Updated Q: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

Updated Q: I didn't call the ped b/c it didn't seem any worse today - a little different though. However, DH just came home and pointed out to me that it is worse than I thought b/c I didn't feel how it was under the skin - I am going to call the ped tomorrow but wondering if anyone ever experienced this - in the area where he got the shot there is a big lump it is red and inflamed - if you feel under the skin it goes deep - it is a hard large lump under the skin about an inch wide and the outside is swollen and red. Maybe it isnt related to the shot maybe it is but what could it be? TIA!



DS received the cp vaccine a week ago yesterday. He has been fine since. This morning he woke up with two lump like bumps that are red and inflamed each about a cm wide next to each other where he got the shot The whole area is swollen and inflamed. He has never had anything like this b/f. Is this a reaction to the shot? The start of one? An infection from it? He does not have a fever at all. I have noticed a few red pimple like dots on his legs (3) however, he gets this from time to time (only one usually) and i didn't think it was related but now i am not sure...

Message edited 3/10/2009 2:25:28 PM.

Re: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

If you are worried why don't you call the doctor tomorrow if they are still there. Honestly, it sounds just like either nothing or maybe the bodies reaction to the virus - (which is good b.c it means that it is working- not a reaction to the shot ingredients). DD got a fever and a rash but I thought the ped said it usually happens 2-3 weeks after the shot.

I wouldn't worry about 2 or 3 bumps unless of course they look infected or he has a high fever. Esp if they don't seem to be bothering him.

He could have also touched something that is giving him a little contact dermatitis - neither which isn't serious.

Re: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

Posted by Lillykat

If you are worried why don't you call the doctor tomorrow if they are still there. Honestly, it sounds just like either nothing or maybe the bodies reaction to the virus - (which is good b.c it means that it is working- not a reaction to the shot ingredients). DD got a fever and a rash but I thought the ped said it usually happens 2-3 weeks after the shot.

I wouldn't worry about 2 or 3 bumps unless of course they look infected or he has a high fever. Esp if they don't seem to be bothering him.

He could have also touched something that is giving him a little contact dermatitis - neither which isn't serious.

Re: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

Bumping b/c I updated question

Re: Updated Q: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

My ped told me that after a week she may have reactions of pox marks, but that they would be countable, and she shouldn't (which she didn't) have any physical reactions like itching.... They have gone away since then.

Re: Updated Q: Possible chicken pox shot reaction - has anyone DC had this?

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