HPV Vaccine: INCREASE Risk of Several AUTOIMMUNE Diseases

… A retrospective cohort study published on March 7 in Vaccine

… adolescent women who were vaccinated were 4.4 times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis

… had a 2.76 times higher chance of developing juvenile idiopathic arthritis

… a 2.86 times higher risk of developing thyrotoxicosis

… the risk of developing idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was 2.54 times higher

… researchers used national vaccination records in Colombia … from 2012 to 2021

… 1,953,196 adolescent females between 9 and 19 years old

… this is the target population for HPV vaccination

… Out of the 36 diseases, researchers chose 16 that were more frequently associated with the qHPV vaccine

… compared vaccinated and unvaccinated cohorts

… established a follow-up period of 180 and 360 days after vaccination

… After excluding six diseases

… researchers were left with 10 diseases

… rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis

… systemic lupus erythematosus

… Bell’s palsy

… idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

… thyrotoxicosis or Graves’ disease

… Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

… other hyperthyroidisms

… hypothyroidism

… Type 1 diabetes

… For vaccinated individuals who received more than one dose

… used an observational period of 2,000 days

… According to the paper, the HPV vaccine is one of the most studied vaccines in the history of vaccination for adolescents

… it is touted as safe and effective

… Yet, local studies supporting this claim are lacking    [ See also ]

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