Vaccines, Blood Clots and Blood Disorders | Vaccine Injury Help Center

If you or a loved one developed a blood disorder or blood clot after receiving a vaccine please contact our Vaccine Injury Lawyers at 1-800-810-3457 or via our online contact form for a free legal consultation.

Kawaskai Disease | Lupus | Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) | Thrombocytopenia (Can Cause Blood Clots)
Wegener’s Granulomatosis

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Kawaskai Disease

If your child suffered from fever that lasts one to two weeks, extremely red eyes (conjunctivitis), an extremely red, swollen tongue, swollen, red skin on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, swollen lymph nodes in the neck shortly after receiving a vaccine then we may be able to help. Contact our vaccine injury lawyers for a free legal consultation today at 1-800-810-3457 or fill out our online form.

Kawaskai disease targets children. While still poorly understood, Kawasaki disease is known to related to autoimmune disorders. The symptoms of Kawasaki disease include: fever, rash, swollen hands and feet, irritation and redness of the whites of the eyes, swollen lymph glands in the neck, irritation and inflammation of the mouth, lips and throat.

Scientists who’ve studied it think the evidence strongly suggests it’s caused by an infectious agent such as a virus or a vaccine. It’s very rare for more than one child in a family to develop Kawasaki disease. Less than 2 percent of children have another attack of Kawasaki disease.

Kawasaki disease can hurt blood vessels and the heart. The coronary arteries are most often affected. Part of a coronary wall can be weakened and balloon (bulge out) in an aneurysm. A blood clot can form in this weakened area and block the artery, sometimes leading to a heart attack. The aneurysm can also burst, but this rarely happens. Other changes include inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or the sac surrounding the heart (pericarditis). Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) or abnormal functioning of some heart valves also can occur.

If you or a loved one developed Kawasaki disease after receiving a vaccination please contact our vaccine injury lawyers at 1-800-810-3457 or via our online contact form for a free legal consultation.

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Lupus

If you or a loved one developed lupus shortly after the administration of a vaccine then we can help. Call our Vaccine Injury Lawyers at 1-800-810-3457 or fill out our online form for a free legal consultation.

Lupus is an autoimmune disease. This means that the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells and tissues by mistake. This can damage your joints, skin, blood vessels and organs. There are many kinds of lupus. The most common type, systemic lupus erythematosus, affects many parts of the body. Discoid lupus causes a rash that doesn’t go away. Subacute cutaneous lupus causes sores after being out in the sun. Another type can be caused by medication. Neonatal lupus, which is rare, affects newborns.

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Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

What is Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)? Polyarteritis nodosa is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels) that typically affects medium-sized muscular arteries and occasionally affects small muscular arteries, resulting in blocking of blood flow to organs. The kidneys, skin, joints, muscles, peripheral nerves, and GI tract are most commonly affected, but any organ can be.

Patients typically present with systemic symptoms (eg, fever, fatigue). Mostly commonly affected are the kidneys, skin, peripheral nerves, joints, muscles, and GI tract. Often affected are the liver, heart, and kidneys.

PAN may develop slowly, over several weeks or months. Patients may have non-specific complaints such as fever, malaise, weight loss, anorexia, and abdominal pain. Polyarteritis Nodosa results in the following complications:

Brain Damage - Central nervous system (CNS) lesions may occur 2 to 3 years after the onset of PAN and may lead to cognitive dysfunction, decreased alertness, seizures and neurologic deficits.

Heart Attack or Congestive Heart Failure

Hypertension

Intense Stomach Pain

Kidney Damage

Muscle Pain

Weakness

If you or a loved one developed Polyarteritis Nodosa after receiving a vaccination please contact our Vaccine Injury Lawyers at 1-800-810-3457 or via our online contact form for a free legal consultation.

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Thrombocytopenia

What is Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there are not enough platelets. Platelets are cells in the blood that help blood to clot. This condition is sometimes associated with abnormal bleeding. Thrombocytopenia is often divided into three major causes of low platelets: low production of platelets in the bone marrow; increased breakdown of platelets in the bloodstream (called intravascular); and increased breakdown of platelets in the spleen or liver (called extravascular).

Vaccines are linked to all types of thrombocytopenia. However, a type of thrombocytopenia called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is associated with the formation of blood clots. When you are injured, certain proteins in the blood become activated and travel to the injury site to help stop bleeding. However, in persons with DIC, these proteins become abnormally active. Small blood clots form within the blood vessels. Some of these clots can clog up the vessels and cut off blood supply to various organs such as the liver or kidney. These organs will then stop functioning. Over time, the clotting proteins become “used up.” When this happens, the person is then at risk for serious bleeding from even a minor injury. This disorder can result in clots or, more often, in bleeding. The bleeding can be severe. Vaccines are linked to the formation of blood clots.

If you or a loved one experienced blood clots after receiving a vaccination contact our vaccine injury lawyers at 1-800-810-3457 or via our online contact form for a free legal consultation.

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Wegener’s Granulomatosis

What is Wegener’s Granulomatosis? Wegener’s granulomatosis is a disorder that restricts blood flow to various organs. Most commonly Wegener’s granulomatosis affects your kidneys, lungs and upper respiratory tract. The restricted blood flow to these organs can damage them. Besides inflamed blood vessels, Wegener’s granulomatosis produces a type of inflammatory tissue known as granuloma, found around the blood vessels. Granulomas can destroy normal tissue. Without treatment, Wegener’s granulomatosis can be fatal, most commonly from kidney failure. Vaccines are linked to Wegener’s Granulomatosis

If you or a loved one developed Wegener’s Granulomatosis after receiving a vaccination please contact our vaccine injury lawyers at 1-800-810-3457or via our online contact form for a free legal consultation.

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