My 5y 9m ds started being diagnosed with mild asthma (family history of asthma - coughs with every winter virus) last week. 3 days later he had temps of 39.5 not responding to paracetamol so was put on antibiotics for suspected chest infection. Since then the cough is less dry and less persistent. The cough now sounds productive and wet. He's had a couple of nights better sleep due to coughing being less persistent but remains tired, pale, bags under eyes and off his food. The high temps have gone since the start of antibiotics but last night and again today his temp has measured as low as 34.1 degrees. I've been able to correct this adding an extra jumper and thick socks (it isn't cold inside its 20 degrees and his sister is comfortable in shorts and long sleeved t shirt).
However should I be worried enough to take him back to the gp as he doesn't seem able to regulate his own temperature and I'm guessing this is due to the illness.
Since the antibiotics the illness has improved in some ways but he isn't significantly better. He's been taking them since Friday.
I'm stressing over whether he should see the dr again on mon if not significantly better?
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Chest infection in 5y old - low temps now.
TimeIsAnIllusion · 23/03/2014 09:42
Hi, thanks for responding sherbetpips 
I think this could be the case with ds - it's just his illness and I hadn't noticed the phenomenon prior to owning a digital thermometer, which is a recent purchase.
Keeping him in bed with us is a great idea to ensure he has his temperature regulated, I will try that next time. I'm really hoping he's over the worst of the illness now - he's picked up as the day went on and ate a proper lunch for the first time in a week.
I'm even considering will he be ok for school tomorrow rather than a trip to the dr! 
Took him back to school as although not back to full health he's improved a bit - and filled out form for antibiotics.
Was not impressed with teachers criticism I had brought him in the buggy (he is 5 and is poorly! I thought it best he conserve his energy to cope with the school day and I don't drive - we live half a mile from the school, he is small for age too - wears age 3-4y). 
It seems very sad to me that school attendance is valued more by schools than the child's well being.
When I was a kid mothers would have not dreamed of sending kids in who hadn't finished their course of antibiotics.
I felt my choice to take him in was heavily influenced by pressure from the school - we got an attendance letter last year due to time off for illness.
So now we seem to be expected to take in children so long as they aren't being sick or having diahorrea.
They have facility to leave antibiotics in their fridge and have staff willing to give antibiotics during the day - that in itself speaks volumes to me about the schools expectation to have unwell children on site.
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