Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, from Cheltenham, with her mum Sophie. See SWNS story SWHPV; A teenage dancer has been paralysed from the waist down and may never walk again after having the controversial HPV jab. Chloe Brookes, 18, was a healthy 12-year-old who danced six days a week and dreamed of a career on stage when she was vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the months that followed she began suffering from chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain and migraines and collapsing at school. She's since lost three stone, dropping from a muscular 8st2 to just 5st, is paralysed in her legs, fed through a tube and bed-bound. Shocking photos show the teenager's emaciated body, hooked up to wires and drips, as she lies in hospital - where she's been for the past 11 months.
Chloe Brookes-Holder, has been left ’emaciated’ by the HPV jab (Picture: SWNS)

A dancer has been left paralysed after taking the controversial HPV vaccine which helps prevents cervical cancer.

Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, was given the jab six years ago but was left emaciated and paralysed.

Once a dedicated dancer who practised six days a week, Chloe still has no feeling in her lower body.

In the months that followed getting the injection at school when she was 12, she fell ill with dizziness, headaches, fatigue and bone and joint pain, and her muscles weakened.

For years doctors told Chloe the condition was in her head but now some believe the injection triggered an autoimmune response, causing her body to attack itself.

Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, from Cheltenham. See SWNS story SWHPV; A teenage dancer has been paralysed from the waist down and may never walk again after having the controversial HPV jab. Chloe Brookes, 18, was a healthy 12-year-old who danced six days a week and dreamed of a career on stage when she was vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the months that followed she began suffering from chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain and migraines and collapsing at school. She's since lost three stone, dropping from a muscular 8st2 to just 5st, is paralysed in her legs, fed through a tube and bed-bound. Shocking photos show the teenager's emaciated body, hooked up to wires and drips, as she lies in hospital - where she's been for the past 11 months.
Chloe was once a dancer who trained six days a week (Picture: SWNS)

She has since lost three stone – dropping to just 5st – has lost all feeling in her legs and is fed through a tube.

Pictures show her hooked up to wires and drips as she lies in hospital, where she has spent most of the last 12 months.

Chloehas been told she may never walk again after getting the jab in year eight.

Her mother Sophie Brookes, 41, has been forced to give up work as a hairdresser and is now her full-time carer.

Chloe is certain her symptoms are linked to the vaccine, which protects against the human papilloma virus and can cause cervical cancer, which kills around 900 women a year.

HPV jabs are often given in year seven and eight (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
HPV jabs are often given in year seven and eight (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Parents have called for more research into the jab, which has been routinely offered to 12 and 13-year-old girls since 2008.

Chloe, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, who was on course to achieving As at GCSE when she fell ill, said: ‘At first, my family and I didn’t put two and two together.

‘We thought the vaccine was safe because they give it in schools and on the letter the parents were given to sign consent I remember reading “it saves lives”.

‘Who on earth would turn a new, supposedly effective form of treatment down?

‘We trust our government to keep us safe but now, since getting sick from something the NHS gave me I don’t trust any medical professionals that I don’t know.

Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, from Cheltenham, with her mum Sophie. See SWNS story SWHPV; A teenage dancer has been paralysed from the waist down and may never walk again after having the controversial HPV jab. Chloe Brookes, 18, was a healthy 12-year-old who danced six days a week and dreamed of a career on stage when she was vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the months that followed she began suffering from chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain and migraines and collapsing at school. She's since lost three stone, dropping from a muscular 8st2 to just 5st, is paralysed in her legs, fed through a tube and bed-bound. Shocking photos show the teenager's emaciated body, hooked up to wires and drips, as she lies in hospital - where she's been for the past 11 months.
Chloe’s mum has quit her job and has become a full time carer to her (Picture: SWNS)

‘Why? Because I’ve been treated in such a barbaric way. Its been hell on earth.

‘Before I got sick I did things girls aged 12 should do. I hiked, mountain biked, went to the park, roller-bladed, went to the cinema and birthday parties – I had friends.

