Geneva, Feb 8 (EFE) .- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that at least 12 countries reported cases of narcolepsy in children and adolescents who had previously been vaccinated against influenza A. Continue reading the printed article related
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The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, WHO issued a statement specifying that "since August 2010, following massive vaccination against influenza virus H1N1 in 2009, there were cases of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in at least 12 countries. "
However, the group said it takes "more research" to determine the exact relationship between cases narcolepsy and influenza vaccination, the vaccine is Pandemrix or other purposes.
Last week, WHO announced it was investigating a rise in cases of narcolepsy in Finland which could be associated with the vaccine "Pandemrix" manufacturer Glaxo, since all concerned seemed to have been immunized with the same product.
The Government of Finland had reported cases of narcolepsy among vaccinated against influenza between 4 and 19 years.
In Helsinki, the National Institute of Health and Welfare of Finland (THL) published a study showing that the H1N1 flu vaccine Pandemrix, manufactured by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, multiplies the risk of childhood narcolepsy.
According to this study, between 2009 and 2010 were diagnosed 60 cases of narcolepsy in Finnish children and adolescents between 4 and 19 years, of which 52 (almost 90 per cent) had been vaccinated with Pandemrix.
The phenomenon led the Finnish health authorities to stop using this vaccine as a preventive measure to determine their possible side effects.
Narcolepsy is a disease state that occurs in the affected access irresistible sleep at any time.
WHO has donated 36 million doses of vaccine, "Pandemrix" to 18 developing countries, three Latin American but so far not been heard of who have been cases of narcolepsy.
The list of countries receiving "Pandemrix" is the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cuba, North Korea, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Philippines, Tajikistan, Togo, Rwanda, Kenya , Mongolia and Senegal.
The completed final report on the relationship between narcolepsy and this vaccine will be broadcast on 31 August. ----------------------------------------
Narcolepcia: definition
Narcolepsy (the Greek nark, "torpor" and Lepsis, "possession"), also known as syndrome Gelineau or epilepsy of sleep is a sleep disorder whose prevalence in the population is very low. It is characterized by the presence of hits of irresistible daytime sleepiness. May present with cataplexy (bilateral paralysis or extreme weakness of a muscle group), hypnagogic hallucinations (glimpses into the sleep-wake transition) or hypnopompic (sleep-wake transition) may even have sleep paralysis, and disrupted sleep at night. According to epidemiological studies, the prevalence of this disorder in adults lies between 0.02 and 0.16%, similarly affecting men and women [1].
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