Should I take DD back? High temp!

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DD woke from a nap yesterday with a high temp gave Calpol and then nurofen 1.5 hours later still didn't come down and she was sick so took her to urgent care her temp still didn't come down whilst we was there so they sent her to another hospital, they monitored her and gave paracetamol and thankfully after 6 hours her temp and heart rate came down she had a wee and was able to eat, she was checked by 2 doctors who both think its viral but were not able to get a look at her throat.

We managed to get home without a temp but she woke up in the night boiling hot again and its back up to 38.6 she can hardly lift her head bless her! She is 2.5 years.

Should I take her back to the hospital or see how she goes on at home?

Yes. Take her now.

I agree. Take her now. Hope she feels better soon x

When did she last have Calpol/paracetamol? They should have looked at her throat, tbh.

Have they ruled out infection OP? Yeah absolutely take her back if you're unhappy with how she is atm. Good luck!

Take her to GP.

Thanks everyone iv managed to get her in with the GP which is quicker than driving back to the hospital! X

Hi OP, I would suggest alternating ibuprofen with paracetamol. This would be the only thing that worked when DS had a temp above 38.5.

I hope you got to see the GP and she's being looked after.

@BoxOfBabyCheeses we have been doing that hun x

Thanks everyone seen a nurse practitioner who looked at her throat and prescribed antibiotics because she has tonsillitis !! How a registrar at a hospital misses that is beyond me 🙄

"Missed" because all the signs might not have been there when she was seen at the hospital. Illnesses evolve over time which is why you can't always make an exact diagnosis one day but the next it's more obvious. Have seen this happen so many times which is why I always say "if it gets worse or no better...come back"

IThanks everyone seen a nurse practitioner who looked at her throat and prescribed antibiotics because she has tonsillitis !! How a registrar at a hospital misses that is beyond me 🙄*

Tonsillitis is usually viral.

38.5 on it’s own is not that high a temp. Mine regularly got temps of 39 from teething. It’s more the clinical signs associated with it that they would be concerned (or not) about.

Probably because they couldn't get a look at her tonsils before...

Because tonsillitis takes some time to evolve and for the bacteria to multiply. If the doctors couldn’t see her throat they can’t diagnose, plus on day one or two sometimes it’s because just redness before it becomes apparent what it is.

Hope she gets well soon. I have it frequently and it’s horrible.

Sometimes you get the fever etc of tonsillitis before the other symptoms (glads, pus) show up.

Trust me, I've had it about 16 times

Is it strep? Do they not do a throat swab for strep? Or is one of those ones where they could do a throat swab (they do here in Germany, with my kids it's always come back positive as soon as they had a sore throat and a temp above 38) but the NHS prefers to have people wait until the kids are unmistakably more ill than you would be with a virus? Makes no bloody sense to me whatsoever.