What to do if a child’s leg hurts after DPT vaccination (10 ways)

Can a child’s leg hurt after DTP vaccination? Yes, but the vaccine is considered one of the most reactogenic with a cumulative effect. The result of three injections and revaccination, which are carried out at the age of 18 months and then every 7 years, is the formation of stable immunity to these dangerous diseases.

If your leg hurts after the DTP vaccination or the child is limping, use 10 remedies: ointments and gels (for example, Troxevasin or Viferon), magnesia or soda compress, cottage cheese, honey, cabbage leaves, raw potatoes, white clay.

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Why does a child’s leg hurt after DPT?

According to WHO recommendations, a DPT injection before the child reaches the age of 1.5 years is placed in the pre-outer part of the thigh. Considering that it contains viral cells foreign to the body, the immune system begins to fight the drug, primarily at the site of vaccine administration. This is where swelling, redness appears, and can hurt.

4 reasons for pain in a child’s leg after DPT:

An adverse reaction to a component of the vaccine, including the aluminum it contains. The pain in the leg goes away within a period of 48 hours to 2 weeks and is mild.
Damage to the nerve ending due to improper injection. Recovery time depends on the degree of injury and does not take more than 1 month.
If the drug gets into the subcutaneous fat layer rather than into the muscle, it leads to the formation of a lump. The seal resolves within 10 to 14 days.
Violation of hygiene procedures and insufficient disinfection provoke an inflammatory purulent process. If it is detected, urgent consultation with a specialist is necessary.

The complication arises as a result of the body’s struggle with the supplied drug. In rare cases, pain is associated with a violation of the injection procedure.

How many days does a child’s leg hurt after DPT? A local reaction of the body occurs within 24-48 hours after the injection and lasts up to two weeks. In case of pain or severe swelling, treatment is carried out under the supervision of a doctor, who determines the duration of therapy.

Signs of an abscess include: redness, pain when touched, accumulation of purulent formations, a feeling of heating of an area of the body.

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How to proceed?

After administering DPT, an antipyretic should be given to prevent an increase in temperature and to prevent convulsions in young children, which can occur against a background of high temperature. Also, all antipyretics relieve pain and relieve inflammation.

The use of these drugs during vaccination will help relieve the child of pain, which can be very severe at the injection site, and also protect against swelling in the same place.

If a child has an allergic reaction, it is necessary to use antiallergic drugs. Neither antipyretic nor antiallergic drugs affect the development of immunity or the effectiveness of this vaccine.

If a child has allergies or diathesis, he should be given a maintenance dose of an antihistamine before vaccination. Some pediatricians advise giving the baby an antipyretic after vaccination, without waiting for any complaints. First aid will relieve swelling of the injection site and relieve pain in the child’s leg after DTP vaccination. What should I do if the temperature rises during the day? You need to put another candle or give some kind of antipyretic. Be sure to light the candle at night, otherwise the fever may start again. You also need to take your temperature several times at night.

If it is high, you need to put the suppository again and, without ceasing, give antihistamines (in the prescribed dosage). The next day, if the temperature rises again, you need to put a candle and continue to give the antiallergic drug. Medicines to relieve fever should be given only at elevated temperatures, but if it has risen slightly, then you can abstain. After all, the vaccine works in the body, and the temperature may be 38.3, this is normal. It can rise in the first 2-3 days after vaccination, and if it lasts longer, then you need to look for another source of its appearance.

What to anoint the leg after DTP vaccination

Children can be relieved of pain or swelling by using medications for external use.

Vishnevsky ointment relieves pain, eliminates swelling and redness, and fights purulent processes.
Heparin ointment is used only for vein damage. In all other cases it cannot be prescribed. According to the instructions of the drug, it is not used in children. The ointment is applied in a thin layer, covered with a sterile napkin for a period of no more than 2 hours.
Balm Rescuer (for children) contains only natural ingredients that quickly relieve leg pain and inflammation. An allergy may occur to the composition of the ointment; you should conduct a test in advance on any part of the baby’s skin before anointing the baby’s leg.
Menovazine is prescribed to relieve swelling in a child.
Traumeel will help with the appearance of compaction after DPT; it is used due to its effective healing properties.
Zodak or Tavegil cope with redness caused by allergies.

What should I apply to the injection site to ease the baby’s condition?

To eliminate pain and inflammation in the DTP injection area, you can use special external pharmaceutical preparations or ointments, homemade solutions.

