received the shot I had a fairly consent high running blood pressure. After I received the (T/D) Shot, my BP went up 10 to 15 points and was constantly keeping at that level...That began to worry me due to the fact a pressure that high could easily cause a stroke. Thankfully a Dr. who took notice of that issue and gave me a medication that has at least brought my BP down to a level where, even though it does stay a bit high at times. Focusing my efforts on a careful diet and making a point of taking rests, I can get it down to a close to normal level. And I have to add that since I received the (T/D) Shot there has been a muscle Tremors or Spasms, in the Tricep muscle area of my left upper arm just below and or behind where I received the Shot and has not stopped since a day or two after 25 Oct. 2010, which was the day I receive the Vaccine. At this point my Team Dr. has suggested that we do a few more tests to see whether the muscle Tremors are due to something that affected the nerve in the area or the muscle. I am sorry however your form leaves little room to give a clear explanation of the situation.