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My Daughter Has This Hard Swelling At The Site Of Bcg Injection

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Posted on Thu, 7 Nov 2024
Question: My daughter has this hard swelling at the site of the bcg injection given at birth. She’s 1 and a 1/2 now. It came up only few months ago n doesn’t seem to be bothering her or painful. Is this common?
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Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (14 hours later)
Brief Answer:
This is not uncommon.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and seen the photos.
This is not uncommon ( as is said in medical language). Seen in some persons. The usual appearance is a white spot that is soft and supple.
The scar is healing mechanism by body.
Scar can be thin and supple, can be hard and gets larger, occasionally can become a keloid.
This usually depends upon how the body is going to respond to the challenge of anything that is foreign. And this varies from person to person.

I hope this answers your specific query and helps you.
Keep under observation. Nothing special needs to be done at the moment.
One home-remedy is applying few drops of honey and equal amount of vaseline and apply without force. once or twice a day. This helps in many to make scar soft.

Dr T Chandrakant.

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My Daughter Has This Hard Swelling At The Site Of Bcg Injection

Brief Answer: This is not uncommon. Detailed Answer: Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and seen the photos. This is not uncommon ( as is said in medical language). Seen in some persons. The usual appearance is a white spot that is soft and supple. The scar is healing mechanism by body. Scar can be thin and supple, can be hard and gets larger, occasionally can become a keloid. This usually depends upon how the body is going to respond to the challenge of anything that is foreign. And this varies from person to person. I hope this answers your specific query and helps you. Keep under observation. Nothing special needs to be done at the moment. One home-remedy is applying few drops of honey and equal amount of vaseline and apply without force. once or twice a day. This helps in many to make scar soft. Dr T Chandrakant.