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Drug error - wrong vaccine? Help, I'm driving myself insane....!

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southpacificgoat · 09/10/2015 13:20

I am a first time parent and just going through the NHS vaccination programme with my baby. He had his first two lots of jabs without any issues at all – no fever and only a little bit of moodiness the following day. He is now also in the Meningitis B catch-up cohort and his third lot of jabs (DTaP/IPV/Hip and PCV boosters) would have also included the first Meningitis B vaccination. As I didn’t want him to have three needle pricks in one session, I booked the MenB jab for a week later. When we saw the nurse last Monday for the DTaP/IPV/Hip and PCV boosters, she had already prepped all three the jabs. I clarified that we would be back for the MenB in a week and she put one syringe aside and proceeded with the other two. That evening my son went to sleep normally but woke up screaming (this was around four hours after the vaccinations and highly unusual for him). He also developed a fever (38.8C) during the night and was unwell for the next day. Paranoid as I am I can’t help but wonder if there is any chance the nurse put the wrong jab aside by mistake and he was administered the Meningitis B vaccine. The only reason I am worried is because I understand that most babies develop a fever after the MenB vaccine and I did not expected him to have a reaction to the boosters. Does anyone know if it is normal to have a reaction to the boosters rather than the initial vaccinations? Perhaps this is to be expected as the immune system reacts quickly having started to produce antibodies? How bad would a second MenB jab be after one week? Any thoughts?

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Florriesma · 09/10/2015 13:24

I think normal. Don't think ds1 who is now 11 had men b as I'm not sure it was out when he was young. Definitely remember him and friends ds being unwell after his jabs.

southpacificgoat · 09/10/2015 13:34

Thanks Florriesma. Do you remember if they had a reaction to all the jabs? I would not be worried if he had reacted to the initial jabs but as he was fine the first two times, so would have had the DTaP/IPV/Hip twice without a reaction and the PCV once without a reaction I worry...

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Florriesma · 09/10/2015 14:12

I think ds1 was cranky after all of his. Ds2 was a bit more variable. They can be brewing a cold anyway which you wouldn't always know about and the jabs seem to bring it out more. That's was my experience anyway. Friend and I used to give them calpol before the jabs to try and head any reactions off. That's bad advice now as calpol before vaccines can reduce the bodies uptake of the vaccine so don't do that!

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