Age: 13.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: HPV4, HPV4
Symptoms: Mastoiditis, Nausea, Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging brain abnormal, Oropharyngeal pain, Pain
Clinical narrative: January 2012 On January 27, 2011, my 13 year old daughter received her last vaccine shot of GARDASIL. On February 17th, 2011, she became suddenly very ill with headache, nausea, earache, extreme sore throat and fever. On the next day, February 18, 2011, she was taken to a local clinic, given some medication and sent home. Her symptoms continued for the next few days with no relief. The following visits ensued: 2/23/11 ? Hospital for family 2/26/11 ? Hospital. On 3/3/11, she was admitted to the Hospital - where she stayed until the discharge of 3/8/11. A CT scan was taken which indicated a problem of sinusitis. In the meantime, she had missed several days of school, was becoming increasingly depressed, complained constantly that she felt as if she was ?dying?. The Doctors could not pinpoint what was causing all the other symptoms. She was also complaining of dizziness, poor vision and stomach ache. An MRI of the brain and skull was administered on 3/19/11 which indicated inflammation of the mastoid process. Medication was prescribed, but no significant change in the symptoms occurred. By this time, a general malaise resulted and a feeling of hopelessness set in. On 3/31/11, she was taken to the Child Neurology specialists where it was determined that she was experiencing extreme headache, facial pain and acute mastoiditis. Patient was so sick by 4/11/11 that she was taken to the ER, given six new medications and then on 4/13/11, another CT scan of the temporal bone was taken, indicating otitis and dizziness. The litany of Dr. visits, medication prescriptions, hospitalizations, scans, etc... goes on and on. It is now 11 months and soon to be a year that this series of horrific episodes began. My daughter is still experiencing the symptoms described above. There has never been a clear determination of what has been causing all these problems. She had missed so much school during 2011 that she was finally put on a hospital homebound program through the County Public Schools. She attempted to go back to school in the fall of 2011, but missed so much school that she failed the first quarter and is at the present time struggling to get to school on a routine basis. Another very sad consequence to this unnamed sickness is that she was enrolled in school in the Baccalaureate Program and now is barely able to keep up with her classmates in a regular program. Prior to the episode that began shortly after the GARDASIL shots, she was an active, vibrant, enthusiastic young teen who was full of fun. Now she is sullen, depressed, constantly in pain -with mainly severe headaches and stomach aches-, sinusitis, allergies, dizziness, vomiting, vision problems, earaches, etc. and subsequently is unable to function properly in school and socially. We are now turning to holistic alternative medicine. She is being treated by an acupuncturist, having completed 12 sessions with 8 more to go. There seems to be no end to the misery caused by this illness that cannot be accurately diagnosed and that abruptly developed shortly after the last shot of GARDASIL was administered. My daughter is not the only young woman complaining of these multiple symptoms. There are several similar horror stories being circulated on the internet, indicating that GARDASIL is most probably the direct agent contributing to the distress of these young women. Patient has not been the same since the administration of the shots. Her schooling, social activities and healthy lifestyle has been completely thwarted. She is isolated from all normal activities that a young teen should be enjoying. It is imperative that more testing be done concerning the effects of the vaccine and the administration of this vaccine should be immediately terminated. Thank you for your prompt attention.