Our 2 1/2 year old grandson had a flu shot shot in October, Sanofi-Pasteur (multi-dose vial). Took a nap and woke up with a stutter and a confused look on his face. Prior to this flu shot his language skills were very normal, no stuttering! One week later other symptoms of some type of neurological issue, in addition to stuttering, developed: didn't talk much, when attempting to talk couldn't form any words, attention span much shorter than before the shot, mumbled jibber jabber, nonsense, most of the day, hyper activity, couldn't sit still (not even for his favorite book), an expressionless gaze if he looked at you. The evaluation of the Pediatrician at Children's Hospital revealed nothing but stuttering as normal for his age and that there are no known vaccine issues on the CDC website. Nothing about this event was reported to VAERS. In my opinion with the additional symptoms this is more than "normal" developmental stuttering, looks more like neurogenic stuttering related to the flu shot. Maybe not the thimerosal, maybe other adjuvants in the vaccine, or just his immune response to the vaccine. It should be noted that last year he had flu shot but it was the single dose presentation (no thimerosal).
No data will ever exist on the VAERS when doctors don't report events like this! Two weeks after the flu shot his stuttering is mostly gone, notice some hesitation when forming words but he would think about it and usually say the word without any problem. Talking more, attention span better, doing more of his usual activities. It was a very sad event. Hopefully the worst is over.
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Our 2 1/2 year old grandson had a flu shot shot in October, Sanofi-Pasteur (multi-dose vial). Took a nap and woke up with a stutter and a confused look on his face. Prior to this flu shot his language skills were very normal, no stuttering! One week later other symptoms of some type of neurological issue, in addition to stuttering, developed: didn't talk much, when attempting to talk couldn't form any words, attention span much shorter than before the shot, mumbled jibber jabber, nonsense, most of the day, hyper activity, couldn't sit still (not even for his favorite book), an expressionless gaze if he looked at you. The evaluation of the Pediatrician at Children's Hospital revealed nothing but stuttering as normal for his age and that there are no known vaccine issues on the CDC website. Nothing about this event was reported to VAERS. In my opinion with the additional symptoms this is more than "normal" developmental stuttering, looks more like neurogenic stuttering related to the flu shot. Maybe not the thimerosal, maybe other adjuvants in the vaccine, or just his immune response to the vaccine. It should be noted that last year he had flu shot but it was the single dose presentation (no thimerosal).
December 30, 2014 - 3:39pmNo data will ever exist on the VAERS when doctors don't report events like this! Two weeks after the flu shot his stuttering is mostly gone, notice some hesitation when forming words but he would think about it and usually say the word without any problem. Talking more, attention span better, doing more of his usual activities. It was a very sad event. Hopefully the worst is over.
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