- Pronounced swelling, redness, heat or hardness at the site of the injection
- Body rash or hives
- Shock / collapse
- High pitched screaming or persistent crying for hours
- Extreme sleepiness or long periods of unresponsiveness
- High fever (over 103 F)
- Twitching or jerking of the body, arm, leg or head
- Crossing of eyes
- Weakness or paralysis of any part of the body
- Loss of eye contact or awareness or social withdrawal
- Muscle weakness, loss of muscle control including loss of ability to roll over, sit up or stand up
- Vision or hearing loss
- Restlessness, hyperactivity or inability to concentrate
- Sleep disturbances that change wake/sleep pattern
- Head banging or onset of repetitive movements (flapping, rubbing, rocking, spinning)
- Joint pain
- Muscle weakness
- Disabling fatigue
- Loss of memory
- Onset of chronic ear or respiratory infections
- Violent or persistent diarrhea or chronic constipation
- Breathing problems (asthma)
- Excessive bleeding (thrombocytopenia) or anemia
- Brain inflammation
- Convulsion
- Behavior changes
- Mental or physical regression
- Regressive autism
- Asthma
- Arthritis
- Blood disorders
- Diabetes
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- and more
Consult the commercially available package inserts of each vaccine that your child has received for more information on possible adverse events that are known to occur in temporal association after vaccination. All vaccines are known to cause injury and death to some. Research to determine who is susceptible to vaccine injury prior to receipt of the vaccines has not been done.
What To Do If You Think Your Child Is Having A Vaccine Reaction?Take her to the Emergency Room as soon as possible. Ask for tests that can determine whether brain injury has occurred or is about to occur. These could include computerized tomography (CT) or CAT scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and a electroencephalography (EEG). Click HERE for more information. Report the adverse event to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). More information is available HERE. Your doctor does not need to agree that it is vaccine-induced for a report to be filed. You may report the reaction yourself at the MedAlerts site. We also recommend that you consider reporting to the parallel National Vaccine Information Center database. If your child's health deteriorates after receipt of a vaccine, you may be entitled to apply for federal compensation through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Nearly 2,000 families have been paid almost $2 billion since the program was created in the late 1980s. Since the program was created, families are not able to sue pharmaceutical firms for most injury and death related to a vaccine they manufactured. Special rules including a particularly severe state of limitation (three years from onset of first symptom) requirement apply. Don't be afraid to take action. If you would like to speak to a parent or advocate, contact us and we'll try to put you in touch with someone. Please note that no information provided on this page or this site is meant to replace the advice of your family doctor or your child's pediatrician. The information contained herein is not warranted for any particular use, and all warranties, expressed or implied, including fitness for any particular use, are expressly disclaimed.
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