Vaccine reaction

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Poliomyelitis

Vaccine reaction

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

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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

Signs and tests:

Testing is usually unnecessary.