Lumps under skin after immunisation.

[Celsie]

Caeleb just had his 6 month immunisations. The two spots on his legs where the needles were injected were red yesterday, but that has gone away. I ran my fingers over the two areas and noticed that there is a large lump beneath the skin under each spot. Is this normal? If so, how long till it goes away?

Celsie. xoxox

[StrawberryMumma]

Hey Celsie!

My DD had big lumps too and took a few days (maybe almost a week??) to go away..

Poor Caeleb..not nice is it..

[Shellbelle]

The lumps from Angus took about A MONTH TO GO AWAY!! Don;t stress, perfectly normal!

[~Flossie~]

yep we had them aswell.. i just massaged them

[*Shell*]

Emily had them too, one lasted longer than the other, but it was there for about three weeks.

[Celsie]

Thank you all for your replies. It's reassuring to know it's normal. I was quite worried, as they feel really horrible. Does anyone know what they are?

Celsie. xoxox

[Tracey]

I did a baby massage course with Pinky & massaging a baby within a week (or so from memory) of immunisations is not recommended, so I'd not suggest massaging the lumps...

[Celsie]

Thanks for that information Tracey, that's very good to know.

Celsie. xoxox

[StrawberryMumma]

I guess the lumps would be just a bit of swelling and inflammation due to the trauma and vaccine..that's my guess!

[Celsie]

Yeah, that's what I'd guess as well, but I wasn't sure. Thank you Lee:-)!

Thank you to all who replied.

Celsie. xoxox

[Emma27]

Joshua also had the lumps and they went away in just over a week.
A friend (who is a vet ) told me its a common side effect.