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Does Muscle Infection After DPT Be A Cause For Concern?
hi doctor, my daughter is 4 years old and her weight is 12 kgs. 4 days back she took DPT vaccine in thigh from that she is unable to bend his left leg doctor suggest to take scanning and x ray and blood test and he said that she got muscle infection in the place of injection and he gave some antibiotics to use..is it ok? any thing we need to do
Mon, 18 Apr 2016
good question. infection secondary to injection is extremely rare and simple redness and muscle ache after injection are more common than people realize. Yes, it should be okay to use the antibiotics
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