Odd reaction to vaccinations?
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Topic: Odd reaction to vaccinations?
Posted By: caraMel
Subject: Odd reaction to vaccinations?
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 8:20am
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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! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 9:05am
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Eekk how scary! Sorry DD was fine after her jabs luckily. How is he this morning? ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 9:25am
Still can't walk 
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Posted By: kiwikt
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 9:29am
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Mel I recommend you call 0800 IMMUNE.
This is the Immunisation Advisory Centre at Auckland University and they are experts in all possible reactions a kid might have to a vaccine. They research and deal with vaccines on a daily basis so they are probably better informed than your GP. And the phone number is manned by nurses. I did research with them for a while and they are really great and will listen to your concerns. ------------- Due 14/10/11 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 12:54pm
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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. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 2:03pm
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Yep get it checked out again and also ensure they actually report it so it can be investigated, the reporting system is only voluntary so doctors often don't bother (you as a parent can report it though they prefer it to come from the doctor) ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Lucky apple
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 2:04pm
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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!! |
Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 2:21pm
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I agree make sure you get it reported so they can follow up on it. -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 8:26pm
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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. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 January 2011 at 8:41pm
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Glad he is feeling better.
I hope they are going to report this. -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 29 January 2011 at 11:31am
Good to here that, sounds the same as DS1. Hope he is fully recovered soon
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 29 January 2011 at 1:45pm
I'm pretty sure that after one of J's imms (at 15 months so I cant remember which), his injection site swelled and was very hot! I phoned the after hours and they just told me to put ice on it and give him pamol....he wasnt in the least bit bothered. They were actually quite useless as they kept telling me to give him pamol for the pain....it didnt hurt...even when I prodded it
Next day I was talking to the nurse who said, that it is a VERY common reaction so maybe he had an extreme reaction. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 29 January 2011 at 1:58pm
| 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. |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 29 January 2011 at 5:51pm
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The thing with Benjy's case was he didn't actually have any other symptoms.
There was barely a mark where the needle went in. No redness, swelling, fever.. None of the common reactions at all. That's what had the Dr so stumped. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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