Supporters of official medicine oppose traditional methods. But some parents still prefer non-traditional means due to their harmlessness, effectiveness and accessibility.

From pharmaceutical products, the following ointments can be used to relieve pain:

Vishnevsky. The product quickly eliminates pain, swelling, and redness. Helps well with purulent processes;
Heparin. It is used if a vein was damaged during the injection;
Rescuer. Relieves unpleasant symptoms by reducing inflammation. The drug is safe in composition;
Menovazin. Eliminates pastiness;
Troxerutin. Reduces the severity of edema;
Traumeel. Has healing properties.

You can also make a compress with aspirin; to do this you need to follow a number of steps:

take an aspirin tablet and crush it;
combine with two tablespoons of alcohol;
apply the mixture to a piece of gauze folded several times;
lubricate the skin seal with vegetable oil to avoid the development of burns when the epidermis comes into contact with ethanol;
apply gauze to the painful area and cover with film on top;
secure the compress with a band-aid;
keep for 4 to 8 hours.

Already during the first manipulation, the pain will decrease. The lump will completely disappear in a few procedures.

According to parents' reviews, folk methods help to remove unpleasant symptoms:

application of iodine mesh. Relieves inflammation and swelling. Use this method several times a day.
application of cabbage leaf to the injection area;
applications with “live” yogurt or bio-kefir;
compress of egg-cream-honey mixture. A tablespoon of honey, butter and one chicken yolk are mixed and applied to the painful area. Cover the top with gauze and a plastic bag. The product should be kept for several hours;
lubricating the pine cone with honey.

For severe pain, ointments and traditional methods may be ineffective. In this case, oral medications Analgin or Nurofen are used.

Compresses

Compresses are used if the leg hurts after DPT vaccination; the lump, hematoma or bruise formed at the injection site does not resolve on its own.

From magnesia

Injuries heal well thanks to magnesium. The mixture is prepared from powder, ampoule or tablet with magnesium sulfate.

For a compression bandage, in addition to the drug itself, you will need: cotton wool, adhesive tape, oilcloth (bag) and a bandage for fixation.

How to apply a compress. The cotton wool is soaked in the prepared liquid magnesia solution. The area of the hematoma is completely closed, then cellophane and another layer of cotton wool are applied, only this time dry. The compress is firmly fixed with a bandage or plaster.

The compress should be worn until the first layer is completely dry. Cannot be reused. It is better to do the procedure before the child goes to bed.

Soda

A lump formed after vaccination or post-injection infiltration can be treated using a soda solution.

How to prepare and apply a soda compress after DTP vaccination:

Dissolve 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 glass of warm water. Only boiled water is used.
Soak a gauze swab with the solution and cover the redness or swelling.
Cover the top with oilcloth.
Secure the bandage.
Leave the compress until the gauze pad dries completely.

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Traditional methods

Fresh cabbage leaves (white cabbage) are washed, dried, and beaten with a hammer to make them soft and release juice. Apply to the sore leg. For fixation, it is best to use a tubular elastic bandage. Once completely dry, replace the cabbage leaf with a new one.

Compress using raw potatoes. The potatoes, crushed into pulp, are wrapped in gauze, and a flat cake with the diameter of a redness or bump is formed. It is fixed at the injection site without the use of polyethylene, since the potato compress must “breathe”. Starch draws out excess fluid from the wound, reducing swelling.

A curd compress is applied for inflammation as follows: 2 tbsp. Heat spoons of cottage cheese in a water bath until warm, wrap in soft cloth, and place on the sore leg. Remove immediately after cooling.

A honey compress is used only if you are completely sure that the child does not have an allergic reaction to honey. Mix heated honey with egg yolk and 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil. Wrap in a soft cloth along the diameter of the redness, attach, covering with parchment paper.

White clay applied to the injection site before bedtime relieves swelling. After the child wakes up, the residue is removed with a cotton swab.

Do not use polyethylene to warm up a sore leg or lubricate it with products containing ethanol.

What to do if the injection site is swollen after DTP vaccination

Swelling at the injection site after DTP is not necessarily pathological. A similar reaction occurs in every fourth vaccinated child under two years of age. A swelling diameter of less than 8 cm is considered normal. The side effect goes away within 1-2 weeks.

Swelling, accompanied by an increase in body temperature to 38 ⁰C, lasting more than 2 days, should cause concern among parents. Skin rash, further spread of swelling with increased irritability of the child, requires contacting a pediatrician.

After DTP vaccination, the child’s leg hurts and he is limping – what should I do?

