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.
Pain Reports for Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin)
#2 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Pain and Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin)
Pain has been reported 13,852 times in association with Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 11.6% of all 119,695 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 50 mentioned death (0.36%) and 716 involved hospitalization (5.2%).
Pain is the #2 most frequently reported symptom for Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) out of 3021 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 13,852 reports of Pain after Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical. With 119,695 total reports for this vaccine (representing many millions of doses), Pain appears in only 11.6% of reports.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.36%, 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.