BCG reaction - OMG!!

[tstmum]

Since my original post about a year ago, the boil-like thing healed (though it did take a while) and she has been left with a scar on her hip. It's still a bit pink, but has faded substantially. I'm sure that with time it will fade even more.

 

[misizlee]

I had my BCG when I was 11 yrs old at secondary school in the UK. Most 11 yr olds did. I have a scar on my upper right arm.

My son had his BCG in the UK when he was 3 weeks old because we were coming to HK. He had the same boil-like reaction other posters have mentioned. Now its fading.

We didn't get an option to have the shot in any other body part.

 

[City Jammer]

My baby girl is going to be permanently scarred, thanks to the previous helper who picked off the BCG scab and left a big bleeding wound on her arm. When I confronted her, she claimed she didn't pick the scab but it fell off when she "touched" it.

 

[Smiles]

I had the BCG jab as a baby. If it helps I have no idea which arm I had it as I now have no scar, I'm pretty sure they'll fade with time.