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2018-11-16 11:18:23
My son was administered pneumococcal vaccination at 6 weeks painless and developed mild fever after two days.Is this normal?
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Pneumococcal vaccine generally does not cause fever and rarely after 48 hours, though literature does state it as a mild after effect. Pentavalent or hexavalent vaccine given along with it might have resulted some rise of temperature. But it rarely happens beyond 48 hours.

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Pneumococcal vaccine can’t cause that

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