These are the first reported cases in the world of strokes following infection with H1N1, otherwise known as swine flu.
Adar Kashi from Kfar Yona, who will be 11 next month, was hospitalized in early December at Meir after she fell out of bed and had trouble walking and talking. She also exhibited flu symptoms.
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"They did a throat culture and she received medication that didn't help. One night I heard her yell. I went into her room and saw her lying on the floor paralyzed on her right side and confused," her mother, Ilana, said.
Adar was taken to the emergency room, where an MRI revealed the stroke. Concern over the possibility of swine flu led to her being treated with the antiviral medication Tamiflu and she subsequently tested positive for the disease.
Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1137599.html 
