Some Letters re: tetanus vaccine reactions (sent to me by a colleague):

Letter #1, Mothering Magazine, Number 70, Spring 1994

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

Letter #2

My husband had a reaction to his tetanus booster given to him this past February.  The only reason he was given this shot was because it had been 10 years since his last one.  He never had a vaccine reaction before; didn’t think he’d get one this time.

He got a blister, his arm ached, he felt flu-like, he got heart palpitations leading to anxiety he was having a heart attack (and the lingering pain in his left arm did not help this any), he became short in breath.  He became physically exhausted for a long time.  He just started feeling better a couple of weeks ago.

Now he’s pissed about vaccines, so at least he stepped out of the passive role of only me making the decisions regarding the children’s vaccines.

Laura

Letter #3

I’ve been concerned at the suggested ‘safety’ of Tet-Tox for some time.  Our story is convoluted as the person in question had been poisoned unbeknownst to us by household pesticide application five months previously and had been erroneously prescribed an anti-psychotic drug for her brain symptoms instead of an antidote to the chlorinated organophosphate that poisoned her.

The drug was sending her crazy and causing severe CNS pain.  We learned later that its chemical structure was almost identical to the pesticide formulation that poisoned her. In retrospect it appears the vax in synergism with the drug perhaps? pushed her over the edge.  The thimerosal?  The formaldehyde?  Who knows.  The toxic barrel overflowed.   In 1993. Following a bite from a goat.  How we wish we had simply washed the wound.

The doctor we took her to was shown pathology of her recently diagnosed allergies and chose to ignore the information.  The first symptom was a buckling of the knees and a sag in posture in the first three hours.  By the following day her body had locked completely - along with her jaw.  She lay immobile on the bed talking strangely about strange subjects and declaring she wanted to die.  A private nurse was engaged for three days as she was completely helpless.  By day four she was straightening up and able to open her mouth and begin to eat.  Because her specialist was away we took her to hospital for advice.  The medical staff believed she was ‘putting on’ a show.

Obviously this was because she had been diagnosed with a ‘mental’ illness. They wanted to call a psychiatrist but I declined and took her home where outwardly she made a recovery.

There is however lingering encephalopathy.  Enough to prevent her working but in the last seven years she has come a long way by dint of a million natural treatments and sheer guts.

Pamela

Letter #4

J’m Italian, male, of 44 years.

J shortly repeat my story.

J have problems from and after a vaccination against tetanus practiced in January 98.

In the past j have beginned many time the vaccination with the first inoculation without complete the 3 administerings (and without problems).

So, in 98 j asked to my doctor if was necessary to begin again (he don’t said to me that was possible to dose the antibody) and practiced to me the 1 dose.

Immediately j had asthma.

After a week begin muscular disease and articolar disease.

After and until today my problems are muscular and neurological diseases like polyartomyalgia, giddiness, view problems and others.

The doctors in Italy say that it may be an autoimmune disease due to the hyperimmunization.

In November 2000 j have had a pulmonary haemorrhage and j remained 15 days in hospital. Dismissed without an exact diagnosis.

J would like to ask if someone can kindly suggest to me a doctor or an hospital (possibly in Europe) or in U.S. that can diagnose and treat this pathology.

Thank you much.

Cesare

Letter #5

Does this e-address deal with tetanus vaccine reactions?  If so, please advise.  I received one about three weeks ago and have developed muscular burning throughout my body and stiffening in my joints.  Seeking help and advice.  Thank you.

Jan

Letter #6

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 appreciate 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.

Ulrike

Letter #7

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, France

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