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I have been taking the Hep B vaccine, since November... I am NOW, having some medical problems which may be related to the vaccine itself..Ive recently, had many problems with my arhritis pain incresing and spreading to other joints, where it has never bothered me before. My MD did a "ANA level" ( blood test for antinuclear antibodies) and my results were POSITIVE with a reading of 1:360 ( "normal positive is 1:80), which *suggests* I may either have systemic lupus OR chronic active hepatitis and Im trying to find out NOW, if this vaccine could have caused this....This high ANA level could also be "drug induced systemic lupus" and if it is... It HAS to be from the vaccine because Ive NEVER been on routine medication, UNTIL my arthritis pain increased (all within the last month)....ALL my hepatitis titers have come back "zero" meaning, no immunity from contracting the disease, which had me puzzled too...I go see a specialist tomarrow (Rheumatologist) so maybe I will have some better understanding of what this could be, once I have a definite diagnosis....

Hi LisaLee ....I will post, whatever the MD tells me...I am compiling a list of questions for him now, for tomarrow... If he does other tests to "prove" this IS Hepatitis, then I have no doubt, the vaccine contributed to it... I am also a nurse, and yes, I do have patients with active Hepatitis as well, but I havent been exposed to any of their blood in any way either, so it is a mystery as to how I contracted it, IF NOT by the vaccine itself....

Hmmmmmm...Thanks for the tip... I did recieve a copy of the "release" I signed from my job (where I recieved the vaccine) and NOTHING is mentioned on any of these in that release.....I also spoke with the "Employee Health Nurse", who gave me the vaccine and she had no answers for questions and referred me to the pharmacist, who only said  "I doubt you have Lupus or Hepatitis, it's just probably arthritis"...

DUH ... I KNOW It is my arthritis already...BUT I also asked him specifically IF this Hepatitis B vaccine would CAUSE me to have a high or positive ANA level and he said he didnt know, and never even offered to give me the package insert..I will specifically ask him for one when I return to work on Thursday tho....

I also have a first cousin who this past December was diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome and ended up in ICU on a respirator for 2 weeks because of it....Now, Im looking into that possibility to see if it is hereditary and IF it will also cause a high positive ANA level...and I have a cousin who has some form of crippling arthritis that has caused her to be on disability MOST of her life ...Somehow, I get the feeling IF this vaccine didnt cause this in my case....something hereditary must have....

Im also contacting the CDC to see if anyone else has made this type of connection with my symptoms and this vaccine...The clinical trials I found online didnt say one word about testing the individuals specifically for  their ANA level, so how can they KNOW it didnt cause this IF they didnt test for it?....

TY for the info... I do have a PDR, and I just havent had the chance to look it up in there yet... Some of those are so confusing to try to understand, I thought I might could find a simple explanation, on the web first...LOL ...NOT so simple to find if it is here....Just got in from seeing this new MD and he doesnt seem to think I have anything wrong with me ...He says my positive ANA could have been from my arthritis flaring up...EXCUSE ME...but I didnt find THAT diagnosis anywhere on the www associated with an abnormal ANA level...He X Rayed my hands and feet, and yep...arthritis is worse now in the feet, so this is the reason he gives for the abnormal ANA...I also gave him my record of having Hep B vaccine and the lab work drawn afterward showing ZERO response to the vaccine...He says I could be a "non responder" and he said I might need to take the Hep B vaccine series AGAIN...THEN I might have my lab showing where I have immunity from the disease....I dont think so....Being a non responder tells me I have some sort of auto immune disease and it has yet to diagnosed...He is re doing ALL the lab again and someone should call me in a few days with the results... I asked him about my other sysmptoms...numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, headaches, restless leg syndrome, joint pain (arthritis), hair loss, blurred vision, and the worst... chronic fatigue syndrome...He had the audacity to insult my intelligence by saying, I simply needed to loose weight, get that under control and the other symptoms would diminish...I think he needs to RETIRE...and when I get this lab work back, Im going looking for another MD, UNTIL I find one that will at least look into other possibilities like MS, or Fibromyalgia....I never knew being overweight would cause hair loss and blurred vision...

