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Swine flu vaccine linked to increased risk of rare nerve disorder
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News July 10, 2012 5:01 PM
The 2009 human "swine flu" vaccine given to millions of Canadians was associated with twice the normal risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome ? a rare but potentially paralyzing nerve disorder, Quebec researchers are reporting.
With Guillain-Barre syndrome, or GBS, the immune system attacks the body's peripheral nerves, causing rapidly progressing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.
In a new study led by Quebec City's Laval University, researchers looked at all suspected and confirmed cases of GBS as reported by doctors ? mostly neurologists ? and hospital discharge records starting in the fall of 2009, when more than half of Quebec's population was vaccinated against H1N1 as part of mass immunization campaigns that rolled out nationwide. Quebec's chief medical officer of health ordered the investigation...
Swine flu vaccine linked to increased risk of rare nerve disorder
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News July 10, 2012 5:01 PM
The 2009 human "swine flu" vaccine given to millions of Canadians was associated with twice the normal risk of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome ? a rare but potentially paralyzing nerve disorder, Quebec researchers are reporting.
With Guillain-Barre syndrome, or GBS, the immune system attacks the body's peripheral nerves, causing rapidly progressing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.
In a new study led by Quebec City's Laval University, researchers looked at all suspected and confirmed cases of GBS as reported by doctors ? mostly neurologists ? and hospital discharge records starting in the fall of 2009, when more than half of Quebec's population was vaccinated against H1N1 as part of mass immunization campaigns that rolled out nationwide. Quebec's chief medical officer of health ordered the investigation...