Tetanus Vaccine - ( reactions - people who contact me)
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:31 am
These are emails I've received in the last few years - terrible reactions
to tetanus vax.
Please read more at
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/tetanus.htm
From a mom
[Media Spring 1994 Tetanus vaccine--arthritis] Letter to Mothering Magazine
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/tetanus1.html
Letter to Mothering Magazine, Number 70, Spring 1994
Dear Marilyn Lowe (Fall 1993),
I, too, had an adverse reaction to a tetanus booster shot. When I was 13
years old, I had a mysterious illness, and I discovered only a few years
ago that I had received a booster shot several days before becoming ill.
Subsequent reading confirmed that my symptoms were similar to those of
others who had had adverse reactions to the tetanus vaccine.
I spiked a fever over 105° F and had swelling and stiffness in my joints. I
was admitted to hospital, and quarantined until the fever subsided. The day
after I was released, all my joints became excruciatingly painful,
whereupon I was admitted to a different hospital for a battery of tests-all
of which, including one for rheumatoid arthritis, were negative. Despite
this, I was labeled as having juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Now, as a 30 year old, my joints still ache in damp weather and when I
become ill. I have written to our government to demand that a parent's
right to choose vaccination be federally guaranteed.
Christine, Massachusetts
******
Our daughter is autistic not from MMR but possibly from a tetanus
vaccination. The ins and outs of this whole subject are extremely complex
but I believe there are enough 'coincidences' to suggest that there is a
link between MMR and autism. However, this is only one factor in the whole
autism spectrum. Governments should be sitting up and asking why autism is
on such a massive increase in our global society. What changes in our
environment and the way we have to live are causing this?
Paul Storey, France
******
From: Nafzigu
Hi,
thanks for your wonderful, very interesting website. As a victim of a
tetanus shot 7 years ago I´m still suffering from relapsing GBS-like
symptoms.And the most doctors I visited denied any possible side efects of
tetanus vaccinations. Do you have more experience with adverse reactions to
that immunization? I look forward to hear from you
Thanks so much for your information regarding the possible
adverse-reactions to tetanus vaccinations. I really appreciate it a lot.
As you might know, there is such a cover-up going on in regard to the
side-effects of vaccinations in general, which makes it very very difficult
to find a doctor to make the right diagnosis. And without a right diagnosis
there is no chance of an effective treatment. It took 7 years until I´ve
been now treated with immunglobulines. Those infusions improved the rate
and intensivity of relapses.
As my symptoms are very much like GBS-symptoms, but my nerve- conduction
has been normal in the beginning, I really don´t know whether I´m suffering
from GBS or Polyneuropathy. Do you know of some other cases with normal
nerve conduction in the beginning?
I would apreciate it a lot if you could name me a doctor who has experience
with treating vaccination related illnesses.
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend.
................And after she wrote me she said she found 3 other people
with serious reactions.
Sheri
******
(I personally don't feel this is a contaminated booster, just a normal
vaccine that I have seen wreck havoc in people's bodies
Sheri)
Dear Friends,
I don't know where to turn anymore for help. I don't think any of you
will have received this shot, because so many of you don't get
vaccinations. So, you're not the right audience, but maybe you will
have an idea, or maybe just let me vent, and for that I am grateful.
I would like to share my experience with you. I have written before
about wanting to find other people who had received the same tetanus
booster that I received, and I appreciate all of the information that
many have sent to me, but I was still unable to locate anyone. I've
decided to be more specific about my experience, in the hopes that
maybe someone would have an idea about how I could proceed. I
believe the shot I received was contaminated. Therefore, I believe
that every person who received that shot was injured. And on the face
of things, it would seem to be a pretty simple thing to determine if
anyone else was hurt, but everything I have tried up to now has been
futile.
In June of 2000, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night. I
have no history of heart disease and am not in a high risk group. In
the seven weeks prior to that, I had a series of seemingly minor,
unrelated symptoms. However, in the months following the heart
attack, I suffered with a complex progression of symptoms. At first
only my arm was affected, but then my neck, throat, diaphragm,
stomach, heart, and rectum. These symptoms passed methodically from
one area to the next, the time between symptoms proportional to the
distance between the areas affected. Other symptoms included tight
jaw, raised eyebrows, seizures, apnea, fluctuating blood pressure,
sensitivity to cold, dry eyes and dry mouth, weight loss, and
neuropathy. My symptoms were similar to tetanus, but were presenting
themselves sequentially, over a longer period of time. We believe my
symptoms were caused by tetanus toxin.
