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Mild fever and rash appearing between days 6 and 14 following the day of vaccination have been reported. Fever is reported in not more than 8% of the vaccinated. Rash is reported in about 1 to 2% of vaccinated. In about the same proportion of children slight enlargement of cervical and occipital lymph nodes has also been reported. Parotid and other salivary glands enlargement has been reported, but rarely. In the majority of these cases involving enlargement of the salivary glands, the cause was found to be the previous exposure to natural diseases. Reactions involving CNS have been reported in exceptionally rare cases; cause-and-effect relationship between CNS involvement and vaccination was not proved. In a rare case anaphylactic shock may occur in susceptible patient and for such emergency please keep handy 1:1000 adrenaline injection ready to be injected intramuscularly. This will help in tackling the anaphylactic shock / reaction effectively. |
