A
Virginia woman is adamant that a flu shot has caused her to
contract a debilitating and irreversible neurological disease,
while the CDC refuses to comment on her case.
25-year-old Desiree Jennings was a fit and healthy
cheerleader up until two months ago when she got a seasonal
flu shot.
Ten days after the shot she began experiencing
flu like symptoms, followed by severe convulsions and black
outs.
Now she can barely talk or walk and her life has
all but been destroyed.
After seeing around 60 doctors, Jennings was eventually
diagnosed with dystonia,
a paralyzing neurological disorder that causes the muscles to
relentlessly contract and spasm.
Bizarrely, increased physical activity causes
her heart rate to decline, meaning she can run for hours, however,
her resting heart rate is 90 and walking a few steps is exhausting
and almost impossible.
There is no cure for the disease and it gets worse
over time.
The causes of the disease are not yet fully understood,
however, it is thought that physical trauma, infection, heavy
metals poisoning or adverse reaction to drugs are possible triggers.
Jennings is certain that the flu shot caused the
disease and has pledged to do all she can to warn others.
"Nothing else explains such a fast moving
neurological damage. The medical hospitals ruled out everything,
CAT scans normal, blood normal, MRI normal. The only thing that
explains it is the shot caused the neurological damage."
she told WUSA
News.
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The Centers for Disease Control has said it cannot
comment on the case but added that it has no evidence to suggest
flu vaccines can be connected to dystonia.
However, neuropathy and paralysis resulting from
disorder of the cranial nerves are routinely
listed as possible side effects resulting from
flu shots.
In rare cases flu shots are known to cause the
debilitating nerve disease Guillain-Barré
Syndrome, which killed more people than the actual
flu virus the last time a pandemic was declared in 1976.
In addition, studies
have shown a direct relationship between the mercury
based preservative thimerosal in flu shots and neurological
disorders.
Cases of the neural development disorder autism
amongst children have
doubled since 2003, in line with an increase in
the amount of thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines.
A
Virginia woman is adamant that a flu shot has caused her to
contract a debilitating and irreversible neurological disease,
while the CDC refuses to comment on her case.
