… aaand this is about that time in my day when I realize it’s gonna take me forever to finish my Master Herbalist degree. I keep finding things I want to research even further.. and then I keep getting taken further and further down that notorious rabbit hole.
I’ll try to be brief.
I’m reading the 2012 publication of Neil Z. Miller’s Vaccines: Are they really safe and effective? . I just read some of the adverse reactions that he listed from the Hepatitis B Vaccine: Diabetes, MS, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Bell’s palsy, brachial plexus , optic neuritis, central nervous system demyelination, lumbar radiculopathy, transverse myelitis, autoimmune reactions, thrombocytopenic purpura, anaphylaxis, arthritis, fever, headaches, pain, vomiting, vertigo, herpes zoster, and convulsions.
Most of these conditions are not commonly used in lay language. So I thought I’d look them up (the ones I’m not clear about) and share what I find these conditions to be.
The info is all taken from The U.S. National Library of Medicine:
Guillain-Barre syndrome – Guillain-Barre syndrome is a serious disorder that occurs when the body’s defense (immune) system mistakenly attacks part of the nervous system. This leads to nerve inflammation that causes muscle weakness and other symptoms.
Bell’s palsy – Bell’s palsy is a disorder of the nerve that controls movement of the muscles in the face. This nerve is called the facial or 7th cranial nerve. Damage to this nerve causes weakness or paralysis of these muscles. Paralysis means that you cannot use the muscles at all. (WebMD simplifies it as paralysis of one side of your face).
Brachial plexus – Brachial plexopathy is pain, decreased movement, or decreased sensation in the arm and shoulder due to a nerve problem.
Optic neuritis – Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve. It may cause sudden, reduced vision in the affected eye.
Lumbar radiculopathy (aka “Sciatica”) – Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or pressure on the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a symptom of another medical problem, not a medical condition on its own.
Acute transverse myelitis – is a clinical syndrome manifested by weakness and sensory loss, generally in a symmetrical pattern, below the affected spinal segment. The term transverse myelitis implies that the whole cross sectional area of the spinal cord is involved. Symptoms evolve over several hours to several weeks.
Thrombocytopenic purpura – Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a blood disorder that causes blood clots to form in small blood vessels around the body, and leads to a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia).
… but wait! There’s more!
Dr. Mercola lists “60 things that can go terribly wrong Hepatitis B Vaccination” and GreenMedInfo has 47 scientific articles listed under “Problematic Actions of Hepatitis B Vaccine”.
Just thought you should know 🙂
REFERENCES:
Miller, Neil Z. Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective? Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean, 2012. Print.
“National Library of Medicine – National Institutes of Health.” U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 23 July 2013. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/>.
Mercola. “60 Things That Can Go Terribly Wrong with Hepatitis B Vaccination.”Mercola.com. N.p., 7 July 2011. Web. <http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/07/60-things-that-can-go-terribly-wrong-with-hepatitis-b-vaccination.aspx>.
“Vaccination: Hepatitis B.” GreenMedInfo. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/vaccination-hepatitis-b>.
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