After Child Gets Vaccines
After Child Gets Vaccines
What you need to know about
After Child Gets Vaccines
Vaccines protect your child from diseases like polio, measles, and whooping cough, among others. However, they, like all medicines, can have negative effects. These reactions are, for the most part, typical and harmless. Knowing what’s typical and what isn’t will help you relax after your child’s next round of vaccinations.
Normal Reactions to Vaccines
These medications are manufactured from bits of the diseases that they protect your child from, but they do not cause the condition. They instruct your child’s body to produce antibodies, which are blood proteins that fight diseases. If your child received a whooping cough vaccine, for example, then came into touch with the genuine illness, their body would detect it and have the means to fight it.
Mild reactions to a vaccine indicate that it is effective. These signs and symptoms indicate that your child’s body is producing new antibodies. These responses usually go away on their own after a few days. The following are some of the most common effects:
- Tenderness or redness at the shot site
- Slight swelling at the shot site
- Fussiness
- Low-grade fever
- Trouble sleeping
Sometimes the vaccines can cause other reactions, like:
- Swelling of one whole leg or arm
The following are some of the less common reactions:
- Vomiting
- Drowsiness
- Loss of appetite
These are also common adverse symptoms that should subside on their own without the need for therapy.
When to Call the Doctor
You’d notice indicators that anything was wrong if your child was allergic to specific immunizations. These reactions usually occur within minutes or hours of receiving a vaccine.
A good rule of thumb is to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary, such as a change in attitude or behaviour, a high fever, or weakness. Severe responses are quite uncommon. They affect only one child in a million. Even so, it’s critical to understand what symptoms your doctor needs to know so that you can get your child help.
The following are some specific symptoms to look for:
- Wheezing and other breathing issues
- Hoarseness
- Hives
- Pale colour
- Weakness
- A rapid heartbeat
- Dizziness
- Inflammation of the face or throat
- Fever of more than 40 degrees Celcius
- Seizures
If your baby or toddler cries uncontrollably for three hours or longer, this could be an indication of a problem.
Some immunisations can cause unconsciousness, long-term seizures, or permanent brain damage in exceedingly rare circumstances. These are improbable responses. In reality, experts are investigating whether immunizations or other factors are to blame for these and other major adverse effects.
Call 999 or take your child to the hospital straight away if you detect any significant problems following your child’s immunisations.