According to many doctors and parents, DTP vaccination is one of the highly reactogenic vaccines. The drug contains tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, killed pertussis germs. The product also contains aluminum hydroxide, formaldehyde and merthiolate.

This composition can sometimes cause adverse reactions. In some cases, children experience pain after DTP in the injection area and in the abdomen. It is useful for parents to know how to help their baby when such unpleasant symptoms appear.

How to care for the injection site on a child’s leg?

To reduce the likelihood of a lump forming after vaccination with Pentaxim to a minimum, you need to properly care for the puncture site. Doctors give all recommendations for handling the baby before or after the manipulation.

Features of caring for the injection area:

Do not wet the puncture until the wound is completely healed. Since Pentaxim is injected into the thigh for children under two years of age, it is better not to bathe the child for several days. This time period is quite enough for the wound to heal and for infection to not penetrate into it;
do not smear the injection area with external medications without consulting a doctor;
dress the baby only in clothes made from natural fabric. Otherwise, an allergy may develop;
Do not let your child rub or scratch the puncture.

Is it necessary to lower the temperature after vaccination (re-vaccination)?

In healthy and strong children, the period after DTP vaccination may be asymptomatic. Sensitive babies often develop a fever. This is a normal reaction of the body to the administered drug. Parents are wondering whether it is worth lowering the temperature. It all depends on her level.

Hyperthermia is of three types in severity:

weak (thermometer shows from 37.2 to 37.5);
moderate (values range from 37.5 to 38);
severe (on the thermometer above 38).

If the temperature does not rise above 38 degrees and the child feels relatively normal, then there is no need to bring it down. Severe hyperthermia increases the risk of your baby developing seizures.

To prevent such conditions, antipyretic drugs should be given.

High fever is usually accompanied by the following symptoms:

vomiting;
lack of appetite;
headache;
chills;
capriciousness.

Means for normalizing temperature indicators are available in the form of tablets, capsules, powder, suppositories, and syrup. The last two forms are usually used to treat children. Many drugs have significant side effects and are approved for children over a certain age.

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Of the antipyretics, the following are allowed for use in infants:

Paracetamol
Efferalgan:
Nurofen;
Panadol;
Cefekon D;
Tylenol.

What should you do if your child is capricious after the DPT vaccination and cries a lot all day?

After vaccination, the child's mood may change. He becomes irritable, constantly capricious, and cries. As a rule, babies cry and cry immediately after the vaccine in question is administered.

Usually they calm down immediately after contact with their mother, but often the crying drags on for several long hours. This may occur in one case in a thousand children. During such a hysteria, the child takes frequent and deep breaths. Because of this, brain hypoxia may develop. This becomes the main cause of unbearable headaches.

Parents should be alerted to the child's incessant crying. Especially if it lasts for three or more hours. In this state, the baby’s body quickly evaporates moisture, which can lead to dehydration. In this situation, it is necessary to do everything possible to ensure that the child calms down as soon as possible.

To stop the baby from crying, you need to give him warm water. Babies may cry little by little, but very often. This is a common reaction following complications and a painful lump at the injection site.

As a rule, tears appear in the child’s eyes every time he feels severe pain in the lump. This is a completely understandable reaction, with the help of which the baby shows others his condition.

Leg pain and swelling

Leg pain after DTP administration is associated with a reaction to the drug. The body develops immunity, fights the pathogen, and therefore swelling occurs. Mild inflammation lasts up to 2 weeks and should go away on its own. Severe pain in the leg is a reason to give your child pain medication.

Symptoms indicate the appearance of a complication: an allergic reaction, the formation of an infiltrate, an abscess or thrombophlebitis.

How to help a child whose leg hurts?

What can be done for a child who is unsuccessfully trying to lean on a sore leg and has a severe limp when walking? Naturally, the best decision would be to visit your doctor, get a massage, and use warm and cold compresses. Under no circumstances should you apply alcohol compresses. Alcohol vapor easily penetrates the bloodstream and causes the development of intoxication in the body. For severe symptoms of inflammation, it is recommended to apply an ointment or gel with anti-edematous and anti-inflammatory effects to the affected area. Good results can be achieved by making applications with Aescusan, which improves blood circulation and promotes rapid resorption of the infiltrating lump.

Pain is sometimes caused by infection of the wound. This is possible if the basic rules of working with the vaccine are violated, or if there is mechanical damage to the integrity of the skin in the injection area. Penetration of pathogenic microorganisms into the muscles along with the vaccine leads to the formation of inflammation with the release of purulent exudate, blood, etc. from the wound. Pus must be removed surgically to avoid the development of a post-vaccination abscess.

