Are there any risks associated with rabies vaccination?
Adverse reactions to rabies vaccine and immune globulin are not common. Newer vaccines in use today cause fewer adverse reactions than previously available vaccines. Mild, local reactions to the rabies vaccine, such as pain, redness, swelling, or itching at the injection site, have been reported. Symptoms such as headache, nausea, abdominal pain, muscle aches, and dizziness have been reported rarely. Local pain and low-grade fever may follow injection of rabies immune globulin.
