 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Top doctor says very few adverse reactions to H1N1 vaccine
! ^7 H5 m5 l( P& m(CP) – 6 hours ago4 K' s/ h: H" e: [
' l/ V: E6 J3 y, p5 MOTTAWA — The country's chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side effects from the swine-flu shot.0 Y2 T3 b! I1 q+ x4 T
& y8 T( b4 O! d; KDr. David Butler-Jones says that of the 6.5 million people who have received the H1N1 vaccine, only 36 have had serious adverse reactions.) ? _3 y7 _0 |4 A) S
) S$ y% E3 L+ _+ i' R( {: j
"With any vaccination campaign, we expect to see some cases of serious adverse events," he said. "They are very rare, but they are part of all mass-vaccination campaigns and we expect to see a small number of them."
3 v: d j' _* Y7 y( O' l. l9 B
; x5 R" O% a: O8 K! _$ T4 CMore serious reactions can include life-threatening illnesses, hospitalizations, disabilities or deaths., n2 p3 `# D9 n
^) [0 |& s" a. d' ~7 O
One person is believed to have died from a serious reaction to the vaccine, Butler-Jones said, but the death hasn't yet been conclusively linked to the flu shot. He said it's possible the elderly person who died suffered from an underlying condition.
3 V n1 ^8 d6 W/ e. ^) V
9 f; A* }3 B7 }$ H \5 @" qAll the serious side effects came after shots of the adjuvanted vaccine, which contains a compound to boost the vaccine's potency. Butler-Jones said that's likely because the vast majority of people being vaccinated are getting the adjuvanted vaccine., N( J5 @; X) w0 A9 V3 n+ X( U! }
4 P0 A& d" h3 k. T8 ^9 R$ J, L
A version of the vaccine without the booster is being held for pregnant women.
) y0 a. ~! `( j5 o. M- g! b& [' M g7 q+ {: @
Butler-Jones said the serious side effects from the H1N1 shot fall into two categories: allergic reactions, or fevers and convulsions.
, _- e/ d1 T) d/ X1 ]% v0 V! _* c3 I
Mild effects, such as nausea, soreness, headaches and fever, are far more common reactions to the swine-flu shot - just as they are for all vaccines.
$ ?1 E5 W0 l5 }; d8 ^% C7 c1 w) D2 m7 g0 o" z( ~. i, a
The federal government says it will list adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine on its www.fightflu.ca website.
' T2 J" d& Q5 I9 H7 e; [) ]9 Y+ n# l s
So far, 198 people have died of swine flu. By comparison, seasonal flu kills between 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians each year. |
|