Age: 18.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUX
Symptoms: Hypersomnia, Laboratory test normal, Loss of consciousness, Malaise, Malnutrition
Clinical narrative: My 20 yr. old daughter received her first vaccine in December of 2007.  In February of 2008 she began not feeling well and actually passed out at work one day and hit her head.  The following day she saw her primary care physician who thought maybe her feeling ill and vomiting was a result of the fall.  From that point on she has never been the same.  We had not connected her symptoms to the vaccine so in March of 2008 she received her second vaccine.  Things went downhill with her health after that.  She developed severe abdominal pain, acid reflux, vomiting after eating anything and everything, headaches, extreme fatigue, constant nausea, body aches, and diarrhea on a daily basis.  The PCP then began running multiple tests.  She had an abdominal ultrasound, upper GI, CT scan with contrast (which she went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast and had to go the the ER), and multiple blood tests.  She was then referred to a GI specialist who ran additional blood work and ordered an upper endoscopy with small bowel follow-through. He gave her a prescription for Compazine to help with the nausea which she was not able to take because it caused her to sleep too much.  The tests were normal.  He then ordered an abdominal Doppler ultrasound which also was normal.  He told her "maybe" it was IBS and prescribed Bentyl and Reglan to try and ran some additional blood work.  She was not able to continue with the Bently because after a week of taking it she began to have severe memory loss and mental confusion. She is a hairstylist who loves her job.  She is fortunate enough to have a boss who has understood her frustration and feelings through this whole ordeal. However, she has missed an outrageous amount of work and is losing clients due to her constant illness. She has lost over 20 pounds and is beginning to look malnourished. She is due for her third vaccine and will not receive it.   The past weekend she was admitted to the hospital through the ER.  They ran additional blood work, chest x-ray and MRI of her head.  She also had an evaluation from a neurologist who will be performing an EEG. So far, all tests have been normal and we are still awaiting the results of the heavy metal toxicity blood work.  She is still extremely ill and no one can figure out how to help her.  I am at my wits end! I am convinced that the Gardasil vaccine had something to do with her illness.  Prior to the vaccine she was a happy, healthy young adult who was just getting started in her career and now she is feeling like a miserable old sickly person.  Hospital records of 9/12-9/14/2008 reviewed. FINAL DX: weight loss; intractable nausea & vomiting that is intermittent Records reveal patient experienced nausea, vomiting, weight loss, FTT, possible memory loss, forgetfulness, twitching.   9/30/08 Reviewed PCP medical records of 6/21/07-9/24/2008 including hospital records of 9/12-9/14/08. FINAL DX: none provided Records reveal patient experienced pharyngitis & viral syndrome on 2/4/07 & received flu vaccine, Lot # 80956.  RTC 2/19/08 w/anxiety, rapid breathing, passed out & hit her head, vomiting, neck/hip/torso/LBP pain.  Dx w/anxiety & muscle spasm.  Meds changed & referred to psych.  RTC 5/5/08 & c/o not feeling well since mono 10 yrs prior with daily HA, vomiting & intermittent diarrhea, fatigue, arthralgias, 20# weight loss w/o trying, had stopped OCP.  Tx w/PPI for gastritis.  Referred to GYN, GI & Neuro & all w/u WNL.  GI dx w/eating disorder, Neuro dx w/anxiety.  Endocrine consult felt was GI related.  RTC 9/12 w/dyspraxia, N/V & clummsiness.