200 Colombian girls fall ill with a mysterious illness

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a29261/200-columbian-girls-fall-ill-mysterious-illness/

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200 Colombian girls fall ill with a mysterious illness
The puzzling symptoms are feared to have resulted from a bad reaction to a cervical cancer vaccination
By Catriona Harvey-Jenner

More than 200 teenage girls have reportedly fallen ill with an as-of-yet unidentifiable illness in the small town of El Carmen de Bolivar, in northern Colombia. The girls, who range between the ages of 9 and 16, have suffered symptoms of fainting, numbness in the hands and headaches.

Some are suggesting that that mystery sickness could be a bizarre case of mass hysteria (that's a thing that can make you ill?) but recent reports suggest parents' concerns that the root cause could be a vaccination for cervical cancer, as all of the victims of the illness have been injected with Gardasil recently...

 

[Emily]

Re: 200 Colombian girls fall ill with a mysterious illness

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/salud/gobierno-intenta-esclarecer-enfermedad-de-ninas-de-el-c-articulo-513997
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President Juan Manuel Santos said the government is working to try to clarify the origin of the strange symptoms that girls from El Carmen de Bolivar and his parents attributed to the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV).

Speaking at the Agenda Colombi a program issued by the Presidency, Santos said the government has tried to "take care of these children, to see what happens to them and to accompany them."

The president said that the case of these girls, who have suffered fainting, fever, stomach pains in the limbs, headache, or weight loss may not be the loss of progress in Colombia in vaccination.

Therefore, he added, the possible relation to the vaccine should be treated "with great responsibility."

The head of state recalled that "has not succeeded in finding" no link between the vaccine and what happens to girls from El Carmen de Bolivar.

Santos said the need to "stay calm" and wait for the scientific results to "act responsibly".

As part of these efforts of scientific study, nine of the 200 children were taken sick two weeks ago to Bogota to perform various medical tests.

During the medical study, experts found two of them lead poisoning, which could be partly responsible for some of the symptoms.

Maybe heavy metal accumulation could effect the immune system's response to stimulation from vaccines or natural infections.

 

[Emily]

Re: 200 Colombian girls fall ill with a mysterious illness

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887233309001489

Toxicology in Vitro

Volume 23, Issue 6, September 2009, Pages 969?972
Lead exposure and its impact on immune system: A review

K.P. MishraAbstract

Metal toxicants which affect the immune system may contribute to an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cancer. In the recent past, there has been a growing concern among health and environmental scientists on the impact of environmental exposure to heavy metal lead on human health. In some instances the immune system appears to be exquisitely sensitive to the toxic heavy metal lead as compared to other toxicological parameters. Susceptibility to autoimmunity is determined by both heritable traits and environmental factors, and in this context there has been considerable interest in the influences that exposure to heavy metals may have on the initiation and/or progression of autoimmune diseases. This review discussed the immunomodulatory role of toxic heavy metal lead, on autoimmunity, phenotypic expression of the immune cells and hypersensitivity.