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Is it normal for your arm to be numb days after getting a shot? i got the whooping cough shot

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Dr. Michael Zacharisen answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

At injection site: On occasion, the needle of the vaccine can touch a nerve at the site of injection, leaving a feeling of numbness. More than likely, the feeling will very gradually return. It would be unlikely for the numbness to involve the entire arm.

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Answered 10/24/2017

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