Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Injection site pain Reports for DTaP
#8 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Injection site pain and DTaP
Injection site pain has been reported 4,418 times in association with DTaP vaccination in VAERS. This represents 6.6% of all 66,714 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 0 mentioned death (0.00%) and 110 involved hospitalization (2.5%).
Injection site pain is the #8 most frequently reported symptom for DTaP out of 1943 total symptoms.
Disclaimer: VAERS reports describe events that occurred after vaccination but do not establish that the vaccine caused the event. Many reported symptoms may be coincidental or related to underlying conditions.
What This Means
Seeing 4,418 reports of Injection site pain after DTaP vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.00%, suggesting most cases are non-fatal.
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Data Source
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.