Hello,

I have been diagnosed by Dr Sarah Myhill as having chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia which are both symptoms of multiple allergies and sensitivities.

I was a nurse and have been unwell since my teens but got much worse after my third baby was born in 1989. At this time I also had the hep B vaccine. The first of three injections was when I had just conceived (unknowingly) and the other two after she was born.

I worked in Oral Surgery which involved contact with mercury which I now believe I am also highly sensitive to and dread to think how mauch vapour I would have inhaled. I had my own amalgam fillings removed professionally & replaced with composite about 8 yrs ago. Also had chelation but didnt really make any difference. I still believe it is a problem though. 

Does anyone have any info on the likelihood of my problems being caused by the vaccine? I believe it may have contained mercury. I have been on the  Occupational Health Dept of the hospital today but it is so long ago they may not have details though they were interested.

I had to give up nursing in 1993 as could not cope with physical & mental demands of job.

Thanks.

Adrienne.

YES!  I just ran across your post today, which is quite a coincidence, because it was yesterday that I first saw some possibly relevant information about the Hepatitis B vaccine, followed by more information from a separate source this afternoon, and then your post this evening!   In The Quarterly Journal of the International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation, Summer 2007, there's a long list, compiled by Dr. Sarah Brenner and her staff, of medications that have been reported to induce or exacerbate the autoimmune diseases pemphigus and pemphigoid in some people.  On that list is just one vaccine, so far: "Hepatitis B vaccine (Energix B)".

 As you probably know, some people consider fibromyalgia to be an autoimmune disease, so that makes it all the more possible that there's a connection here.  And, by the way, I, too, had the hepatitis B vaccine, and several other vaccines within a few months of that one, and also used to have a mouthful of mercury amalgam fillings.  Within a year of getting those vaccinations, I'm sure that I came down with chronic fatigue syndrome, although it was never diagnosed.  (How could it be diagnosed when I was too exhausted to get up and go to a doctor?  And after I felt a little bit better, I was sure that they would tell me it was all in my head.)  At this point, years later, I have a diagnosis of pemphigoid, an autoimmune disease, 

 At the bottom of Dr. Brenner's list is a note that the hepatitis  B vaccine, and some of the other listed meds, were identified by the Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital's Department of Dermatology, Tel-Aviv, Israel, as "problematic according to their professional experiences".

My second source, which I found just this morning before reading your post, is the book "Healing Multiple Sclerosis" by Ann Boroch.  She states that in 1967 the British Medical Journal published several studies showing a connection between the vaccines against polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus and smallpox, and the development of multiple sclerosis (also considered an autoimmune disease) several years later.  Her reference for that is "Miller, et al., British Medical Journal 2 (1967): 210-13."

Next, Ms. Boroch says that the latest concern is the correlation between the hepatitis B vaccine and MS (multiple sclerosis).  She tells us that an article in The Annals of Pharmacotherapy concludes that the hepatitis B vaccine is associated with MS and with many other serious conditions.  Her cited reference is "D. Geier, and M. Geier, 'Chronic Adverse Reactions Associated with Hepatitis B Vaccination' The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 36 (12), (2002): 1970-1971".

It strikes me that all these diseases, at least the ones specifically mentioned, are possibly autoimmune or related to the immune system, so I wonder whether it's the mercury, or the vaccine's direct effect on the immune system, or maybe both.

Not knowing whether you'll see this, I have also e-mailed you.  Please reply!

Hello,

Just found this as not looked on here for a while. Didnt seem to be much response!

Your info is very interesting.

Since then  there have been new developments.

I have since had it confirmed by Glaxo that mercury was in Eng B vaccine  & that it would have  been enough to sensitise me. being that I would have already been sensitised through my own amalgams and woring with it. It certainly would have been total overload fro my system.

I have so much to tell you so can you pleas email me again. adrienneobard@yahoo,co,uk asap.

I have strong evidence of the harmful effects of mercury fillings from www.iaomt.org  "smoking teeth" It has been ignored for political reassons for too long and I am doing something about it.

I just tried e-mailing to your above address, but immediately received a message that it's not a valid address, so my e-mail didn't go through.  Is that the reason you didn't reply to my first e-mail?  Maybe that didn't go through either.

Luckily, I just happened to check this message board one more time. 

Yes, I'm well aware of the hazards of mercury.  It's quite possible that mercury is the problem with vaccines.  But when they manufacture mercury-free vaccines, they replace it with other hazardous preservatives.  And there's also the possibility that the vaccine may have some direct effect on the immune system, in addition to the intended effect.

I'm glad to know that you found my message, and I hope you're getting along better, healthwise. 

Hi thanks.

My email ad is adrienneobbard@yahoo.co.uk 

I am getting very despondent with my campaign because I have written/emailed some very good evidence etc  to some very prominent people & organisations & I am not getting any replies.  Have you seen smoking teeth on www.iaomt.org? it makes very disturbing viewing.

I am starting to think my letters & emails are being intercepted!!

Am I getting paranoid?

Adrienne.

This is all so interesting.

I know there is a link here with mercury & my health but cant prove it. I keep being told there is no evidence etc from nhs. This is strange as there seems to be mountains of evidence. Where are they looking?!!! 

Too many others like me for it not to be a coincidence.