To ask for quick advice about dd's high temperature and bloodshot eyes...

[ballstoit]

Have rung NHS Direct, who are surprise, surprise'exceptionally busy' and will call back within 6 hours.

I have no confidence in my own judgement on health matters after coming close to death myself following a spectacular under estimate of seriousness 2 years ago.

DD (6) has high temperature (between 39 & 40.5 depending on how long since she had paracetomol/ibuprofen, which I'm giving to maximum dose alternately) which she's had since yesterday. Complained of pain in one eye this morning, but I couldn't see anything in or on it, she did have some piriton just before bed as had said her eye hurt again, and I thought it could be hayfever or other allergy related.

She went to bed at 6, and her eyes looked fine. She woke at 9, complaining of a headache, and both eyes were very bloodshot, she had cool flannel on her head, some paracetomol and went back to sleep.

The eyes are worrying me though, especially thanks to Dr Googles diagnosis of possible Kawasaki disease

So, WIBU to wait for NHS Direct call back, or should I ring OOH docs? As I said medical confidence is shot it.

Glad you dd is feeling better.

I've been to A&E for less, they've never ever made me feel like I'm wasting time, they've always been bloody brilliant with my boys and equally as brilliant with me. I haven't taken them to A&E before googling which I suppose isn't recommended, but it is quicker than NHS direct who have ALWAYS said "Go to A&E or phone your Dr".

I try to be a little balanced, again, in general terms, GOOGLE is your friend if you visit .gov sites or official pharmacy/health sites specify UK!!).

You didn't do the wrong thing, but you should never worry about going to A&E if you're genuinely worried, you will not be wasting their time. Getting wankered and phoning 999 to ask the time is wasting time! (Yes, watching 999 what's you emergency, I didn't mean to... it makes me cross).

YANBU op sometimes it's a very hard judgement to make and I've been wrong as many times as I've been right!

I hate it when dcs are ill. I often have to cope with it on own as well. Sending best wishes.

Depends on the virus. If it were contagious, bearing in mind he never left my side for four days, slept in my bed, cuddles on sofa.. i'd have caught SOMETHING,

I haven't got so much as a sniff.

I'm more inclined to believe it's end of year exhaustion.

"I don't think you can catch viruses,"

Of course you can - flu, colds, chicken pox are all viruses and contagious.

Ok then. Perhaps what the Dr's tell us is wrong then?

If they can't find a reason, it's a virus.

Mr DR said, categorically that I couldn't catch CP from a 3rd party. But I did, and a good friend did as well.

If it were a virus, that was contagious, i'd have caught it, others would have caught it.

Others would have the same in his class.

They didn't.

If it were flu/CP etc, yes it'd have spread.

I don't think it was a virus, it was plain old exhaustion.

Hissy - you probably have immunity. Rotavirus is more common/serious in children as most adults have had it & built up resistance.

Exhaustion cannot cause a 40deg temp.

And for the record (as doctor confirmed) 40degs does not mean A&E - only if it doesn't respond to meds.

There's also a difference between something which is "catching" and something which is "contagious".