Human papillomavirus vaccination and postural tachycardia syndrome, deconditioning and exercise‐induced hyperalgesia, 2020, Ishizaki & Gomi

[Dolphin]

I've no idea whether HPV vaccine increases the risk for POTS. From what research I have seen it doesn't seem to increase the risk of ME/CFS.

Saying that, this paper looks like it could be annoying.

https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jog.14227

Invited Manuscript
Human papillomavirus vaccination and postural tachycardia syndrome, deconditioning and exercise‐induced hyperalgesia: An alternate interpretation of the reported adverse reactions
Yuko Ishizaki

Harumi Gomi
First published:09 March 2020

https://doi.org/10.1111/jog.14227


Abstract
Human papillomavirus vaccination (HPVV) was included in the national immunization program in 2013 in Japan. However, the Japanese government suspended proactive recommendations 2 months after this decision because various adverse events following the vaccination were reported by the media. More than 6 years have already passed since the suspension of proactive recommendations of all available vaccines in Japan. Although no causal relationship between the adverse effects and HPVV has been confirmed, the Japanese government has not withdrawn the suspension. Thus, it is important to show various possible causes of the adverse events other than HPVV. It is attempted to describe the possible contribution of the misunderstanding regarding the symptoms of postural tachycardia syndrome, deconditioning, and exercise‐induced hyperalgesia as the adverse effects of HPVV in this review article.

 

[Hoopoe]

Yes, it's very annoying. The author wants to explain POTS as being caused by lack of activity. That might explain some cases but the onset of my POTS was so abnormal that it cannot be due to deconditioning.

Besides the usually described symptoms, I had widespread nerve pain, nearly constant shivering and piloerection, involuntary and forceful jerking of my body, as well as sometimes flushing in response to eating. It was a sudden and drastic change from my usual state, which had involved long periods of low activity levels with none of such symptoms or even POTS symptoms. Something was very different. It felt like some autoimmune process damaged my nervous system.

In my opinion articles like these do not increase trust in vaccines because the author appears to be distorting what POTS is actually like. Labelling people that report adverse events from a vaccine as suffering from a psychological disorder is also a great way to create distrust. It is the kind of behaviour that one could interpret as attempting to silence victims.

I think instead these patients should be welcomed and told that we do not know the cause of their symptoms will do research to find out (and not research led by the likes of Fink).