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 Pneumococcal (Pneumovax)
#6 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Pain and Pneumococcal (Pneumovax)
Pain has been reported 10,343 times in association with Pneumococcal (Pneumovax) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 14.5% of all 71,157 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 12 mentioned death (0.12%) and 554 involved hospitalization (5.4%).
Pain is the #6 most frequently reported symptom for Pneumococcal (Pneumovax) out of 2065 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 10,343 reports of Pain after Pneumococcal (Pneumovax) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.12%, 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.