Do not give children swine flu vaccine.
Swedish and Finnish authorities are warning against giving children Pandemrix against swine flu. A Finnish study confirms that the vaccine increases the risk of narcolepsy / sleep ill.
In Finland, it was reported 60 cases in total and 52 of these children were vaccinated against swine flu. According to the figures, the vaccinated children when 9 times as likely to have narcolepsy than other children.
In Sweden there has also been reported in 82 cases of narcolepsy after swine flu vaccine, the vast majority of children.
In particular, children aged 5 to 15 children who have increased risk of side effects from the vaccine. In adults, there are no reports of increased risk. The Finnish authorities have withdrawn the vaccine and the Swedish government will likely follow suit shortly. In Norway, believes the government that you do not have NOK figures to determine that the vaccine increases the risk of narcolepsy, but even here there are reports of some cases of the disease. Narcolepsy causes that one can easily fall asleep in the middle of the day and also disturbances in night sleep. Some have also been hit by kataplexi that allows the victims suddenly become weak and lose muscle control, usually in the legs or neck.
