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.
#487 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Pharyngeal swelling has been reported 86 times in association with Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.1% of all 119,695 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 0 mentioned death (0.00%) and 7 involved hospitalization (8.1%).
Pharyngeal swelling is the #487 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.
Seeing 86 reports of Pharyngeal swelling 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), Pharyngeal swelling appears in only 0.1% of reports.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.00%, suggesting most cases are non-fatal.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.