What are the risks from rotavirus vaccine?
A vaccine, like any medicine, could possibly cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions. The risk of rotavirus vaccine causing serious harm, or death, is extremely small. Most babies who get rotavirus vaccine do not have any problems with it. Mild problems Babies may be slightly more likely to be irritable, or to have mild, temporary diarrhea or vomiting after getting a dose of rotavirus vaccine than babies who did not get the vaccine. Rotavirus vaccine does not appear to cause any serious side effects. If rare reactions occur with any new product, they may not be identified until thousands, or millions, of people have used it. Like all vaccines, rotavirus vaccine will continue to be monitored for unusual or severe problems. This information was taken directly from the Rotavirus VIS [PDF – 44KB] (This information taken from Rotavirus VIS dated 4/28/08. If the actual VIS is more recent than this date, the information on this page needs to be updated.
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