February 1st, 2010 by MWilhelm

A north Shropshire woman who works for the NHS and had the swine flu vaccination has been left unable to walk properly after the jab triggered a rare medical condition.

But married mother-of-two Alison Dygnas today urged others not to be put off having the jab themselves after she developed myasthenia gravis – a neurological condition which has left her with limited mobility and unable to lead the active life she led before.

In the space of three months she has been forced to give up work, an active lifestyle and many of the things she loved doing.

She said: “It’s entirely a personal choice and I wouldn’t want people to die because they never got the jab.

“It’s a rare side effect of the jab and there’s a one in a million chance of this happening.”

Mrs Dygnas was urged to have the jab because she works in the NHS.