DS1 is nearly 8 and is hardly ever ill from anything (unlike his little brother) and has just suffered his first proper illness - a Diarreah bug.
It started with pains in his tummy on Wednesday night and the runs started the next morning. It was after his 2nd or 3rd bout that I went to the bathroom to check he was ok and he suddenly went an awful colour, eyes went funny and he slurred 'I feel weird' and I knew he was about to pass out so got him to the ground. I know that if I wasn't there, he would have fainted properly as you could just tell (he looked scary!).
Anyway, he appears to have stopped needing the loo now since yesterday afternoon and is certainly a lot brighter today.
What I want to know is if it's normal for a child's to faint with a bug? Is this anything we need to mention to the Dr or do we just leave it now? Dh does faint on occasion and once after he banged his knee badly, he fainted then fitted quite badly (I phoned 999 ).
I'm sure it's probably fine but I want to cover myself as unfortunately I'm paranoid as a result of my best friend dying when we were 9 - she choked on her tongue after fainting then fitting.
So if you could let me know whether I should be safe to forget this or should mention to the GP, I'd be very grateful :)
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7 year old fainting whilst ill with diarreah
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looneytune · 22/01/2011 09:56
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