What causes fever, chills and redness after the vaccination for cellulitis?
Patient: hi - i was recently hospitalized with what was diagnosed as cellulitis in my upper left arm.  i had gone to the doctor and received a vaccination on thursday and by friday i had fever, chills, redness & swelling.  i was hospitalized for 5 days on IV antibiotics and now i am home and finished with all antibiotics. the problem is now i have pain in that arm and a feeling of numbness and burning. Doctor: Hi & Welcome.I can understand your concern.After having gone through the history given you seem to have neuropathic pain due to accidental nerve injury caused by the vaccine.Now, since your cellulitis seems to be treated well with IV antibiotics, you need to consult your doctor for proper clinical examination and further treatment which may involve use of NSAID pain killers and Gabapentin along with Mecobolamine tablets.Hope this will help.