The CDC has an article about tetanus and the effects of tetanus toxin
on its website. According to that article, tetanus toxin is one of
the most powerful neurotoxins known. It attaches to the nerve cells,
travels only millimeters per day to the brain stem, and down the
spine. Once attached, there is nothing one can do to stop or slow its
progress. It damages the inhibitory neurons, causing an inability to
relax a contracted muscle. It can affect the autonomic nervous system
which controls things like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.
In April of 2000, I had gotten a tetanus booster shot, at my request,
because I stepped on something in the garden. Tetanus toxoid vaccines
get their immune response from formaldehyde treated toxin, called
toxoid. This treatment inactivates the toxin, allowing the body to
create antibodies to the toxin without getting the disease. I believe
something went wrong with this part of the manufacturing, and some, or
maybe all of the toxin in the shot I received remained potent. This
happened once before in Hungary in 1952. A pertussis shot that had
inadvertantly been contaminated with tetanus toxin, was given to 22
patients. Eleven of them died. The government did not acknowledge
the event until 1997. (See the medical journal Lancet (11/22/97)
Vol.350, No. 9090, P. 1518)
In the summer of 2000, all the right things were done in terms of
reporting my experience to the FDA and CDC. My doctor and I both
filed reports with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), who
requested copies of my medical records. And since then, the nation
has had a critical tetanus vaccine shortage, so I am confident that
any other unsafe lots have been removed from the market. But it has
been over a year and there has still not been any official
confirmation.
I am concerned that other people who received that shot did not
survive the heart attack. I know that if I had died at that point, my
family and friends would have been shocked that I had had a heart
problem, and would not have considered a causal relationship to the
tetanus booster. In fact, except for my husband, my family did not
even know I received a booster. I want to provide people with a
description of my symptoms, so that if they had a family member who
died suddenly after similar symptoms, they can check to see if the
person had had a tetanus booster 1 to 2 months before.
The following is a timeline of my symptoms:
Day 1: Received tetanus booster. Minor involuntary contraction of
forearm muscle when arm is at rest a short time after shot.
Day 2 and 3: Weak, nauseous, and in bed. Unable to lift arm very
high. Arm is NOT red, NOT swollen, NOT painful to the touch.
Day 20: Stiff neck on right side in back. Cannot turn head to right.
Day 21: Sunburn feeling on neck on right side in back.
Day 26 and 27: Weak, nauseous, and in bed.
Day 39 to 55: Increasingly hyperactive with flashes of euphoria, very
little sleep. If asked at that time, I would have said, "I feel
better than I have in 10 years. I have so much energy." (I was
checked for hyperthyroidism, which my doctor determined was not
causing my symptoms)
Day 51: Short of breath, throat feels tight.
Day 52: Woke up with burning in pectoral muscle, left side. Entire
diaphragm contracted. Stomach contracted into "fist". Given valium
and benadryl at emergency room.
Day 55: Heart attack in the middle of the night.
The involuntary contraction of my forearm persisted during the entire
7-8 week period. It was most prevalent in the evening and in the
morning upon waking. It was not painful to touch or to move. In
fact, I kept moving it to avoid feeling it contract up. It was
visibly subtle and would not be noticed unless I pointed it out. The
only symptom really visible to family was the increasing
hyperactivity. It was not subtle and was clearly apparent to my
doctor. I had very rapid, animated speech and an inability to
sit still. I appeared happy and very excited. I paced. And although
they couldn't actually "see" my nausea and weakness, they could see I
didn't feel well and was in bed those 2 times. They couldn't
"see" my diaphragm and stomach contract when I went to the emergency
room upon waking on day 52, but they could see I was very panicked and
afraid that something was terribly wrong.
I am 5'3" tall. I would think that for a person smaller than me, the
timeline of symptoms would be shorter than mine, proportional to the
difference in size. I requested the file of reported events for the
lot number of this vaccine from VAERS, and the list specifies the
state that the patient was from. This lot # was given across the
country. Reports were filed showing shots were given from Jan/2000
through Aug/2000.
A tetanus booster given to anyone over the age of 7 would be the
adult booster, the same as I received. I would be happy to share
information about the manufacturer and lot # of my shot with anyone
whose family member died suddenly 1 to 2 months after receiving a
tetanus booster.
I thank you for your time and giving me the opportunity to share this.
I'm sorry this is so long. I wanted to be as thorough and accurate as
I could be.
