Child Having Fever. Getting Temporary Relief From Calpol. Is This Due To Pulse Polio Vaccination?

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2013

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Question : My son is 1 yr 3 months old. He is having high fever since morning. Had 1 dose of colpol early morning. It subsided for a couple of hours and has temperature is high again. We will be visiting a doctor in a couple of hours. My question is .. we gave him pulse polio vaccination yesterday ... can that be a cause here?

Answered by Dr. Y V Siva Sankara Murty (17 minutes later)

Hi

Thanks for writing to health care magic.

Pulse polio vaccination received by your son yesterday is NOT a cause of his fever.
Oral polio vaccination does not cause fever.

Hope i answered your question.
Praying God for the speedy recovery of your kid.

Take care

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