question about my 4 year old.

Re: question about my 4 year old.

• Stewartandmaura member

  February 2013

  Put in a call for to your pedis office and tell them his symptoms. They will be able to tell you if that is a normal reaction or not. I don't remember red and hot as a symptom after I got mine a few years back.

  ETA:  I googled " normal reaction to dtap vaccine". Here is what I found:

  Mild Problems (Common)

  • Fever (up to about 1 child in 4)
  • Redness or swelling where the shot was given (up to about 1 child in 4)
  • Soreness or tenderness where the shot was given (up to about 1 child in 4)

  These problems occur more often after the 4th and 5th doses of the DTaP series than after earlier doses.

  Sometimes the 4th or 5th dose of DTaP vaccine is followed by swelling of the entire arm or leg in which the shot was given, for 1 to 7 days (up to about 1 child in 30).

  Other mild problems include:

  • Fussiness (up to about 1 child in 3)
  • Tiredness or poor appetite (up to about 1 child in 10)
  • Vomiting (up to about 1 child in 50)

  These problems generally occur 1 to 3 days after the shot.

  I would probably give tylenol or motrin to relieve the soreness. HTH!
  

   

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• mrsgabus member

  February 2013

  Call you pedi and give mortin/pain reliever for now. 

  Dylan had a bump and redness when he got his done before Kindergarten.  

  
  

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• starlite24

  February 2013

  thanks! I googled it also and it does sound like a normal side effect

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• kagl08 member

  February 2013

  That sounds like it could just be a normal reaction. I second (or third) the Motrin. 

  I had to get a TDAP shortly after DS was born and it hurt like a mother for almost a week. My arm was so swollen and tender! Ouch.  

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