Odd reaction to vaccinations?

I took my boys for their vaccinations yesterday.
Jack was pretty good. Just more clingy and sensitive than usual.
Benjy was fine until about 3 hours after the needles when his leg became really painful and he stopped being able to walk!

Anyone who knows him knows what a tough kid he is, never really complains about pain or lets it slow him down much, so I was worried!
I spent the afternoon back at the Dr where he was thoroughly tested for faking it and came home with him still unable to walk and the advice to wait and see as they were completely baffled.
He has no fever, redness or swelling around the site and has good movement in the leg, it seems to be certain angles and weight bearing that set the pain off.
My current theory is that it is a muscle in spasm where the needle went in or something that will hopefully resolve itself. God I hope so!

Has anyone had anything like this after vax?
I'm more than a little concerned!


Edited by caraMel

Still can't walk

Go back to the Dr or an ED department.

DS1 had a bad reaction to his 4yr jabs. His leg swelled up & had a huge lump, it was hot & red. He was in pain & could not walk on it.

The Dr gave him something for the pain, monitored him for a bit & then went home..it took a couple of days for it to get better. They had to report it as it was a result of his jabs.

Edited by jazzy

Hmm - sounds not so good. I suggest follow your instinct and keep an eye on it, which you are doing anyway....

Not sure if it is relevant and don't really like "internet stories"....so don't read into this too much!! but....I had a reaction to an immunisation in my arm when I was about 12. Once home it became SUPER painful, I can remember it waking me at night and it being so sore. It wasn't red/swollen from what I can recall. They aren't too sure what happened (querying whether the needle bumped a blood vessel, and cut off blood supply to muscle...I was a pretty skinny kid so not much fat to accommodate a needle) but I did end up with muscle wasting and now have no central section of the deltoid muscle on my shoulder. I saw quite a number of specialists following it. An MRI scan confirmed the muscle wasting. It was an ongoing issue for a number of years.... (but isn't now!)

I hope that it just comes right over time for you guys! I've never heard of any story similar to my one, which was a saga and a half!!

Thanks for all the replies.
We got sent on to Starship from the GP as he just had no idea what was going on and wanted further tests.
They gave him high-dose anti-inflammatories which improved his leg heaps so they think he's had a really unusually strong reaction in his muscles where they're all contracting and making it weak.
He's on the anti-inflammatories for a week and hopefully he'll be all better after that.
He's almost completely back to normal now, it is so good to see!
Will be interesting to see how he is between doses.

Good to here that, sounds the same as DS1. Hope he is fully recovered soon

Wow I did not know it was a common reaction. I only had it happen once & all 3 of my boys are fully immunised. When it happened to DS1 it was the 4yr jabs & they had just introduced that jab & called him in so he was just over 4yrs. We lived in the country so had to drive in the middle of the night 30ks to a after hrs Dr with a screaming child in the back of the car.