Because elderly Americans are more vulnerable physically, they are in particular danger of experiencing side effects from the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. The truth is that their bodies are not as strong as those who are younger. If something goes wrong with the shot, their bodies just cannot handle the stress as well as someone who is younger. Of course large numbers of younger Americans are experiencing horrific side effects after taking the H1N1 vaccine too, but at least those who have young, strong bodies have a fighting chance. For many who are older, vaccine side effects can literally shorten their life spans. For example, the following story was recently submitted by a reader of this website....
My mother took the HlNl shot in Dec.09 and 2 days later she was sick with flu then it developed into pneumonia. She had chest pains and has been in the hospital 4 times in 1 week. She is 77yrs. and has never been the same! She now has developed tardive dysphrenia, and it has her on pain pills, ruined her dentures, cause of the “chewing” constantly. It is sad when the doctors encourage senior citizens to take it. I truly believe this will shorten her life span.
As a person with advanced tardive dyskinesia (as well as being under clinical study for tardive psychosis, tardive dysphrenia and tardive dysmentia) I would say the best thing would be for that person to see a neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist because tardive dyskinesia is treatable but if left untreated can be debilitating. Pain medications would only treat the underlying pain but there are more clinically specific treatments that have been of marked help for myself as well as others.