Thank you,
Diane
to tetanus vax.
Please read more at
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/tetanus.htm
From a mom
[Media Spring 1994 Tetanus vaccine--arthritis] Letter to Mothering Magazine
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/tetanus1.html
Letter to Mothering Magazine, Number 70, Spring 1994
Dear Marilyn Lowe (Fall 1993),
I, too, had an adverse reaction to a tetanus booster shot. When I was 13
years old, I had a mysterious illness, and I discovered only a few years
ago that I had received a booster shot several days before becoming ill.
Subsequent reading confirmed that my symptoms were similar to those of
others who had had adverse reactions to the tetanus vaccine.
I spiked a fever over 105° F and had swelling and stiffness in my joints. I
was admitted to hospital, and quarantined until the fever subsided. The day
after I was released, all my joints became excruciatingly painful,
whereupon I was admitted to a different hospital for a battery of tests-all
of which, including one for rheumatoid arthritis, were negative. Despite
this, I was labeled as having juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Now, as a 30 year old, my joints still ache in damp weather and when I
become ill. I have written to our government to demand that a parent's
right to choose vaccination be federally guaranteed.
Christine, Massachusetts
******
Our daughter is autistic not from MMR but possibly from a tetanus
vaccination. The ins and outs of this whole subject are extremely complex
but I believe there are enough 'coincidences' to suggest that there is a
link between MMR and autism. However, this is only one factor in the whole
autism spectrum. Governments should be sitting up and asking why autism is
on such a massive increase in our global society. What changes in our
environment and the way we have to live are causing this?
Paul Storey, France
******
From: Nafzigu
Hi,
thanks for your wonderful, very interesting website. As a victim of a
tetanus shot 7 years ago I´m still suffering from relapsing GBS-like
symptoms.And the most doctors I visited denied any possible side efects of
tetanus vaccinations. Do you have more experience with adverse reactions to
that immunization? I look forward to hear from you
Thanks so much for your information regarding the possible
adverse-reactions to tetanus vaccinations. I really appreciate it a lot.
As you might know, there is such a cover-up going on in regard to the
side-effects of vaccinations in general, which makes it very very difficult
to find a doctor to make the right diagnosis. And without a right diagnosis
there is no chance of an effective treatment. It took 7 years until I´ve
been now treated with immunglobulines. Those infusions improved the rate
and intensivity of relapses.
As my symptoms are very much like GBS-symptoms, but my nerve- conduction
has been normal in the beginning, I really don´t know whether I´m suffering
from GBS or Polyneuropathy. Do you know of some other cases with normal
nerve conduction in the beginning?
I would apreciate it a lot if you could name me a doctor who has experience
with treating vaccination related illnesses.
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend.
................And after she wrote me she said she found 3 other people
with serious reactions.
Sheri
******
(I personally don't feel this is a contaminated booster, just a normal
vaccine that I have seen wreck havoc in people's bodies
Sheri)
Dear Friends,
I don't know where to turn anymore for help. I don't think any of you
will have received this shot, because so many of you don't get
vaccinations. So, you're not the right audience, but maybe you will
have an idea, or maybe just let me vent, and for that I am grateful.
I would like to share my experience with you. I have written before
about wanting to find other people who had received the same tetanus
booster that I received, and I appreciate all of the information that
many have sent to me, but I was still unable to locate anyone. I've
decided to be more specific about my experience, in the hopes that
maybe someone would have an idea about how I could proceed. I
believe the shot I received was contaminated. Therefore, I believe
that every person who received that shot was injured. And on the face
of things, it would seem to be a pretty simple thing to determine if
anyone else was hurt, but everything I have tried up to now has been
futile.
In June of 2000, I had a heart attack in the middle of the night. I
have no history of heart disease and am not in a high risk group. In
the seven weeks prior to that, I had a series of seemingly minor,
unrelated symptoms. However, in the months following the heart
attack, I suffered with a complex progression of symptoms. At first
only my arm was affected, but then my neck, throat, diaphragm,
stomach, heart, and rectum. These symptoms passed methodically from
one area to the next, the time between symptoms proportional to the
distance between the areas affected. Other symptoms included tight
jaw, raised eyebrows, seizures, apnea, fluctuating blood pressure,
sensitivity to cold, dry eyes and dry mouth, weight loss, and
neuropathy. My symptoms were similar to tetanus, but were presenting
themselves sequentially, over a longer period of time. We believe my
symptoms were caused by tetanus toxin.
