Jordan McFarland, a 14-year-old boy from Virginia, is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu.
McFarland left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in a wheelchair nearly a week after developing severe headaches, muscle spasms and weakness in his legs following a swine flu shot.
Jordan is among the first people in the U.S. to report developing the potentially life-threatening muscle disorder after receiving the H1N1 vaccine this fall. Increased cases of GBS were found in patients who received a 1976 swine flu vaccine.
Likewise, a young woman in France has also been diagnosed with GBS after a swine flu shot. The woman, identified only as a health worker, was diagnosed with GBS six days after she received the swine flu shot, according to the French health ministry
Swedish, Japanese, and Chinese health officials have also reported a number of serious side effects, including deaths of people who received the H1N1 vaccine.
In China, the Ministry of Health announced that the two people, including one teacher from Hunan province, died hours after receiving their inoculations.
Chinese health officials have pulled all vaccines manufactured in the same batch used to inoculate the teacher.
Fifty-four percent of Chinese residents reported in a China Daily survey that they would not get the H1N1 vaccine because of concerns about the shot’s safety. Among those inoculated so far in China, more than 1,200 have complained of side effects ranging from sore arms, rashes, and headaches, to anaphylactic shock and sudden drops in blood pressure.
Hi I am wondering have you had many people with stiff necks, starting on right side being a side effect to this injection. As I have heard of different people as well experiencing this. Mine was probably 7/10 on scale of pain when first noticed lasted approx 10 days then came back but only probably at 2/10. I have seen the dr does not seem to be a concern but like I said It seems to be quite common and maybe somethings are being overlooked that shouldn’t. Any comments to this ? Thanks Kim
I JUst received a H1n1 vaccine and after hours a got 24 hrs with running nose… and a lot pain in mus muscles, like a electricy from my head to my torso and arms. i assume that this is one of the side effect to the vaccine?…