Sore after whooping cough vaccine

[redandyellowandpinkandgreen]

Anyone else had a really sore arm after the vaccine, does anything help? Mine is very hot and sore and makes it uncomfortable to sleep, I had it yesterday but it's just as sore today.

Thanks

[LouiseD29]

Yes, mine took about four days to stop hurting completely. Slept on my right hand side for a few nights! It's worth it though.

[FoofFighter]

Mine didn't give me any jip for a week, then on the 7th day after it it was a huge red patch, itchy, sore but it wore off over the next 24hrs. Putting a cold compress on it helped take the hotness out.

[Dolallytats]

Had mine last Friday and it was tender for a couple of days and felt a little hard round the injection site. You should be ok in a couple of days. DS(5) kept leaning on it, that smarted a little!!

[PinkApple86]

I had mine on Friday and arm hurt for a few days but today it's fine. made me a bit tired and sore throaty but it's worth it to protect my little one.

[redandyellowandpinkandgreen]

Yes DS keeps leaning on mine too, I have to keep getting him to sit to my right! It would be helpful if the nurse mentioned this do you don't become concerned that your arm may drop off.

[Sunflower1985]

So sore and big, red and itchy. Thankfully didn't hurt much after a week. The bruise faded slowly though.

[Neiffer]

I couldn't move my arm the day after! It was sore for 3/4 days, swollen for a week, red for about two weeks and has finally just gone down to weird dry skin. Annoying but as others have said, worth it :)

[Bippidee]

Me too! It stopped feeling hot and swollen after about 4 days. I found, like Foofighter, a cold compress or patch helped. I used the deepfreeze ones, but only at night. Still a wee bit itchy a week on.