New York, Oct 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the Americans, the dreaded flu season is just around the corner and with Swine Flu on the rise, all over the world, vaccines are heaven sent. People are opting for their regular flu vaccines along with the Swine Flu vaccine as well, so as to render themselves immune from the dreaded virus.

But the question that remains to be answered is that, is the Swine flu vaccine really worth it, considering the grave medical risks that it poses to the recipient.

CBS’s The Early Show discussed one of the most disturbing and dangerous H1N1 vaccine risks. Anyone who takes the H1N1 vaccine and is in the side effect category could develop GBC - Guillian Bar Syndrome. Dr. Jennifer Ashton estimates that this risk is only 1 in a million vaccines.

According to Dr. Jennifer Ashton, GBS is a “rare, neurologic disorder that has elements of an auto-immune condition in that some trigger (usually an infection or rarely a vaccination against an infection) results in a progressive weakening of nerves. GBS starts in the legs and works its way up the body.”

Generally 80% of GBS patients have a full recovery about a month after their illness. However, it can turn fatal too, for some people.

And there are other lesser risks associated with this vaccine as well, besides GBS.