2.5 yr old very warm and slightly slightly gungy eye please advise me !!!

[whoopsididitagain]

hi my dd is very warm her cheeks are flushed but no other part of her skin is she's not sweating but she's warm and her eye is slightly gungy when she was at her fathers on saturday he had to clean it in the morning coz she was complaining it hurt but has had no further symptoms til just now

basically im a bit worried coz she had heat exhasution when we where away and had such high fevers dont want them to rocket again

i cant get any paracetamol down her and i live own my own so im having to wrestle her as well as to administer it and only managed to get 2 ml down her

shall i ring nhs direct or just keep an eye???

[lowrib]

Ring NHS Direct. I have no idea about the symptoms (I am a new mum!) but I've found NHS Direct to be very useful in the past.

We are so lucky to have such services available to us, they are there for exactly this kind of thing, give them a bell!

[whoopsididitagain]

i just rang will be an hour os so til someone calls fingers crossed she wont get worse ty

[lowrib]

Gotta go to bed now, but just wanted to say good luck, hope your DD gets better soon, and you don't have to wait too long for the call.

[Nemoandthefishes]

Does she have a temp or is she just warm to the touch?

[whoopsididitagain]

like i said i dont have a thermometer but she has woke up this morning she's warmer and her face is flushed but shes complaining she's cold dont knpow whether to take her to doc's

tia

[hoarsewhisperer]

i had this with mine in the past a few times. To be honest it soundslike a cold. The sinuses get congested and the gunk starts to come out of her tear ducts. The best way to clean it out is with a peice of cotton wool dipped in cool boiled water, or you can also use cold black tea which is very effective and astringent. DOnt forget to wipe from the outside to the inside 0f the eye to avoid spreading the infection into the eye.

you didn't say what her temperature is. If it is below 39 degrees i would give her some paracetamol and let her sleep. Make an appointment to take her to the doctor if you can, but dont panic. The only thing you need to check is that it is not a bacterial eye infetion as that would require some antibiotics. It is probably just a virus and will have to run its course, but see the doc for your own peace of mind.

I know its not nice when they are sick...mine is currently lying on the sofa with a sore ear and tonsils like golf balls....we are going to the doctor too later on.

[hoarsewhisperer]

oops - sorry - just read that you dont have a thermometer. either seeif you can borrow one or just take her to the doc

[whoopsididitagain]

my mum fetched a forehead thermoometer choclate tea pot comes to mind but bless her lol

its reading betwenn 36.5 and 38 so gonna keep checking it

ty