According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 43 million to 89 million cases of the H1N1 pandemic flu in the United States from April 2009 through April 10, 2010. Of these, an estimated 274,000 were hospitalized and 12,470 died.
Common adverse effects are warmth, itching or bruising at the injection site, swollen glands in the neck, armpit or groin. Uncommon adverse effects are tingling or numbness of the hand or feet, sleepiness, dizziness, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain, feeling sick, sleeplessness and general feeling of being unwell.
In rare cases, adverse effects are stabbing, pain along one or more nerves, low blood platelet count which can result in bleeding or bruising and in very rare situations, vasculitis which is inflammation of the blood vessels causing skin rashes, joint pain and kidney problems and neurological disorders.
However, until now, no studies have made a direct comparison of the clinical characteristics of pandemic H1N1 swine flu infections and those caused by other influenza A viruses.
This year, it is doubtful H1N1 pandemic flu will be noticed, Siegel said. In the first place, this year’s flu vaccine contains this flu strain and in the second place most people are now immune to this strain, because it spread so far and wide, he said.
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H1N1 can certainly be a dangerous disease. Glad that you have given some pondered information about this one. Be back for more reading updates.
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 6:26 pm.
I’m pretty sure it was not quite a pandemic flu after all. It may have been some problems, but I’m sure they just wanted to sell their vaccines!
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:42 am.