No worries... In the back of my mind, I was thing this MD MUST be crazy if he thinks, Im getting anymore of this Hep B vaccine...

Thanks for the link...I will go check it out now...

Hi, new here too and also one of the unfortunate who have had a bad reaction to the vaccine.  I know plenty of folks who have had it without incident, but in my case I had tender joints during the month after dose 1 (didn't draw the connection or I would have researched it and not done dose 2)--was unable to work out because, e.g., my shoulders would get sore before my muscles got any workout....  12 hours after dose 2 I couldn't walk; my fingers made crunching sounds when I tried to move them... for a week I was falling asleep at all hours of the day... limbs going numb or having zapping sensations when moved, tinitis, headaches... When I called the clinic where I got the vaccine and told them all this, they said "cold symptoms are normal".  The worst of it cleared up slowly over maybe 3 months, but the arthritic symptoms, limbs that easily fall asleep, and a few other things have not improved in the few years since, not the least of which is I am rarely not in pain of one sort or another despite having enjoyed essentially perfect health all my many years prior.  So I feel rather as if I went irreversably from age 30 to 80 in one foolish move.  Not a happy camper.  I hope some day someone puts the resources into figuring this one out, perhaps even being able to undo whatever faulty programming has been done to our (myself and those with similar reactions) immune systems.  Meanwhile, to the uninitiated: weigh the risks carefully, your whole life is at stake.

Hi.  I have been sick for over 3 years....chronic fatigue, terrible headaches, dizziness, IBS, raised Epstein Barr levels, etc.   I have been to many, many doctors searching out a diagnosis....what I ended up with was a CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) diagnosis about 8 months ago from the Mayo Clinic.

Well, I found it hard to believe there was no cause/cure...I kept searching and recently found a doctor who diagnosed me as having an adverse reaction to the hepatitis B immunizations I received in college (1999/2000).  I was shocked when she told me how dangerous these and many more of the immunizations are.  I have been trying to get my hands on everything I can to learn more about what these vaccines are not only doing to adults, but to newborns and children....what I have found so far has been devastating.

Currently, my sister is beginning a technical medical program at a hospital in Iowa and they are forcing her to get these shots in order to be in the program...how can this be legal?  I have also become an aunt twice in the past few weeks and I'm trying to convince my brothers and their wives to not vaccinate their children....not only from hepatitis B, but many of the other vaccines out there being linked to SIDS, autism, developmental disabilities, etc.

Does anyone have a direction to point me in or information that may be helpful...I would appreciate it.  I have spent the early years of my life as an adult in pain and agony....and I will do everything I can to stop this from hurting anyone else!

Hi I am new and have been reading about the trouble you guys have been having. I had the vaccine back in 1985. I have some problems that relate but I think most of mine is due to a injury from a car accident in 1982 prior to the vaccine. I do however have some arthritic pain, and its weird my big toe on my right foot is completely numb.  I went to a neuro. specialist to check me out, he did not feel it was related or he could not see why, and gave me some vioox and sent me on my way. I dont take the vioxx because I have a heart murmur and it made me feel worse. I can understand the numbness in my fingers and pain in my neck etc. but of all things my big toe.Most of my pain is in 3 and 4 upper torso and my fingers stay numb on both hands the last two fingers on each hand. I cant grip things or hold on I will just drop things and it looks like I threw them. I had numerous x-rays done and he wanted a blood level done for Rheumatory arthritis.  I just never went back, it was in Birmingham an hour away, and I had to go from building to building to have the blood work and the x-rays done.  My mom thinks I need to file for disability. I was a hygienist for 14 yrs, and that just irritated the nerves. I don't know what to do. Thank you Angel

My son had his 1st Hep B at 6 hrs old by force as his father and i had tried to decline the shot because of the sideaffects list they gave us when we said no they said we couldn't take him home till we let them give him the shot EVEN THOUGH I MYSELF DIDN'T HAVE HEP  my son is 7 yrs old now and has Autism  that he was not born with he developed it at around the age of 2 in the last 3 yrs we found that all of his shots had mercury in them figure that  1 out  HIS BLOOD STILL SHOWS MERCURY LEVELS high enough to do brain damage

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