Your child shouldn't if he or she is allergic to these medicines: neomycin, streptomycin or polymyxin B.

 

What are the risks of the vaccine?

Vaccines carry a small risk of serious harm, such as a severe allergic reaction. IPV can't cause polio because it does not contain the live polio virus. (This was a small risk with the old oral vaccine.) Most people have no problems.

 

What if my child has a reaction to the vaccine?

If your child has any reaction after getting the polio vaccine, call your doctor as soon as possible. In addition, if your child gets hives (swelling, itching and a burning sensation of the skin), has problems breathing, or goes into shock (becomes weak, faint, cold, clammy and sweaty), call 911 or take your child to a hospital emergency room. Be sure to tell the doctors caring for your child the day and time your child received the vaccine. Ask your doctor to file a Vaccine Adverse Event Report form with the CDC, or you can do it yourself by calling 800-822-7967.