TreatmentTherapy | Skin rash after vaccination

TreatmentTherapy

A skin rash after vaccinations does not require special therapy. If the redness is localized to the injection site and accompanied by pain and swelling, it may help to cool the area with ice. The redness will then disappear by itself after a few days.

The situation is similar with the rash typical of measles after a mumps measles rubella vaccination. Here too, there is no causal therapy; any itching can be reduced with cooling ointments. If an allergy is suspected, the ingredients of the vaccine should be checked in the future before further vaccinations.

If only a rash without shortness of breath or shock symptoms occurs, no further special therapy is necessary. A rash after vaccinations heals by itself within a few days without any special therapy being necessary. However, those affected who have had good experience with homeopathy can try to shorten the duration of the rash with appropriate preparations.

There is currently no scientific proof that the duration of the rash or a feeling of illness after a vaccination can be shortened with homeopathic remedies. Depending on the type of rash (with or without itching, with vesicles, scaling or weeping, etc. ), a variety of different homeopathic agents may be used.

Duration of the rash

A local vaccination reaction around the injection site in the form of redness, swelling and pain disappears by itself within a few days. The same is true of the rash with the “vaccination measles“, where the slightly increased body temperature and the rash disappear again without complications after a few days without therapy. In the case of an allergy to the vaccine, the rash usually disappears even after a few days. In general, there is no need to worry about a rash after vaccination. However, if the rash and accompanying symptoms such as fever, malaise or headache and aching limbs persist for a long time, the doctor treating the patient should be consulted.

Skin rash after tetanus vaccination

Tetanus (tetanus) is usually vaccinated together with diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough), so the vaccine is a triple vaccine (see Infanrix®). Both the basic immunization in infancy and the booster every 10 years in adolescence and adulthood use the triple vaccine and not a single vaccine only against tetanus. Even if the doctor gives an injection against tetanus as a precaution after an injury with an unclear vaccination status of the patient, it is usually the triple combination.

This is very well tolerated by both children and adults. Only in a few cases local skin rashes occur, allergic reactions are very rare. A single vaccination only against tetanus can be given if, for example, an intolerance to the diphtheria or pertussis vaccine is known.

Infanrix® is the trade name of a triple vaccine that is intended to immunize against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. According to the recommendation of the STIKO (Standing Vaccination Commission), this triple vaccination is part of the basic immunization that every child in Germany should receive. The vaccine can be administered from the second month of life and must be vaccinated four times in order to achieve basic immunization in infants.

Subsequently, the vaccination protection must be refreshed every ten years. The vaccine is generally considered to be well tolerated. During the basic immunization, local redness or swelling occurs in only 0.1% of cases; during booster vaccinations, redness around the injection site can occur in up to 5% of cases.Inflammatory skin diseases have been reported in rare cases, which are related to the vaccination in time. Very rarely allergic reactions have been reported, which may also be accompanied by rashes.