Tens of thousands of teenage girls believed to have fallen ill with debilitating illnesses after routine HPV cervical cancer Gardasil Vaccination

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3104629/Tens-thousands-te... Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency had 8,228 adverse reaction reports in 10 years - only estimated 10 per cent of real tally
Side effects including chest and abdominal pains, exhaustion, breathing difficulties, fibromyalgia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Some have been left wheelchair-bound by apparent effects of vaccine
Despite this MHRA said it had no concerns on numbers of HPV complaints

By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail

31 May 2015

Thousands of teenage girls have suffered serious illness after being vaccinated with Gardasil against cervical cancer.

Official figures show the HPV vaccination program drew 8,228 reports of suspected side-effects over the last decade – almost more than all other routine vaccinations put together.

More than a quarter of these reports were classed as 'serious', a category that includes symptoms severe enough to require hospital treatment or even be life-threatening.

An HPV vaccination is given to a 13-year-old girl. The vaccination is alleged to cause a range of debilitating side effects in some teenage girls.

Worried mothers have told how their previously healthy daughters have suffered fits, extreme tiredness and even been left wheelchair-bound after being vaccinated in their early teens.

In some cases, the girls started to feel ill on the day they were vaccinated. Others became sick several weeks later.

Concern about side-effects has led JAPAN's HEALTH MINISTRY STOP RECOMMENDING GIRLS BE VACCINATED.

The HPV (human papilloma virus) injection protects against the second most common cancer in women under the age of 35

Cervical cancer is the most common form of the disease in women under-35. The HPV vaccination has routinely been given to 12 and 13-year-old girls since 2008. It prevents infection by the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus which is behind the majority of cervical cancer cases.

It is thought the vaccination program could save almost half of the 1,000 lives lost each year to the disease.

However, campaigners say parents are not being given enough information about potential side-effects of the vaccine.

Some girls claim to have been left wheelchair-bound by the effects of the vaccine, which may be the cause of more than 80,000 adverse reactions in the last 10 years

HISTORY OF MERCK/GSK Gardasil HPV VACCINE

The vaccine was introduced as part of the routine immunization program in 2008 and it protects against the two HPV types that cause 70 per cent of the cases of cervical cancer.

Screening is still needed to try to pick up cervical abnormalities caused by other HPV types that could lead to cancer.

Since September 2014, girls have received only two injections; the second is taken six to 24 months after the first.

Cancer Research UK points out that cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under the age of 35.

In the UK, about 3,000 women a year are diagnosed with cervical cancer and it is estimated that about 400 lives could be saved every year as a result of vaccinating girls before they are infected with the human papilloma virus.

And they say girls who fall ill after vaccination are not being taken seriously by GPs when parents suggest the illness could be vaccine-related.

Jackie Fletcher, of pressure group "Jabs", said: 'Previously fit and healthy young girls have developed seizures or viral fatigue, some have lost the ability to walk. And years on, some have still not recovered.'

Manuel Martinez-Lavin, an expert in chronic pain, has urged doctors to be aware of possible links between the vaccination and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, where simply standing up after lying down can trigger an abnormally high heart rate.

He is also concerned about links with fibromyalgia, a condition that causes long-term pain all over the body.

Writing in the journal Clinical Rheumatology, Dr Martinez-Lavin said while vaccination has been 'one of the most effective public health measures in the history of medicine', side-effects seem to be more common with the HPV vaccine than with others.

SPORTS FAN AND EX COUNTY CRICKETER WHO NOW STRUGGLES TO RUN

Katie Green, 20, pictured, who now tires easily

Five years ago, Katie Green played cricket for her county, excelled at rugby and was academically gifted.

Today, she tires easily and is on invalidity benefits thanks to a 'brain fog' so severe she finds work or study impossible.

Her mother Carol, a teacher, blames Katie's decline on the HPV vaccination she was given at 15.

Katie, of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, became groggy after the first dose and severely unwell shortly after the second, feeling dizzy, exhausted and lacking co-ordination.

Her energy levels have improved but she still gets tired after running a few steps.

GSK, which makes the Cervarix vaccine given to Katie, said it was 'rigorously tested' in clinical trials before its introduction and had been monitored ever since for safety and effectiveness.