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Vaccine Reaction
Alternate Names : Vaccine Injury
Definition
A vaccine reaction is any injury or condition that occurs as a result of a vaccination to protect against disease. Serious reactions to vaccines are exceedingly rare, and vaccination carries far less risk than contracting the disease it prevents.
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Symptoms & Signs
NORMAL REACTION TO DTaP IMMUNIZATION
ABNORMAL REACTION TO DTaP IMMUNIZATION
- Unrelieved crying
- High-pitched cry
- Unusual shock-like syndrome
- Unresponsiveness
- Hypotonia (limp/decreased tone)
- Marked increase in sleeping time
- Persistent high fever (104 degrees Fahrenheit or greater)
- Seizure or convulsion
NORMAL REACTION TO MMR
- Fever up to 103 degrees about 7-10 days after vaccine administration
- Mild measles rash (reaction to measles vaccine)
- Transient joint pains (reaction to rubella vaccine)
REACTIONS INCORRECTLY ATRIBUTED TO MMR Several anti-vaccine groups have attributed the rise of autism in the United States to use of the MMR. This has been shown to be untrue by rigorous scientific study. ABNORMAL REACTION TO POLIO VACCINE Anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock NORMAL REACTION TO PREVNAR (PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE) Fever
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Abscess
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Other Topics
• DTaP Immunization (Vaccine)
• Fever
• Hypotonia
• Incidence
• Irritability
• Joint Pain
• Polio Immunization (Vaccine)
• Seizures
• Swelling
Review Date : 12/22/2002
Reviewed By : Philip L. Graham III, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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