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Vaccine reaction

Alternative Names:

Vaccine injury

Treatment:

Treatment depends on the type of symptom observed following immunization. Fever is normally treated with acetaminophen and cool sponge baths. Children with seizures must be seen by a health care provider promptly. Children who develop encephalitis will be hospitalized.

Expectations (prognosis):

Very few children who receive standard childhood vaccines develop significant problems following immunization. For children who develop problems, standard fever care and a call to the health care provider for reassurance often suffice.

Complications:

Abscess (pus) at site of immunization is a possible complication of vaccination. Other complications are the same as symptoms

Calling your health care provider:

Call your health care provider if you feel that your child is having an adverse reaction to immunizations.

Poliomyelitis

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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