Swine flu and CMT from Dr. Shy

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This is from the SLG from Dr. Shy on the Swine Flu.

From Dr. Shy:

To the best of my knowledge, there is not a reason for a CMT patient

to not be vaccinated against the swine flu or other types. There is no

reason to think that CMT patients are more likely than other patients

to have an allergic reaction to the vaccine. There are reasons that

particularly patients with significant respiratory problems may be

more severely affected by the flu than others. Hope this helps.

In a more recent email, he wrote:

No the vaccine will not worsen their CMT. Often patients are worried

about a repeat of cases of Guillain Barre, which is a reaction to

vaccines or other processes that results in sometimes severe

peripheral neuropathies. There is no evidence that this is more likely

to occur in CMT than non-CMT patients and is likely to be a rare

occurrence. To me there is a greater risk of trouble from the swine

flu in compromised CMT patients.