Cases of
narcolepsy increased after the 2009 pandemic in China, where Pandemrix wasn't used, and researchers discovered that serum from some H1N1 influenza patients does bind to the hypo cretin receptor.
Not exact matches
There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would
increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than
narcolepsy.
Palm alerted Swedish health authorities, and subsequent population - wide studies in Sweden, Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom suggested that vaccination for H1N1 — but only with the Pandemrix vaccine — had
increased the risk of developing
narcolepsy between four - and 13-fold in children and adolescents, and between two - and four-fold in adults.
Not only can
narcolepsy result in dangerous situations, but there is also an
increased risk for REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), which involves violently acting out dreams.