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.
#311 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Rheumatoid arthritis has been reported 80 times in association with HPV (Gardasil) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.2% of all 44,434 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 1 mentioned death (1.25%) and 4 involved hospitalization (5.0%).
Rheumatoid arthritis is the #311 most frequently reported symptom for HPV (Gardasil) out of 2579 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 80 reports of Rheumatoid arthritis after HPV (Gardasil) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate of 1.25% warrants monitoring, though VAERS deaths represent temporal associations, not confirmed causal links.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.