Why Do Toddlers Often Have Fever After Vaccination? Check The Answer Here

YOGYAKARTA Why do toddlers often have a fever after giving the vaccine? Apart from knowing the cause, parents also need to know how to safely deal with fever in toddlers after vaccination.

Fever is a condition where the body temperature increases to more than 37.2 degrees Celsius when, or more than 37.8 Celsius, measured in the mouth using a thermometer.

Fever is not categorized as a disease, but rather a symptom arising from viral infections, bacteria, inflammation, or post-vaccination reactions.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccination is intended as an effort to protect oneself from dangerous diseases before individuals become infected with the disease.

Quoted from the Childern's Hospital of Philadelphia page, the vaccine works by preparing the immune system to be able to protect oneself from viruses or bacteria that can cause a person to fall ill.

The mechanism of work is by introducing components of germs that are known to trigger an immune response. However, the vaccine will not cause an immune response that is too large to cause serious side effects, as can occur in natural infections.

Even so, in some cases, the immune response can be strong enough to cause mild symptoms, such as mild fever.

Because vaccines can cause children to have a fever, sometimes parents are worried that if there is no fever it means the vaccine is not working. In fact, not everyone who responds to the vaccine will have a fever.

Quoted from AI-Care, post-vaccination fever generally appears in the first 24 hours and lasts for 1-2 days. When experiencing this, the little one may become more fussy, weak, restless, and sleepy.

To deal with fever in toddlers after vaccination, parents can do the following:

If the fever does not go down, parents can give hot reduction drugs such as paracetamol or ibuprofen. However, generally post-vaccination fever does not need to be treated by giving drugs, especially if the child is still active and willing to eat or drink.

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