Q: my daughter just got her polio, mmr and chicken pox shot and now two days later her one leg is swollen, very red and hard in the area where the shot was given. She doesnt complain of pain and there are no other symptoms.
A: That is not a healthy reaction, although it is common. You have a right to report it to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System so that researchers can identify patterns of reactions. http://vaers.hhs.gov/pdf/VAERS_brochure.pdf You can search the VAERS database for other reported events through this website. http://www.medalerts.org/ Your doctor will most likely say everything is fine and refuse to report it to VAERS, but you have a right to report it yourself if your doctor refuses to do so. You should also insist that the doctor describe the reaction in your child's medical record.