has been poorly thread here to save repeating in detail. But, quickly, had flu type virus. Now has lots of ulcers in mouth, on gums, edges of teeth, inside of cheeks, throat, inside lips which are swollen, gum red raw. Gums bled today when he tried to drink milk through straw.
He is 3yo.
He has barely eaten, hardly being, pretty much nothing, rather than not much, since wed/thurs last week. But has been drinking fine. However since yesterday his drinking liquid has dropped, in the night I woe him to give him a drink as he was licking lips, vv dry. He tried to drink, but it hurt the ulcers on lips and since then he has refused all water, squash and juice.
This morning he had a little bit of runny ready brekky with milk, through a bowl with straw attached and little bit of milk through straw, two mouthfuls of yoghurt - more than for the last week in total!
Lunch - the insides of two munch bunch yoghurt (ie not the whole pot) and a teaspoon of chocolate mousse.
Nothing else. Refusing all liquid. Is this food/milk enough to sustain his liwuid levels? Spoke to gp on phone about it due to bleeding gums. She said she is not concerned about s weight plummeting, but needs to see him tomorrow if he is still not drinking liquids.
How do I know if he is dehydrated before tomorrow? He has pee'd once today, lunch time. Dh sorted it so don't know if very dark. Does he need to be seen before tomorrow?
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Ds not drinking due to ulcers. But ate a yoghurt? Ok? Gp?
PavlovtheCat · 31/01/2013 18:31
Oh,poor boy!
Could you make some frozen milk lollies? Might he be able to lick them? What else could you make lollies out of that wouldn't sting his mouth?
Could you get him to lie down and drip some water into his mouth so it won't touch his lips? Or is he too little to understand that?
Sorry I'm not being helpful....
No more anxious than me, Pav 
I'd be exactly the same. Hope he is a bit better tomorrow x
flossy oh I wish I had spoken to you earlier! poor little mite has been suffering badly! Although he is on the mend I am going to buy some (for me 
) as he still has so many ulcers, they won't disappear by tomorrow. thank you for letting me know.
His symptoms do look similar to hand/foot/mouth, but GP was pretty certain it wasn't on account of it not being anywhere else.
But I have had my doubts, as the symptoms match that of gingivostomatitis which is caused by either herpes simplex (the very first time a child comes into contact with the virus it can manifest in this way apparantly) or cocksackie virus, right down to the bleeding gums. And, although I do suffer from coldsores, I have not had one recently - and DS goes to nursery 3 times a week.
If it is hand, foot and mouth, is it too late for the medication? I am guessing it is anti-viral medication, so probably too late.
Poor thing, even worse to know he might have suffered unecessarily if he could have a) had meds and b) had difflam spray
oh just read up some more, herpegina is apparantly the cocksackie virus, but only in the mouth - so yes, it probably is HFM virus but just in the mouth. I cannot see what else it can be, and the symptoms are so the same - he had loss of apetite and spiking temp before the ulcers.
And if this is true, then yes, he could have had anti-viral to ease/help him recover more quickly, he was at the docs on Monday
It's always the same 'it's a virus, can't help, sorry'
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Oh, the poor boy 
it sounds like he's had a really rough time.
I know it's hard but try not to think what could have been (ie having medication), just look at what you can do for him now. I would def go get some Difflam. It'll have the dosage on there for kids but it's 1 spray per 4kg weight up to max 4 sprays, iirc. Once that works and you can get some fluids and calpol into him, hopefully he'll begin to feel a bit better and get some more energy.
Poor thing :(
I can't remember what the GP gave to DS for H,F and M. The out of hours doc thought it was thrush and gave him something which made it really sting, DS was screaming in agony. Not surprisingly DS refused to let us put any more in his mouth, hence took him to GP. I'm sure she gave him something soothing for the ulcers.
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