Received Feb 24, 2025
| Type | Name | Manufacturer | Dose | Lot | Route / Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNK | VACCINE NOT SPECIFIED (OTHER) | UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER | 1 | 0841AA | SYR / RA |
| UNK | VACCINE NOT SPECIFIED (OTHER) | UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER | 1 | UH486AD | SYR / LA |
Prior to October 2011, I was a healthy and active teenager with a near-perfect school attendance record. Within 1 month after receiving the first shot of the Gardasil HPV vaccine (original formula, not Gardasil 9) on 10/13/2011, I (the patient) began experiencing chronic fatigue, headaches, and dizziness. I had difficulty waking up for school at 6am and would fall asleep immediately after getting home at 2pm, and would stay asleep throughout the afternoon and night. I visited my primary care doctor, Dr. and was tested for Epstein-Barr virus, which came back negative/normal. Symptoms worsened and I began missing school so a few weeks later, around November/December 2011, I went back to my primary care doctor and had a full blood panel and was re-tested for Epstein-Barr, but results came back normal. Not knowing anything about Gardasil side effects at the time, I received the 2nd shot of Gardasil on 12/28/2011. After the 2nd shot, symptoms worsened and I began experiencing severe migraines, severe chronic fatigue, joint and muscle pain, and syncope (fainting) multiple times per day. After 6 months, I found a doctor that diagnosed me with POTS. My POTS symptoms were severe and disabling for 3 years. I was treated with fludrocortisone 0.1mg, midodrine 10mg, and adderall 20mg. Now, 14 years later, I still have POTS but am able to manage symptoms with daily medication. My symptoms worsen when I stop medication.
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
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After first reporting symptoms to my primary care doctor, at Family Medicine, in October 2011, she ordered an Epstein-Barr virus test, which returned normal/negative results. In November/December 2011, she ordered another Epstein-Barr virus test and bloodwork, and again, results came back normal. I visited many specialists in months after that searching for a diagnosis. One doctor initially dismissed my symptoms as being related to anxiety, which I do not have. While looking for the cause of my recurring migraines, a brain MRI (ordered by Dr.) showed three small cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) with evidence of minor intracranial hemorrhaging at some point in the past. This was interpreted as an incidental finding and unrelated to my primary complaints/symptoms. While focusing on my joint/muscle pain and inflammation, one of my doctors suggested that I may also have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)- likely hypermobile EDS- a diagnosis that I believe to be true. Finally, a Tilt table test was completed by Dr. (estimated date: July 2012- exact date unknown) and my heart rate increased significantly (>60bpm increase from what I recall) and I fainted, which resulted in a POTS diagnosis approximately 6 months after symptoms began. Many other cardiological and neurological tests were completed in the 6 month period prior to my POTS diagnosis (MRI, echocardiogram, cardiac stress test, bloodwork to test for lupus and other diseases, electromyography test) and all returned normal results.