The CDC has an article about tetanus and the effects of tetanus toxin
on its website. According to that article, tetanus toxin is one of
the most powerful neurotoxins known. It attaches to the nerve cells,
travels only millimeters per day to the brain stem, and down the
spine. Once attached, there is nothing one can do to stop or slow its
progress. It damages the inhibitory neurons, causing an inability to
relax a contracted muscle. It can affect the autonomic nervous system
which controls things like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.
In April of 2000, I had gotten a tetanus booster shot, at my request,
because I stepped on something in the garden. Tetanus toxoid vaccines
get their immune response from formaldehyde treated toxin, called
toxoid. This treatment inactivates the toxin, allowing the body to
create antibodies to the toxin without getting the disease. I believe
something went wrong with this part of the manufacturing, and some, or
maybe all of the toxin in the shot I received remained potent. This
happened once before in Hungary in 1952. A pertussis shot that had
inadvertantly been contaminated with tetanus toxin, was given to 22
patients. Eleven of them died. The government did not acknowledge
the event until 1997. (See the medical journal Lancet (11/22/97)
Vol.350, No. 9090, P. 1518)
In the summer of 2000, all the right things were done in terms of
reporting my experience to the FDA and CDC. My doctor and I both
filed reports with VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), who
requested copies of my medical records. And since then, the nation
has had a critical tetanus vaccine shortage, so I am confident that
any other unsafe lots have been removed from the market. But it has
been over a year and there has still not been any official
confirmation.
I am concerned that other people who received that shot did not
survive the heart attack. I know that if I had died at that point, my
family and friends would have been shocked that I had had a heart
problem, and would not have considered a causal relationship to the
tetanus booster. In fact, except for my husband, my family did not
even know I received a booster. I want to provide people with a
description of my symptoms, so that if they had a family member who
died suddenly after similar symptoms, they can check to see if the
person had had a tetanus booster 1 to 2 months before.
The following is a timeline of my symptoms:
Day 1: Received tetanus booster. Minor involuntary contraction of
forearm muscle when arm is at rest a short time after shot.
Day 2 and 3: Weak, nauseous, and in bed. Unable to lift arm very
high. Arm is NOT red, NOT swollen, NOT painful to the touch.
Day 20: Stiff neck on right side in back. Cannot turn head to right.
Day 21: Sunburn feeling on neck on right side in back.
Day 26 and 27: Weak, nauseous, and in bed.
Day 39 to 55: Increasingly hyperactive with flashes of euphoria, very
little sleep. If asked at that time, I would have said, "I feel
better than I have in 10 years. I have so much energy." (I was
checked for hyperthyroidism, which my doctor determined was not
causing my symptoms)
Day 51: Short of breath, throat feels tight.
Day 52: Woke up with burning in pectoral muscle, left side. Entire
diaphragm contracted. Stomach contracted into "fist". Given valium
and benadryl at emergency room.
Day 55: Heart attack in the middle of the night.
The involuntary contraction of my forearm persisted during the entire
7-8 week period. It was most prevalent in the evening and in the
morning upon waking. It was not painful to touch or to move. In
fact, I kept moving it to avoid feeling it contract up. It was
visibly subtle and would not be noticed unless I pointed it out. The
only symptom really visible to family was the increasing
hyperactivity. It was not subtle and was clearly apparent to my
doctor. I had very rapid, animated speech and an inability to
sit still. I appeared happy and very excited. I paced. And although
they couldn't actually "see" my nausea and weakness, they could see I
didn't feel well and was in bed those 2 times. They couldn't
"see" my diaphragm and stomach contract when I went to the emergency
room upon waking on day 52, but they could see I was very panicked and
afraid that something was terribly wrong.
I am 5'3" tall. I would think that for a person smaller than me, the
timeline of symptoms would be shorter than mine, proportional to the
difference in size. I requested the file of reported events for the
lot number of this vaccine from VAERS, and the list specifies the
state that the patient was from. This lot # was given across the
country. Reports were filed showing shots were given from Jan/2000
through Aug/2000.
A tetanus booster given to anyone over the age of 7 would be the
adult booster, the same as I received. I would be happy to share
information about the manufacturer and lot # of my shot with anyone
whose family member died suddenly 1 to 2 months after receiving a
tetanus booster.
I thank you for your time and giving me the opportunity to share this.
I'm sorry this is so long. I wanted to be as thorough and accurate as
I could be.
Thank you,
Diane