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BCG inject. site oozing after10 month
My kid got the BCG vaccine to the left arm last year mid November. She was 11 months old at the time she got the vaccine.This mid January she was having a white pus oozing for the vaccine site. It went away after a few days. The scar never formed properly and has slight . 2 days ago (after 10 month of the vaccine) a bump appeared on the BCG vaccine site and today the bump burst and was oozing yellow pus from it. What could the reason be ?. Attached the images. The one with more pus is from January. The other one is the current situation.
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It's BCGosis - no need to worry
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Dr. Akansha Mittal
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7 yrs exp
New Delhi
Visit nearby pediatrician . Need to be examined.
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Dr. Noureen Sadaf
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3 yrs exp
Kota
It will generally heal spontaneously. Watch out for any sudden increase in redness swelling associated fever etc that my point to a secondary infection.
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