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- Title: Government Agrees to Compensate Family That Claims Childhood Vaccinations Caused Autism; Implications of Settlement are Contested (Poling V. Secretary of Health & Human Services)
- Author : Developments in Mental Health Law
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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In July of 2000, nineteen month-old Hannah Poling, who had consistently met her developmental milestones to that point, received nine vaccinations administered in five shots during a well-baby visit at a pediatric center. Within two days, according to the child's mother, the child developed a fever of 102.3 degrees, was lethargic and irritable, cried for long periods of time, intermittently screamed at a high pitch, and showed a decreased response to stimuli. The child's mother spoke to the child's pediatrician, who told the mother that the child was having a normal reaction to her immunization. This behavior continued for the next ten days, with the child also beginning to arch her back when she cried. Twelve days after the vaccinations, the child was brought back to the pediatric center with a 101-102 degree temperature, a diminished appetite, and small red dots on her chest. A nurse practitioner recorded that the child was extremely irritable and inconsolable. Over the next few months, the child was seen repeatedly at the pediatric center and by other health care providers. Slightly over six months after the vaccinations, a pediatric neurologist at the Neurology Clinic of Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital, which is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, evaluated the child and determined that after the immunizations the child had experienced (1) a "persistent loss of previously acquired language, eye contact, and relatededness," (2) a disruption in sleep patterns, (3) persistent screaming and arching, (4) the development of pica to foreign objects, and (5) loose stools. The pediatric neurologist observed that the child watched the fluorescent lights repeatedly and would not make eye contact during the examination, and diagnosed her with "regressive encephalopathy with features consistent with an autistic spectrum disorder, following normal development." Although Hannah had early treatment and continues to receive treatment, at age nine she still has mild to moderate symptoms of autism and requires one-on-one care at all times.
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