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How Can An Injection Site Swelling Due To Trauma Be Treated?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...my son his 4+and he got his last vacine yesterday on his hand and his cousin slap him on the hhand where he got the injection and it is now swollen .so I would like to know if the swswelling will take time and go down
Fri, 22 Jul 2016
Hi...the swelling might take 2-3 days to settle down.
For pain - Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
For pain - Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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