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Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18 years old, suffered a paralysis from the waist down and on the brink of never being able to walk again after she had a controversial vaccine against HPV cervical cancer, SWNS reports.
When Brookes-Holder was only 12, she used to dance six days a week and dreamed of pursuing a career in dancing. All of these aspirations, however, went down after she had the vaccine that was administered at school.
Brookes-Holder initially went ill with symptoms of dizziness, headaches, fatigue, and bone and joint pain. Her muscles also weakened after the first few weeks.
The sickness forced Brookes-Holder to lost a lot of weight. After losing control and sensitivity on her legs, she was now being fed through a tube.
Brookes-Holder said, “At first, my family and I didn’t put two and two together. We thought the vaccine was safe because they give it in schools and on the letter the parents were given to sign consent I remember reading ‘it saves lives.’
“Who on earth would turn a new, supposedly effective form of treatment down? We trust our government to keep us safe but now, since getting sick from something the NHS gave me I don’t trust any medical professionals that I don’t know.
“Why? Because I’ve been treated in such a barbaric way. It’s been hell on earth. Before I got sick I did things girls aged 12 should do. I hiked, mountain biked, went to the park, roller-bladed, went to the cinema and birthday parties – I had friends.
“I danced six days a week and loved to go to after-school sport and dance clubs every night. I was on the right road to getting A’s at GCSE. I wanted to have a dance career and my heart bleeds with the torture knowing I may never walk again and therefore ever dance again.”
Her mom, Sophie Brookes, had to quit her job as a hairdresser to take care of her daughter. She and her daughter found out that the vaccine that she had triggered her body to attack itself as a form of autoimmune response.
Brookes-Holder, who’s from Chelterham, Gloucestershire, explained, “My immune system hit rock bottom. It started to heavily affect my school and social life. I used to fall asleep in lessons no matter how hard I concentrated.”
She continued, “I’d go home and get straight into bed with my uniform on, and despite sleeping up to 15 hours a day the exhaustion never went away. I had a gradual input of debilitating muscular pain, chest pain and dizziness, poor temperature control, and severe headaches.”
The vaccine is offered to girls as young as twelve or thirteen since they were introduced in 2008.
Brookes-Holder said, “Every day is a battle against the never-ending symptoms. It is not ‘just a coincidence’ as those who don’t want to believe it say.”
She added, “To all mums, dads and daughters out there who are considering getting the vaccine – don’t presume, do research and educate before you sign on the dotted line. I’m not scaremongering, I just care about others. This is real. This is the pure ugly truth. I want to make people aware so they can make a decision for themselves.”
Brookes-Holder received three Cervarix injections while she was attending Pittvill School in her hometown between Novermber 2010 and June 2011. She experienced illness due to a string of viruses, which caused her to feel excruciating muscular pain. She was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Then, she also suffered from a gastrointestinal disorder, which made eating extremely difficult.
Freda Burrell of the UK Association for Vaccine Injured Daughters said, “Many medical professionals will not link the vaccine to the girls’ health problems. Yet commonsense should speak loudly if their medical records were excellent prior to the vaccine and their health changed dramatically after they had the jab.”
Public Health England and the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency issued a joint statement:
As with all vaccines, the safety of the HPV vaccine is under constant review. Every report of a suspected side effect is taken seriously. [We] concluded that there is no credible evidence of a link between the HPV vaccine and a range of chronic illnesses. The European Medicines Agency has also ruled out a link to Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
