Flu shot left Cheerleader Desiree Jennings with a neurological condition

for Lyme, praying for lupus, even Graves' disease," she said. "Unfortunately they were all ruled out." Finally, doctors at Johns Hopkins figured it out, diagnosing dystonia, a rare neurological condition with no cure brought on by infections, brain trauma or, as is believed in her case, reaction to medication. It causes body jerks and abnormal or repetitive movements. "A simple conversation with two people -- you and I could converse on the couch, and if the phone were to ring it would send ...

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