Experts claim serious side effects of flu shots amount to about one in a million – well this is what that one in a million looks like.

25 year old American develops Dystonia after receiving H1N1 Vaccine

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What is Dystonia?

Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes the muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The neurological mechanism that makes muscles relax when they are not in use does not function properly. Opposing muscles often contract simultaneously as if they are “competing” for control of a body part. The involuntary muscle contractions force the body into repetitive and often twisting movements as well as awkward, irregular postures. Learn more

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28 Pregnant women have died from swine flu

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Posted by:  BBParks

Twenty-eight pregnant women in the United States had died from H1N1 swine flu as of the end of August, and 100 pregnant women had been hospitalized in intensive care, federal health officials said Thursday.

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While the officials said they’ve never tracked deaths of pregnant women from seasonal flu, the number of deaths from the H1N1 flu could be significant.

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Pregnant women already visit doctors far more frequently than most people do, and this winter, as swine flu spreads, a lot of scared women are going to be asking for extra appointments. It’s not just moms-to-be being overly cautious: swine flu, or H1N1, can be more dangerous for pregnant women. If you’re expecting, here’s what you need to know about staying flu-free this winter. Full story here

“These are really upsetting numbers,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said during an afternoon press conference.

“We have obstetricians here at CDC who are coordinating the outreach as well as the surveillance efforts around it,” she said. “And they’re talking to doctors around the country who have never seen this kind of thing before. We don’t track seasonal flu. We haven’t in the past tracked seasonal flu complications in pregnancy. But what we are seeing is quite striking.”  Read more here

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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Posted by:  BBParks

BOGOTA —  President Alvaro Uribe has contracted H1N1 flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday.

The 57-year-old Uribe began feeling symptoms Friday, the same day as a meeting of South American presidents in Bariloche, Argentina, and he was confirmed to have H1N1 flu after returning home, Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio said.

“This isn’t something that has us scared,” Palacio said at a news conference. Uribe, a key U.S. ally in Latin America, is not considered a high-risk patient and will continue working from his computer, officials said.

Swine flu: Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contracts virus‎ – Public health director Gilberto Alvarez said in a telephone interview that there was no need to put the president in isolation and that his condition would monitored for three days to a week.

No family members or close associates of Uribe have shown H1N1 flu symptoms, officials said.  Read full story here