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Can 1 year jabs cause ear infections?

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LVJ1989 · 05/08/2022 22:21

My daughter had her 1 year jabs on Tuesday, she was a bit unsettled for the first day but calpol sorter her, she was fine Wednesday but from then she has been screaming on and off. She's always been such a settled calm baby and now it just seems like she's in pain, her ear is a little red but other than that I can't see anything wrong with her. I know the 1 year jabs usually kick in a week or so after so I wouldn't expect it to be causing her this much bother so soon. Any help would be great

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MargaretThursday · 06/08/2022 00:43

No, they can't.
Which jabs do they now get at a year, because I thought 24-48 hours was normally the worst temperature point for mine. Measles can get a rash a week later, although mine didn't.

Babies tend to get ear infections because their tubes are small. Ds had one roughly every 10-14 days until he had grommets in at 20 months. If she's got an ear infection at that age ds used to find relief by me holding his ear against me. When he was older then a warm (not hot) hot-water bottle helped, but I wouldn't have used one at that age.
Calpol and ibroprofen alternated should bring it down.
If they're still in pain (or stuff starts coming out of their ear) it might be worth seeing if the doctor or pharmacist can take a quick peep to check it's just a bog standard one. They might give antibiotics (ds normally needed them) but not normally at this point of an infection.

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