‘I danced six days a week and loved to go to after-school sport and dance clubs every night. I was on the right road to getting As at GCSE.

‘I wanted to have a dance career and my heart bleeds with the torture knowing I may never walk again and therefore ever dance again.’

Chloe became ill between her second and third injection of the Cervarix vaccine in late 2010 and the summer of 2011.

Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, from Cheltenham, with her mum Sophie. See SWNS story SWHPV; A teenage dancer has been paralysed from the waist down and may never walk again after having the controversial HPV jab. Chloe Brookes, 18, was a healthy 12-year-old who danced six days a week and dreamed of a career on stage when she was vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the months that followed she began suffering from chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain and migraines and collapsing at school. She's since lost three stone, dropping from a muscular 8st2 to just 5st, is paralysed in her legs, fed through a tube and bed-bound. Shocking photos show the teenager's emaciated body, hooked up to wires and drips, as she lies in hospital - where she's been for the past 11 months.
The 18-year-old was meant to be on course for all As at GCSE (Picture: SWNS)

She came down with a string of viruses, started experiencing debilitating muscle pain and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

A gastrointestinal disorder left her in agony every time she ate, she lost control of her bladder and was later diagnosed with POTS, which causes abnormal heart rate.

A year after having the injection, Chloe also began experiencing paralytic episodes and collapsing at school, unable to control her lower body.

She said: ‘I’m not scaremongering, I just care about others. This is real. This is the pure ugly truth. I want to make people aware so they can make a decision for themselves.’

Cervarix was given to six million girls and while it is no longer offered to girls at school by the NHS, a new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is.

Chloe Brookes-Holder, 18, from Cheltenham, with her mum Sophie. See SWNS story SWHPV; A teenage dancer has been paralysed from the waist down and may never walk again after having the controversial HPV jab. Chloe Brookes, 18, was a healthy 12-year-old who danced six days a week and dreamed of a career on stage when she was vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the months that followed she began suffering from chronic fatigue, bone and joint pain and migraines and collapsing at school. She's since lost three stone, dropping from a muscular 8st2 to just 5st, is paralysed in her legs, fed through a tube and bed-bound. Shocking photos show the teenager's emaciated body, hooked up to wires and drips, as she lies in hospital - where she's been for the past 11 months.
The NHS has said that it is a ‘safe’ injection (Pictures: SWNS)

European Medicines Agency statistics show that up to January 2017, 3,683 adverse reactions to Cervarix were reported, and 11,802 to Gardasil.

Some 380 families, represented by the UK Association for Vaccine Injured Daughters, have called for more information in schools and research into potential side effects.

Medics have dismissed their concerns and NHS England insists that the jab is not dangerous, writing on its website that it is a “safe vaccine”.

Freda Burrell, of the UK Association for Vaccine Injured Daughters, said: ‘Many medical professionals will not link the vaccine to the girls’ health problems.

‘Yet commonsense should speak loudly if their medical records were excellent prior to the vaccine and their health changed dramatically after they had the jab.’

Lucy Rebbeck before the HPV jab. See SWNS story SWHPV; Lucy Rebbeck, 15, suffered the same horrific ordeal as Ruby Shallom after having the HPV jab, Lucy Rebbeck muscles so weak she was confined to a wheelchair for six months. Their parents have spoken out after former glamour model Melinda Messenger said on This Morning that she stopped her 12-year-old daughter, Evie, having the jab.
Lucy Rebbeck was also a dancer that saw muscle’s become weaker after an HPV jab (Picture: SWNS)

Public Health England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency issued a joint statement in response to the claims.

They said: ‘As with all vaccines, the safety of the HPV vaccine is under constant review. Every report of a suspected side effect is taken seriously.’

They ‘concluded that there is no credible evidence of a link between the HPV vaccine and a range of chronic illnesses.

‘The European Medicines Agency has also ruled out a link to Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).’