Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Oropharyngeal discomfort appears in 2,159 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 5 reports also mentioned death and 93 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 4.5%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Shingles (Zostavax), Unknown Vaccine. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Oropharyngeal discomfort has been reported 2,159 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 5 were associated with death (0.23%) and 93 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Oropharyngeal discomfort is 4.5%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.