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Vaccine reaction

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Alternative Names:

Vaccine injury

Symptoms:

NORMAL REACTION TO DTaP IMMUNIZATION

• Mild fever
• Irritability
• Localized tenderness and swelling at site of injection

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)

Note: Several groups have said that the rise of autism in the United States is due to MMR vaccinations. However, very detailed scientific study has shown this to be untrue.

ABNORMAL REACTION TO POLIO VACCINE

• Anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock

NORMAL REACTION TO PREVNAR (PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE)

• Fever

Signs and tests:

Testing is usually unnecessary.

• Review Date: 12/6/2006
• Reviewed By: Ian Marshall, MD, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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