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If I have a history of Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) and cannot have the seasonal influenza vaccine, can I have the pandemic H1N1 vaccine?

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If I have a history of Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) and cannot have the seasonal influenza vaccine, can I have the pandemic H1N1 vaccine?

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It is recommended that anyone known to have developed GBS within eight weeks of a previous influenza vaccination should not receive the H1N1 vaccine. It is not known whether influenza vaccination causes GBS in people who have previously had GBS.