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Editor, Senior Moderator
A REPORT commissioned by the Department of Health is expected to show there is an association between the swine flu vaccine and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in at least 25 Irish children.
The young people affected range from five to 19 years of age and all received the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine. Among those affected are students facing into State exams such as the Junior and Leaving Certificate this year.
The sleep disorder ? which is very rare among children ? is characterised by periods of extreme drowsiness, sudden naps and paralysis attacks. Health authorities insist flu-related vaccines are safe and the risk-benefit balance for such jabs remains positive.
In all, health authorities administered more than 900,000 doses of this vaccine in 2009 and 2010.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0419/1224314925694.html
The young people affected range from five to 19 years of age and all received the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine. Among those affected are students facing into State exams such as the Junior and Leaving Certificate this year.
The sleep disorder ? which is very rare among children ? is characterised by periods of extreme drowsiness, sudden naps and paralysis attacks. Health authorities insist flu-related vaccines are safe and the risk-benefit balance for such jabs remains positive.
In all, health authorities administered more than 900,000 doses of this vaccine in 2009 and 2010.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0419/1224314925694.html