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.
Convulsion Reports for Hib (Pedvaxhib)
#8 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Convulsion and Hib (Pedvaxhib)
Convulsion has been reported 3,961 times in association with Hib (Pedvaxhib) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 6.6% of all 60,298 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 68 mentioned death (1.72%) and 1,904 involved hospitalization (48.1%).
Convulsion is the #8 most frequently reported symptom for Hib (Pedvaxhib) out of 2013 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 3,961 reports of Convulsion after Hib (Pedvaxhib) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate of 1.72% warrants monitoring, though VAERS deaths represent temporal associations, not confirmed causal links.
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This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.