UK Doctors are being urged to watch for cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is a rare nerve disorder. The statement was issued in time for the new swine flu vaccine that will be introduced in October.
Guillain-Barre syndrome which attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis and death is linked to infections like flu but it has also been suggested a previous swine flu vaccine had caused cases of the disease in America in the 1970s.
American officials rushed out a vaccine in 1976 following an outbreak of swine flu in military barracks. Around 40million people received the vaccine but doctors reported an increase Guillain-Barre and 25 people had died before the immunisation programme was stopped.
Sources told the Daily Telegraph that experts are not expecting to spot any cases linked to the vaccinations.
They added that because Guillain-Barre can be caused by infections like flu, the new programme may in fact establish that vaccinations actually protect against the syndrome.The syndrome affects around 1,500 people a year in the Britain.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Guillain Barre syndrome symptoms Rare nerve disorder
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