On the day of vaccination, the doctor will definitely give recommendations to the child’s parents on what to do if problems with the leg begin. In case of severe pain, it is advisable to give painkillers to alleviate the condition. The baby should not be allowed to endure pain or fever, so you need to take care of the availability of the necessary medications in the house in advance.

The area became inflamed after DTP vaccination

In case of inflammation after vaccination, redness, swelling, and increased temperature in the area of the skin near the injection are noticeable. It is necessary to treat the leg using medications or folk remedies: Troxevasin ointment, Viferon gel, apply a compress.

If the redness increases, thickens and the pain in the leg becomes stronger after DPT vaccination, you should immediately consult a doctor.

An infection that gets into the wound leads to the formation of an abscess. When complications occur, a rise in body temperature to 39 degrees, pulsation and pain with swelling are observed.

An abscess is treated with surgery followed by a course of antibiotics.

What behavior of a child after vaccination is considered normal?

According to the vaccination calendar, the DTP vaccine is administered to the child exactly four times. It is administered for the first time at three months. After this, you need to monitor the baby’s condition. If no complications arise and the child feels well, then two more vaccinations need to be given.

They are allowed only if there are no contraindications. They should be done with a time interval of forty-five days. But the last DPT vaccination, which is called revaccination, must be done at one and a half years.

As for the vaccine itself, three drugs are introduced into the child’s body at once. They all unite to perform a common task - creating a strong immune system that will resist dangerous diseases.

The most aggressive of these three vaccines is pertussis. The whole point is that traces of pertussis toxin and lipopolysaccharide are often found in it. This vaccination is one of the most dangerous, as there is a threat to the child’s life.

It must be remembered that the child’s behavior after vaccination may be different. After the vaccine is administered, his condition should be monitored. Often, due to some reasons, the reaction to it can be severe.

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According to statistics, approximately 95% of all toxic reactions to drug administration occur in the first twenty-four hours. To be fair, it should be noted that this is a rather painful reaction to the vaccine, which is extremely rare.

When it comes to your own child, even one case in a million is already a lot. After the procedure, the baby's body temperature may rise. Most likely, the pediatrician will warn the mother about this symptom.

The temperature rises within a few hours after the vaccine enters the child’s body. This body reaction is considered absolutely normal and acceptable. Of course, we are talking about those cases when the temperature is not higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius.

If its level rises to 38, then you need to give the baby an antipyretic drug. Before administering the vaccine, you need to ask your pediatrician what to do if your temperature rises.

He will recommend the most suitable drug in this situation. It must be remembered that the DTP vaccine can cause a temperature rise of up to 39 degrees Celsius.

That is why you need to carefully monitor the child’s condition. If your body temperature continues to rise after taking an antipyretic, you should immediately call an ambulance. In this case, we are talking about the appearance of complications during the administration of the vaccine. This is very serious and there is no need to delay contacting a doctor.

Please note that an increase in body temperature can also be accompanied by sleep disturbances and lethargy of the baby. If these symptoms persist for several days after vaccination, then this is the norm.

It is acceptable for symptoms to persist for three days, but no more than that. If symptoms do not disappear, you should urgently visit a pediatrician.

lumps at the injection site

You should also not heat the injection site. This compaction can persist for one month. Normally, it goes away on its own. It also does not pose any danger to the child’s life.

In this case, you need to monitor the child’s feelings. If touching the injection site causes pain or discomfort, then you need to visit a specialist.

Don't put off visiting the doctor. Especially in cases where the compaction volumes become larger and exceed the size of a small pea.

After administration of the DTP drug, a cough often appears. Despite the fact that one of the components of the vaccine is pertussis germs, coughing after administration of the drug is not the norm. If you notice this symptom, you should immediately consult a doctor.

During this period, the protective functions of the child’s body cannot cope with the administered vaccine. This makes it easier for other infections to enter the baby’s body. A severe course and even the occurrence of dangerous complications become more likely.

What to do if your arm, back and shoulder blade hurt after DTP vaccination

After 3 vaccines and revaccination at the age of 18 months, the next vaccination is given to the child at 7 years and at 14. Then the child needs to be vaccinated every 10 years.

A vaccinated person, in case of infection with tetanus and diphtheria, will experience a milder form of the disease. After 6 years, the injection is given in the shoulder. For an adult - in the shoulder or under the shoulder blade.

