Adverse effects by symptoms
Vaccines have different adverse effects typical of each vaccine. Only a small share of vaccinated people will experience them. The majority of symptoms are mild and will go away quickly.
It is important that the vaccine recipients or their parents are already aware of possible reactions to vaccinations, more commonly occurring symptoms and less common adverse effects. This way they will not come as a surprise.
Sufficient information is also part of vaccination safety. It allows the vaccine recipients or their parents to act correctly and treat symptoms if necessary. Symptoms that have occurred after vaccination rarely prevent follow-up vaccination.
In this section
- Anaphylaxis
- Swelling in a lower limb and changes in skin colour after a vaccination (Discoloured leg reaction)
- Hypotonic hyporesponsive episode (HHE)
- Febrile convulsions after vaccination
- Febrile reaction after vaccination
- Extensive skin reaction after vaccination
- Fainting in connection with vaccinations
- Local symptoms of the limb in which the vaccination is administered
- Enlarged lymph nodes after vaccination
- Symptoms in the abdomen after vaccination
- Thrombocytopenia after vaccination
Read about the possible adverse reactions to the tuberculosis, MMR and rotavirus vaccine.
- Adverse effects of the BCG vaccine
- What are the potential adverse effects of the MMR vaccine?
- Rotavirus vaccine
More information on other vaccine-specific adverse effects can be found on the vaccine websites.
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