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I'm worried because my arm is killing me from the pneumonia shot., what do you suggest?
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Take NSAID: Usually inflammation at the site of vaccination is due to immune reaction to previous memory of the same antigen which manifest as inflammation. This could be suppressed by using nsaid, but make sure the site is not infected. Shahzeidi, md.
Answered 9/27/2017
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