4 Year Old DPT w/ Swollen & Red Arm

My 4 year old daughter received the last DPT shot required here in NJ. Two
days after, her arm is extremely swollen and red. Is this a normal reaction?

My son had the same reaction, his arm was sore and red (decreasing) for
about a week or so. He was veyr, veyr sorry for himself and requied a
lot of babying over it. I talked to the advice nurse at our ped's office
and she said this was within the range of normal, the extreme edge, but
normal. He had also had a reaction to the second one, had a lump in his
arm at the injection site for over a year. The doctor thinks its a
rection to the tetanus portion, so unfortunately he may experience it
again in the future when tetanus gets updated.

-Karen, mom to Henry almost 5 and William almost 1-

"Billy" wrote in message
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My 4 year old daughter received the last DPT shot required here in NJ. Two
days after, her arm is extremely swollen and red. Is this a normal
reaction?

It's not unusual. My ds had an itchy red spot for several days then a knot
at the injection site that lasted for a couple of months.

JennP.

Billy wrote:
My 4 year old daughter received the last DPT shot required here in
NJ. Two
days after, her arm is extremely swollen and red. Is this a normal
reaction?

I don't know how normal it is, but the last time I got my own tetanus
booster shot my arm was quite swollen and sore for days afterwards.
Not fun, but it went away.

Beth

"JennP" wrote in message
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"Billy" wrote in message
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My 4 year old daughter received the last DPT shot required here in NJ.
Two
days after, her arm is extremely swollen and red. Is this a normal
reaction?

It's not unusual. My ds had an itchy red spot for several days then a knot
at the injection site that lasted for a couple of months.

Heck, I missed three days of work the last time I got a tetanus shot! My arm
was swollen, hot, red, and couldn't be lifted. Ow!

Thanks all. The arm is much less red after 24 hrs of appearing and the
swelling is lessening,

"dkhedmo" wrote in message
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My son had the same reaction, his arm was sore and red (decreasing) for
about a week or so. He was veyr, veyr sorry for himself and requied a lot
of babying over it. I talked to the advice nurse at our ped's office and
she said this was within the range of normal, the extreme edge, but
normal. He had also had a reaction to the second one, had a lump in his
arm at the injection site for over a year. The doctor thinks its a rection
to the tetanus portion, so unfortunately he may experience it again in the
future when tetanus gets updated.

-Karen, mom to Henry almost 5 and William almost 1-