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.
Pruritus generalised appears in 2,148 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 1 reports also mentioned death and 49 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 2.3%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are Flu (Trivalent), Shingles (Zostavax), Flu (Quadrivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Pruritus generalised has been reported 2,148 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 1 were associated with death (0.05%) and 49 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Pruritus generalised is 2.3%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.