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Suggest Treatment For Knot At The Injection Site After Pentavac Vaccine

Posted on Fri, 30 Dec 2016

Question: Hello sir,
My son is 2 1/2 month old,he got vaccinated 1month back for pentavac Vaccine(Nov 7th) he got localized llump with warmth and tenderness, 2 #1.5 cm size present in left present still now .no h/o fever now..what to do ?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to do anything - it will gradually subside

Detailed Answer:
Hi....it is a common phenomenon. No need to do anything. Based on individual child's body response, it will take 6 weeks to 6 months to gradually get absorbed and subside completely.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

Since my sister is a XXXX advised to apply thromphobe ointment, and phexin drops..
Sir have u seen the photo I uploaded my baby swelling photo

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I got the photos only in this query

Detailed Answer:
Hi... I got the photos only in this query. In the previous query photos were not available.

The swelling seems to be quite big.

You can apply thrombophobe ointment. But no need for antibiotic like Phexin as this is not a bacterial infection.

But as the swelling is quite big, we need to rule bleeding disorder.

I suggest you do the following tests at the behest of your pediatrician -
CBC/ PT and aPTT.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar