Flu Shot Injuries

Are you getting your flu vaccine today? We have all heard this question in one form or another from our healthcare provider. Medical professionals strongly encourage the vaccine, especially as we enter the flu season. For some, the vaccine results in a sore arm and...

You do everything right. You follow your doctor’s recommendation and get your flu shot every year. But this time, something seems off. Shortly after getting the vaccine, you feel weak. Your muscles seem fatigued, and something just doesn’t seem right. At first you...

Flu shot injuries are one of the most common claims made in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.  Despite this fact, we hear on the television in an onslaught of advertising that “it is time to get your flu shot”.   The truth is, in the past couple of years, researchers have found that the flu vaccine can provide only moderate…

In a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the flu vaccine remains the top culprit for causing vaccine injury. Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a crippling neurological disease, remains the top flu shot injury being awarded compensation in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The recent report shows that from 11/16/2013 through 2/15/2014, there were 128 total cases…

A recently published study found the flu vaccination related to a much higher risk of developing narcolepsy, a lifelong disorder in which people fall asleep involuntarily and experience spells of muscle weakness.  Flu shot injuries have long had a central and peripheral nervous system component, such as developing Guillain-Barre Syndrome from an adverse reaction to the flu shot. New research…

This year’s flu vaccine was far less effective than officials previously thought, particularly for the elderly, according to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccine was 9% effective in protecting people in that age group.  An H3N2 flu strain has been the most dominant and has been especially hard on the elderly. The flu vaccine ineffectiveness…

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon but serious autoimmune disorder that damages the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system refers to the nerves in the body outside the brain and spinal cord. The syndrome can be caused by an acute infectious process or by vaccination.  A person affected with GBS will initially have a tingly and numbing sensation in…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two flu vaccines that would give people who are allergic to eggs an opportunity to receive a flu shot.  Currently, people with egg allergies cannot get a flu vaccine because it is egg-based. The vaccine is made after the influenza virus grows inside an egg.  At this point, someone with an egg…