My 5 year old had fever in the night, checked her temperature at 6 and it was 40 degrees, gave her paracetamol and it went down to 38 but soon went back up again and now its 41 (possibly higher as our thermometer seems to measure low).
She has said a few times that its hard to breathe but now says she can breathe ok. No other worrying symptoms but she says her legs hurt.
I don't want to take her to the doctor unless absolutely necessary as she gets very distressed and I know they will do the fingerprick CRP test and that will be extremely distressing for her so I want to avoid any of that if possible and she is prone to high fevers when ill but 41 is higher than its ever been before. I've given her paracetamol again and she has a cool damp cloth on her forehead and is drinking water - is there anything else I can do to help her? At what point should I take her to the doctor?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.
Children's health
Fever of 41C
50 replies
Natsku · 17/04/2016 10:52
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.