Vaccination side effects explained (Described video)
Transcript
Narration: Vaccination side effects explained.
Text on screen: Vaccination Side Effects Explained.
[A silhouette of a child appears inside a circle.]
Narration: After vaccination, your child's body develops an immune response that helps protect against infection and severe disease.
Text on screen: Vaccines produce an immune response that helps protect against infection and severe disease.
[Viruses appear on screen and attempt to penetrate the circle, but they can't break through and bounce off.]
Narration: However, for a few hours or days, you may notice some common, temporary side effects.
Text on screen: You may notice some common, temporary side effects like:
[A clock joins the child in the circle. An arrow moves around the perimeter of the circle and points at the moon, and then the sun.]
Narration: Mild pain, swelling, or redness at the spot where the vaccine was given.
Text on screen: Mild pain, swelling, or redness.
[We zoom in on an arm. A small area of redness appears at the vaccination site.]
Narration: Mild fever.
Text on screen: Mild fever
[A father comforts his unhappy infant. A thermometer appears and shows the temperature rising.]
Narration: Fussiness.
Text on screen: Fussiness
[A mother comforts a fussy infant. Exclamation points and jagged lines indicate that both are agitated.]
Narration: Sleepier than usual.
Text on screen: Sleepier than usual
[A little girl nods off while snores emit from her mouth.]
Narration: The injection into the muscle can lead to temporary inflammation which can cause mild pain in the area.
[A little girl with a bandage on her arm looks sad. Her vaccination site throbs a little.]
Narration: The other side effects, like fever, occur as the body is developing an immune response to the vaccine.
Text on screen: Immune response
[We zoom in closer on the little girl. Her forehead has some redness, indicating a fever.]
Narration: Very rarely, an allergic reaction may occur—usually shortly after vaccination— which is why you may be asked to stay at the clinic for about 15 minutes after the vaccination.
Text on screen: Very rarely, an allergic reaction may occur.
[A silhouette of a child appears in a circle. A red outer circle appears and throbs. The circle around the silhouetted child becomes the lines of a timer. The timer counts down around the child.]
Narration: Signs of a serious allergic reaction include difficulty breathing, swelling around face, tongue or throat, or hives on the skin. If these develop, seek medical attention right away.
Text on screen: Signs of a serious allergic reaction.
[We see a silhouette of a child. Circles radiate out from its chest. We zoom in slightly on the silhouette of a child. Circles radiate out from its neck and head. Red spots throb on the silhouette's arm and spread to its abdomen and other arm.]
Narration: Remember that an allergic reaction is very rare.
Text on screen: An allergic reaction is very rare.
[The child's red spots are replaced by sparkling stars.]
Narration: Mild side effects are more common, but they are temporary and will go away on their own within a few days.
Text on screen: Temporary and will go away on their own
[We see a smiling father with his infant and his little girl.]
Narration: To find out more, visit Canada.ca/childhood-vaccines.
Text on screen: Find out more: Canada.ca/childhood-vaccines
[Find out more: Canada.ca/childhood-vaccines.]
[Canada wordmark appears and fades to black.]