Vaccine Side Effects

A reader named Stephanie recently submitted the following account: "I posted this on the VAERS system as well.  My daughter is case # E-48529.  After a round of vaccines on 12/7/2009 including HIB, Hep A, Hep B, and Varicella, my daughter 4 hours later complained it hurt to walk and had a huge red knot for 3-5 days.  Then, a series of bumps formed around the shot entry on her leg and grew to cover her from her knees up to her shoulders and some bumps down her arms.  I have pictures.  In mid-January we saw a doctor who said this was not chicken pox, and that it had to be an adverse reaction to something in one of the vaccines.  Previously she had been able to eat nuts,  we now have to carry an epi-pen.  She also has heightened sensitivity to citrus, apple, and milk – which now bring on rashes.  I suspect Varicella, because that was the shot administered to that leg.  Also, it was a new shot for her.  She had had HIB and Hep A.  Hep B was new, but I think it was in the other leg.  Her siblings also have the peanut allergy, but I think this adverse reaction compromised her immune system and left her more vulnerable to the food allergies." (Read More.....)