After her daughter suffered severe adverse effects from the HPV vaccine Gardasil, one woman in Ireland is taking legal action.
The Irish Times reports Fiona Kirby is seeking a High Court order for the removal of the Gardasil license. The vaccine is given to preteen and teen girls as an option to prevent cervical cancer.
Kirby says that within 24 hours after receiving the vaccination, her 11-year-old daughter experienced severe flu-like symptoms. The symptoms reoccurred after her daughter got her second dose, she also claims. The third dose was canceled.
In an affidavit, Kirby claims her daughter became "extremely fatigued" and experienced severe nausea that led to weight loss. Her daughter was hospitalized for bilateral pneumonia in March 2012 and missed several days of school.
Because of these events, Kirby became a member of a support group in Ireland called Reaction and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma (REGRET). The group helps those who claim their daughters became sick from the vaccine.
REGRET tells the Irish Examiner that about 100 girls have reported an alleged illness after receiving the vaccine. Gardasil has been offered to teens in Ireland since May 2010 as a recommendation by the World Health Organization.
Kirby says her daughter is disabled to the point she needs to be cared for on a permanent basis, the Times says. At first she thought her daughter's problems were an isolated case. But she found other girls also have similar health problems.
Appearing in court on Monday, Kirby was joined by other mothers and members of REGRET. The case will be seen before a judge in three weeks when the Health Products Regulatory Authority has filed a replying affidavit, the Examiner adds.