Abroad and need advice RE whether to contact a Paed

[whittywan]

My DS (21weeks) and I are in the US visiting a friend. He was given a BCG vaccine at 11 weeks and I was told that it may cause a local reaction, which it started to do about 4 weeks ago. I have not really been to worried about it as he seems well in himself and the lesion is not painful/tender. However, over the last couple of days it has become more and more abcess like and it now looks like it may pop.

We are flying back to the UK on Wednesday but will not be going home to Yorkshire before flying out to South Afric on Saturday.

Should I take him to see my friend's Paed or is that unneccesary?

They can get quite big and pussy before they heal over and harden. If you feel yourself it is more than you would expect then do take him to a dr, if only for reassurance.

perhaps worth phoning your insurance company to see if they will cover the cost of a visit?

Do you have to go the paediatrician route? Is there something like a nurse practicioner or someone like that you could see?

Apparently there isn't really a nurse practitioner type thing here and the walk-in doctor at the pharmacy is likely to refer to the Paed anyway. It isn't the money that worries me just that it is big and ugly and... it is my baby and I'm not sure IYSWIM?

But I don't want unnecessary intervention...

Agree they do get very big and pus-y.

Can you see a doctor when you get back? Assuming it's tomorrow you're flying?

If he seems well in himself and he doesn't have a temp/tenderness around the area then I wouldn't worry. They can be pretty vile.

Thank you. He is certainly not in pain and (although I'm constantly worried ) He is not running a temp.

So I'm not going to see a Paed

Unless the surrounding area is increasingly red and hot and baby unwell, I wouldn't worry