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CARING FOR YOUR CHILD AFTER IMMUNIZATION
Some children may feel mild discomfort after getting a shot. This may last 1 to 2 days. More serious side effects are very rare.
Common:
Common:
- Redness, pain, and swelling where the shot was given
- Fever 1 to 2 days after the shot, lasting 1 to 2 days
- Cranky, fussy, irritable
Possible:
- After oral rotavirus vaccine: diarrhea, stomach pain, gas
- After MMR or chickenpox vaccine: A fever, rash or both may appear up to several weeks after the shot
After the shot
- Cuddle your child
- Hold your child sitting up
- Apply a clean, cool, wet washcloth to sore area
- Give your child lots of liquid. It’s normal for some children to eat less during the 24 hours after getting vaccines.
- Fever medicine helps fever, sore arms or legs and fussiness
- Give the medicine every 4 to 6 hours
Get to a doctor right away if your child has any of these problems:
- High fever – 39°C (102.2°F) or higher
- Weakness and looks pale or sick
- Increased sleepiness and does not wake to eat
- Crying for more than 3 hours
- A strange cry, different than normal cry
- Hives (raised red or pink spots of different sizes on skin)
- Seizure or convulsions (shaking, twitching or jerking motions of the body)
- Swollen abdomen, vomiting often, bloody stools
- A fever for more than 48 hours
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