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The illnesses of three patients who developed limb numbness are unlikely to be related to their human swine flu vaccination, according to an expert group.
The experts today said the clinical picture and laboratory investigations of the 70-year-old man and the 73-year-old woman are compatible with Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
The man is now stable at Queen Elizabeth Hospital while the woman died at Kwong Wah Hospital on April 9.
Regarding the 65-year-old man who developed numb soles and fingers, the group said a nerve conduction test showed demyelinating polyneuropathy, an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system, but cerebrospinal fluid showed a normal protein level.
Further monitoring of clinical progression is needed to ascertain the probable diagnosis of the patient.
As these patients had the vaccinations about eight to nine weeks before the onset of symptoms, the expert group said their illnesses were unlikely related to the jabs.
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