12 month needles reaction?

[Kizmet]

Hi everyone,

My 12 month old dd had her immunisation needles on the 10th of march. She has been in hospital this past week after not eating or drinking much of anything. Her temp went up to 38.4. They said we would have to take her back in today if she still had a fever. Well as of this morning the fever has gone :smiliedance:

but I have just noticed a rash come up on her left thigh. It is raised and clustered. It is on the front of her left thigh and the back just under where her nappy stops the size of the cluster is about the size of two 50 cent pieces sitting next to each other. There is one spot on her tummy and two spots on her right cheek on her face. When we were in hospital they said the main cause of her not drinking/eating/temp/lethargy/not her self ness (:rolleyes: ) would more than likely be a reaction to her needles and that a reaction can occur between 5-14 days after but most likely between days 7-9 which was when we were there.

I now dont know whether to take DD to the doctor about the rash or write it off as a reaction to the needles? she is her normal happy self now isnt lethargic no temp just the rash has just come up.


I dont know what to do :gloomy:

[Kizmet]

trying to remain calm and not freak out

[the_original_duchess]

take her to the doctor just to be safe and to ease your mind about it. there is no harm in just getting her checked out, and it'll probably just be nothing, but just for peace of mind i would take her.
hope the rash goes down soon, Danielle:hugs:

[TraceyL]

I'd call your doctor just to be on the safe side. A little girl in our playgroup had her 12mth shots a few weeks ago and she had sleep probs, was off food and got like the measles rash. She's fine now. I think about 10 or 20% have a reaction. My little boy has to have his on Monday, not looking forward to it I must say but I stil think it's for the best.
Hope she's better soon.:hugs: :hugs: :hugs:

[Queen]

I would take her back to drs, for peace of mind:yes: , they won't think you are silly when it turns out to be nothing.....thats what they are there for......
:hugs: Good luck.....

[SilverStarfish]

Sarah had her 12 month needles this morning and the nurse warned me about those side effects - off food, rash etc. And she also told me to call or come back at any time if I was worried :)

I'd go back to the doctors, just to be sure. If you have a good doctor (like I do :thumbsup: ) then won't laugh at you or think you're silly.

[eviestar]

Oh hunny :hugs: i hope A's o.k, did you take her to doctor?

[secondtimearound2]

I would take her back to doctor for your own peace of mind. My DD had a reaction with the 12month needles too!!

[Kizmet]

hey everyone

the rash pretty much disappeared about 5-10 mins after I posted so we didnt go to the doctor. Now she only has one spot on her face which my mother thinks is a mozzie bite but im not convinced :rolleyes:

thanks all for your concern!

[eviestar]

Glad she's alright :yelclap:

[reAllytee]

Hope Abby is ok hun :hugs:

As others have said never feel worried about taking her to the doctor its better to be safe than sorry!

[Missy75]

What about an upset tummy? DS had his 12 month needles about 10 days ago. Had the fever the last few days, accompanied by loose BMs and a few vomits and dry heaves. They didn't mention anything about an upset tummy. Anyone else experienced that or should I be looking for another cause?

[Kizmet]

hey missy, They didnt mention anything to me about an upset tummy but did ask me a lot if DD had diarreoah and such and then told me that it is now Peak Gastro season so it might be worth a trip to the doctor for you :hugs: :hugs: hope everything is ok!

[sarahbelle]

Hi Glad your little one is ok! My DS had a fever of 39 about 4 days after his needles. At first I didn't put 2 and 2 together and took him to the drs. The doctors said there was nothing wrong with him except the fever. It wasn't until a couple of days later that I realized it must have been the needle. I am starting to think this is more common than you report. Every one I know since that has taken their babies for 12 months shots has had the same and the babies are just generally miserable!