advice needed - dd has been pretty poorly for a few days and her temperature keeps going over 40 degrees . . .
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- advice needed - dd has been pretty poorly for a few days and her temperature keeps going over 40 degrees . . .
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29/11/08 23:42
She could have a urine infection, hence the high temp.I would take her to the doctor on Monday and I am sure she will be put on antibiotics. I used to worry loads before my daughter got diagnosed, the fevers were off the scales, she would be trembling with the cold yet her skin would be on fire and the nights of course were the worst ! At times i used to think "will this ever end " which of course it always did. Even though people always really worry about very high fevers, it's actually very common for children to get fevers of over 40C. One minute they are burning up and the next they are running around playing again! I can really assure you that high fevers can be brought on by even a simple virus however after what you told me " she has pain when she has a wee " I would take her to the doctor's because that to me sounds like a urine infection. Please let me know how she is getting on and what the doctor says. Hope she feels better soon x -
29/11/08 19:47
Thank you for that reassurance. When she was just under 2yrs (she is 4 and a half now) she had a very bad episode of croup when she stopped breathing and we thought we had lost her and the symptoms she has now are mimicking that really so it's always a worry. Though I was half expecting a whole load of replies saying 'wow over 40? get down to a & e'!! So in a way it is nice (and I don't mean that in that way as it is not nice what you have to go through is it?) that someone else experiences higher than what is usual regarded as 'high temperature' - does that make sense? I have just checked on her and she is asleep and is a bit cooler. Been doing all the normal things - calpol/medised, tepid baths, keeping her clothes sensible - though she does keep getting a cover and wrapping herself up as keeps getting real bad shivers and says she is cold. Actually every night before bed she says 'I don't want to go for a wee it hurts inside'??
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29/11/08 19:09
depends on what's the matter with her.If she has a bacterial infection, it won't come down until she has been given antibiotics, although it's not the antibiotics that will clear the temp, it will clear the infection which in return will clear the temp. My daughter always has a very high fever when she gets ill( up to 41C) which is a lot as she is IgA deficient ( it's a minor immunity problem ) so i have to deal with temps and antibiotics rather a lot during the winter months. I am sure that once you have seen a doctor and they give her some medicine, her temp will come down pretty quickly. Though I do have to say that even a viral virus can give children very high temps and there is not much you can do in that case except wait it out, give them regular calpol etc and keep them cool.Best thing to do is see a doctor though.Good luck. -
29/11/08 18:57
have phoned nurse at doctors and spoken to HV but shouldn't her temp start coming down by now rather than keep going up to 40.something?
