Vaccine side effects

Common side effects occur soon after vaccination and last one to 2 days. Generally no treatment is required.

This factsheet covers the following vaccines:

• Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-(whooping cough)-polio
• Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough)
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
• Hepatitis B
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Influenza
• Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (chickenpox)
• Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
• Meningococcal ACWY
• Meningococal B
• Pneumococcal vaccine
• Polio
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Rotavirus
• Varicella (chickenpox)
• Zoster (shingles)

For further information visit Immunisation.

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