Washington Redskins Cheerleader Has Psychogenic Disease after Flu shot

[uppityperson]

Psychogenic means that it no physiological reason for the symptoms. In other words, NOT from a vaccine but from in her head like phantom pain after an amputation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0QYLMUZb4&feature=youtube_gdata

http://www.examiner.com/x-13791-Baltimore-Disease-Prevention-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Woman-claiming-she-acquired-dystonia-from-a-flu-shot-may-have-it-all-in-her-head

Video of a former NFL cheerleader who allegedly acquired dystonia from a flu vaccine has been making the rounds lately all over the media and online. The woman, Desiree Jennings, states in her interviews that she acquired the flu from a flu vaccine she received ten days earlier and then the symptoms of dystonia began showing.

On the October 16, 2009, Fox News show, "The O'Reilly Factor", Dr. Leigh Vinocur from the University of Maryland Medical System offered an alternative cause to Ms. Jennings' syndrome. Dr. Vinocur stated that there have been no cases of dystonia associated with the flu vaccine and that neurology experts at the University of Maryland were using Ms. Jennings' case to teach neurology residents about psychogenic dystonia.

Dystonia is a neurological disorder where twitches and other repetitive, involuntary reactions occur. Normally, these repetitive actions do not let up. In the interview videos, Ms. Jennings' symptoms subside at times. According to Dr. Vinocur, neurologists saw the video and were convinced it was psychogenic.

Psychogenic disorders do not mean that a person is faking their symptoms. Rather, it means that the person truly believes that the symptoms are real. However, there is no physiological reason for the symptoms. It truly is all in their head. Examples include phantom limb syndrome, where a hand that has been amputated along with a limb is felt by the person as being clinched or still being there. Psychotherapy or some medications to treat the mental issues can help deal with psychogenic disorders.

Another important detail in Ms. Jennings' story is that she acquired flu from the flu vaccine. This is a scientific impossiblity. The flu virus in the injected vaccine is dead, inactive. In the solution being injected, the virus has no cells in which to live and reproduce. Viruses are, by definition, obligate intracellular parasites. They need cells to live, grow, and reproduce. There has been no recorded case of acquired flu from the flu shot vaccine. Likewise, if true, Ms. Jennings would be the first case of dystonia as a result of the flu vaccine. Furthermore, the Food and Drug Administration did not find anything wrong or different about the lot of vaccine used.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Watching the team play could do that.

Hey - SOMEONE had to say it - might as well be by someone who cares...

[madinmaryland]

3. I said that in the other thread here! Did you unrec this thread?

[uppityperson]

5. probably one of my anti-fans. I saw you wrote that elsewhere, thought it funny there too

one of the ones that would rather be upset over false info than reassured over updates. Ah well, takes all kinds

[madinmaryland]

11. Heh.

Funny, but I responded to your thread before reading the entire thing. I just saw "Redskins" and had to jump on that!

I'm a Cowboys fan, so that comes natural to me!

[Captain Hilts]

6. No, should I have done so?

[pscot]

2. Gee. I wonder where she could have gotten the idea

that fli vaccine is harmful?

[uppityperson]

4. maybe all the media hysteria bright shiny thing?

[HuckleB]

7. Now why would anyone unrecommend this?

WOW!

[Barack_America]

8. I'm pretty sure she wasn't an official cheerleader either...

...but some sort of cheerleader "intern".

[uppityperson]

9. Seriously? This is getting balloony now. Another question re timing, flu vx was out in Sept

yet she says she got it in Aug.

Another DUism has been made "balloony".

[Barack_America]

12. A Washington Redskins "Ambassador".

Hoping to one day be a full-fledged cheerleader.

That's how she was described in this earlier article.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/One-in-a-Million-Shot-64189142.html

She's listed on their site as an "Ambassador".

http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Ambassadors_503.jsp

[ohheckyeah]

10. Frankly, I call bullshit on the doctor.

It certainly wouldn't be the first time that a woman is told that what turns out to be a real physical problem is all in her head. I'm not saying the flu vaccine caused her problem but I'm not necessarily buying that it's all in her head.

This doctor diagnosed her by looking at a video? Ridiculous.

The more I think about this the madder it makes me. How DARE he say something like that when he hasn't even met the woman?

[uppityperson]

13. No, the doctor on the video didn't diagnose her but neurologists @ U Maryland

neurology experts at the University of Maryland are using Ms. Jennings' case to teach neurology residents about psychogenic dystonia.

[ohheckyeah]

15. This is what the story said:

According to Dr. Vinocur, neurologists saw the video and were convinced it was psychogenic.

What bullshit.

[tblue]

14. Poor thing! I really, really hope she gets better soon.

That said, I don't get alarmed easily. I'll have to wait and see on this, especially if FOX pounces on a story, as good old Juan does here. "Be afraid. Be very afraid." Uh huh. I have Terror Fatigue and just don't have the energy to go through all their gyrations. But I do feel very sorry for that young lady and hope she recovers fully and soon.

[Dogmudgeon]

16. One physician on the O'Reilly Factor

I know that there are several dozen people here who delight in ridiculing the "anti-vaxers", but consider the source.

It isn't definitive.

It isn't Peer Reviewed.

It's BILL FUCKING O'REILLY.

Even if Vinocur is on the up-and-up (which is likely), it's still BILL FUCKING O'REILLY.

--d!

[uppityperson]

17. Unfortunately that is where the original news piece was also. The one that is "true"

It started with FOX news also. The update is also on FOX news. But do you see people on the original piece saying "it's FOX news eyeroll"? No. You see them taking it seriously. Why?