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 in extremity Reports for Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin)
#5 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Pain in extremity and Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin)
Pain in extremity has been reported 10,724 times in association with Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 9.0% of all 119,695 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 19 mentioned death (0.18%) and 495 involved hospitalization (4.6%).
Pain in extremity is the #5 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 10,724 reports of Pain in extremity 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 in extremity appears in only 9.0% of reports.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.18%, suggesting most cases are non-fatal.
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This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.