Gardasil Side Effects

Gardasil Vaccine Side Effects Reported to VAERS

There are more than 64,000 case reports of HPV vaccine adverse reactions in the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System database. It is estimated that only 1% of serious adverse events are actually reported to VAERS.

It is noteworthy that many of these serious side effects of Gardasil have been reported to the VAERS database in concerning numbers. As of Jan. 14, 2020, the VAERS database contains over 64,000 case reports of adverse reactions tied to HPV vaccines worldwide (over 50,000 in the U.S.).

Another section of the package insert titled “Postmarketing Experience” lists a number of other Gardasil 9 side effects, while cautioning that “[b]ecause these events were reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not possible to reliably estimate their frequency or to establish a causal relationship to vaccine exposure.” Those side effects include autoimmune diseases, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome (167 case reports in VAERS), hypersensitivity reactions including anaphylactic shock (368 VAERS case reports), and seizures (483 VAERS case reports).

“All patients had symptoms consistent with pronounced autonomic dysfunction including different degrees of orthostatic intolerance, severe non-migraine-like headache, excessive fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, gastrointestinal discomfort and widespread pain of a neuropathic character.” — Louise Brinth, et al., “Suspected side effects to the quadrivalent human papilloma vaccine,” Danish Medical Journal, 62 (4), April 2015

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Studies Confirm Gardasil Risks

HPV vaccines, including Gardasil, have been linked in case studies to a cluster of symptoms that are shared by several disorders not mentioned on the Gardasil package insert. These include postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), and fibromyalgia. The WHO database and the VAERS database contain hundreds of case reports of POTS and CRPS.

Fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep, and memory issues, was tied to Gardasil in 125 VAERS database case reports, per the 2018 study linked above.

Reports from other nations confirm continuing issues with serious Gardasil side effects. In 2013, the Japanese government suspended its recommendation of Gardasil following nearly 2,000 reports of adverse reactions, including walking disturbances, body tics, and seizures. Japan later established special clinics for treating illnesses linked to Gardasil. In March 2015, Denmark opened five “HPV Clinics” to gather information on people injured by the Gardasil HPV vaccine.

Several nations have filed criminal charges against Merck, including France, India, and Spain. In Spain, the allegations include fraudulent marketing and/or administration of an inadequately tested vaccine, failure to inform the public about the potential risks of using Gardasil, and clear infringement of the right to informed consent.

A 2017 study published in the journal Clinical Rheumatology analyzing 16 HPV vaccine clinical trials (including the Gardasil clinical trials) and 12 post-marketing case series (medical research in which individual patients are followed for a period of time) reported that only 2 of the 16 clinical trials for HPV vaccines purported to use an inert placebo.

Two of the most extensive HPV vaccine trials found significantly more serious adverse events in patients who received the vaccine compared to those who did not.

Several related findings by the Clinical Rheumatology study authors are key. Gardasil 9 was associated with much more local swelling (at the injection site) than the quadrivalent Gardasil. Gardasil 9 was also associated with more “vaccine-related systemic events,” such as headaches, dizziness, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain (all symptoms of autoimmune disease), compared to the quadrivalent Gardasil vaccine.

Gardasil Vaccine and Dysautonomia

Dysautonomia describes a group of disorders affecting the autonomic nervous system (ANS). A person’s ANS controls involuntary body functions like breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate, among many others. Dysautonomia conditions, like postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and orthostatic intolerance, occur when the ANS fails to send or receive messages correctly.

Here is an example:

When a person is lying down, approximately one-quarter of their blood volume resides in the chest area. When the person stands up, a significant amount of that blood shifts to the lower extremities. This causes impaired return of blood flow to the heart, which also reduces blood pressure.

In healthy individuals, the autonomic nervous system adjusts the heart rate to counteract this effect and the blood flow changes are negligible. However, in individuals suffering from dysautonomia, the body’s ability to adjust the heartrate and compensate for the blood flow is corrupted, resulting in a host of wide-ranging symptoms, including dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo, woozy sensation, chronic headaches, and many other issues.

Scientists have found that Gardasil is capable of causing dysautonomia because of the vaccine’s strong immune stimulating ingredients. Lawsuits against Gardasil’s manufacturer, Merck, allege the mixture of adjuvants in Gardasil is responsible for post-vaccination induced autoimmune diseases, including dysautonomia.

Adjuvants like aluminum are inflammatory substances that hyperactivate the immune system. Merck adds adjuvants to Gardasil with the intent of increasing the immune response to the virus like particles in the vaccine. Adjuvants can cause the immune system to lose the ability to differentiate human proteins from foreign proteins, which leads to the immune system attacking the body’s own proteins and organs. Because of the massive peptide commonality between HPV and human proteins, the indiscriminate attack triggered by the Gardasil adjuvants can cause massive cross-reactions and dangerous attacks against human proteins, which can lead to dysautonomia.

Gardasil Vaccine and POTS

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder that affects blow flow. People diagnosed with POTS often experience (among other things):

• Dizziness
• Lightheadedness
• Vertigo
• Woozy sensation
• Chronic headaches
• Extreme fatigue
• Vision issues due to the loss of blood flow to the brain
• Sensitivity to light and sound
• Loss of consciousness
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain, Gastrointestinal issues
• Body pains
• Insomnia
• Confusion

Numerous published medical journal articles have discussed the association between Gardasil and POTS:

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine safety concerning POTS, CRPS and related conditions (2019)
• Orthostatic intolerance and postural tachycardia syndrome as suspected adverse effects of vaccination against human papilloma virus (2015)
• Postural tachycardia syndrome following human papillomavirus vaccination (2014)
• Postural tachycardia syndrome after vaccination with Gardasil (2010)

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