If pain occurs in the form of pain in the arm after DPT vaccination, in the back or under the shoulder blade, you must take an ibuprofen-based painkiller. To relieve the symptom, similar methods are used as for leg pain: Troxevasin ointment, Viferon gel, compresses.

What is DPT vaccination?

From the very birth of the baby, the pediatrician sets the vaccination schedule. And one of the first vaccines designed to protect a child is DTP.

The DTP vaccine is one of the very first vaccinations given to children.

The abbreviation for DPT vaccination is simple: the letter A stands for adsorbed, purified medical product. The other three are the first letters of the infections against which the child is vaccinated: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus.

This combination drug consists of weakened or dead bacteria - the causative agents of the listed diseases, which force the body to produce antibodies and, accordingly, immune protection against terrible diseases. Acellular DTP vaccines are also produced, which are purer, which contribute to a lesser reaction of the body to the administration of the drug.

Among other vaccines included in the vaccination schedule, DTP is considered the most reactogenic , since it most often causes responses in the body. Its tolerability is complicated by one component - the whooping cough component.

Medical statistics, which will be given below, claim that most children tolerate DTP well, without significant side effects of the drug. The most common reaction after DTP is pain in the child’s leg.

Advice from Komarovsky E.O. will help you prepare for vaccination in order to avoid possible reactions of the body to the pertussis element, as well as cope with them if they occur.

Other side effects and complications

DTP is considered one of the most reactogenic vaccinations.

Complications that arise after it, not associated with pain at the injection site, are:

allergic reactions, up to Quincke's edema;
a sharp increase in temperature to 39 ° C;
lethargy and tearfulness;
nausea, loss of appetite;
the appearance of seizures.

What adverse reactions may occur after vaccination?

Many parents are afraid not of DTP itself, but of unwanted manifestations after vaccination. According to statistics, such disorders occur in approximately 50-60% of clinical cases and resolve on their own within a few days. Pathological changes can be local and general. Every person should be prepared for their occurrence, understand the principles of development and know about ways to correct such manifestations.

General reactions

Doctors attribute most of the undesirable effects in response to DTP to the normal reaction of the child’s body to the introduction of a protective solution. Among these manifestations are:

increased body temperature;
moodiness and tearfulness;
dysfunction of the nervous system;
severe allergic reactions;
malaise, lethargy, loss of activity;
refusal to eat food.

Very often, after vaccination, a child’s temperature rises. Such a reaction to DTP can be of three degrees of severity:

mild – increase in temperature values up to 37.50 C;
medium – temperature rise to 380 C;
severe – hyperthermic reaction up to 400 C and above.

Sometimes after DPT vaccination, a rash of an allergic nature, urticaria or angioedema occurs throughout the body. Such manifestations are observed in allergy sufferers. To avoid the development of pathological symptoms after a vaccine injection, doctors recommend that children with hypersensitivity to drugs exclude the pertussis component of the immune suspension, which has the most pronounced allergenic properties.

Local manifestations

In addition to general disorders, vaccination may be accompanied by the appearance of local changes. At the injection site, the following often occur:

local swelling and redness of the skin;
lump formation;
painful sensations of varying intensity.

It happens that after the injection of the vaccine, the baby limps on his leg. At the same time, he continues to move actively and does not show any other signs of illness. This effect of vaccination is associated with the formation of a temporary infiltrate in the thickness of the muscle tissue, which affects the nerve fibers, which entails the appearance of lameness after vaccination.

Causes for concern are situations when a child limps after DPT for more than 5 days or this pathological condition is worsened by impaired motor activity. In such situations, the patient should visit a doctor and determine the true causes of the disease process.

Rules of conduct after revaccination

The period after the vaccine is administered is very important for the baby’s health. Considering that at this time his body encounters foreign microorganisms against which he needs to develop an immune response, it is not worth exposing the child to the risk of contracting other diseases.

For this reason, after vaccination it is forbidden to walk, especially in a playground full of children, or visit shopping centers. In the first days, it is better to refrain from introducing new foods into complementary foods or going on visits.

The restrictions should be observed for 2-3 days and, in the absence of any symptoms, return to your normal lifestyle.

Contraindications to immunization

Absolute contraindications to the administration of the vaccine against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough:

Previous strong reactions to the vaccine (convulsions, angioedema, severe allergies, convulsions).
Acute period of the disease. In this case, you need to wait for recovery and only then get the vaccine.
Genetic or neurological diseases require permission from a highly specialized doctor to administer vaccinations.