to ask for your help..

[ditsydoll]

I know this is in the wrong place but getting no anawer in health..

					DD has had a high temp since Monday night. Iv been controlling it with calpol and took her to the doctors tonight to get checked out. She has a cough, cold and swolen glands. 

Iv just given her a dose of calpol and her temp is 39.2, she had calpol about 4 hours ago and it didn't seem to help much, iv stripped her clothes off to keep her cool, plenty of water and she's in a cool but not cold room.

Her heart seems to be really racing and I'm just abit concerned as the temp is so high. Would you take her to A&E with high temp, raised heart rate and she seeks to he breathing a little fast?

I would - if she has been ill since Monday and no improvement, why take the risk? That's just a personal view - I have to stress that I'm not a health professional.

Yes, take her to A&E, hope she feels better soon!

Yes, straight to A&E. if you called NHS Direct they'd tell you to go in.

Take her. Is her breathing a worry to you? Any difficulty breathing should be 999, not to be alarmist.

I would call out of hours Dr - they will give you an appointment time and be situated usually at a&e - saves you sitting round in a&e with a poorly dd.

She's not struggling to breathe it just seems a little quicker and shorter than usual. Going to take her to A&E now thanks

Good luck ditsy I hope she feels better soon.

Thank you

A&E. That temp is high - get her checked out. Hope you are ok x Just stay calm and I hope she is better soon

Yep, A&E/Out Of Hours.

Let us know how you get on.

Just got back from out of hours they said she's just got a nasty viral infection and gave her ibuprofen to take to help bring temp down, fingers crossed it will help. Thanks for your help.

Poor little thing.

Hope your DD gets well soon

I would go straight to A&E too, hope she feels better soon

hope she gets well soon - you can use calpol and ibuprofen together for a double whammy to get a temp down. its safe to use both.

Ibuprofen is wonderful stuff for bringing temperature down & can turn a hot, listless child into a bushy-tailed livewire in 20 minutes flat! Keep some in the house, all those with young DCs...

my goodness questions like this reinforce how flaming useless i'd be if my one year old were ill, and how much I would have to rely on you ladies! hope your
little one is better soon x