Flu shot not behind woman's illness

A 67-year-old woman who developed generalised weakness after receiving the human swine flu vaccination suffered from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - a neurological disorder involving inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

She complained about leg weakness on January 12 after receiving the jab on December 23. She came down with a fever, headache and vomiting on January 15 and was hospitalised the same day. She is now in critical condition.

Dr Patrick Li, a member of an expert group studying illness in people who have received the vaccination, said today the woman had no encephalitis symptoms when she was admitted to hospital and was initially suspected to have Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

"However, subsequent investigations did not support such diagnosis. She later came down with a fever, sepsis and renal failure. She was transferred to the intensive care unit and was later confirmed to have acute disseminated encephalomyelitis."

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