Does my child really need to go to out of hours?

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Posting here for traffic. DD came out of school and the teacher said she seemed tired all day. Brought her home and she’s boiling hot despite saying she feels cold. Checked her temp which was very high at 39.5. Immediately gave her calpol and it started decreasing pretty soon. By 5pm it was 38, still high but down. Keeping an eye on her, plenty of fluids etc watching films. Neither children want to eat tonight but thankfully drinking.

I must add DS has had a fever and a sickness bug at the weekend so the likelihood is that she’s brewing that.

OH is at work and he must have texted his mum to say we are poorly. She’s rang me up in a panic saying I should get DD to out of hours. Seems a b it ott. Yes she has a fever but she knows DS was also poorly so like caught that and her fever is coming down and she’s drinking so thought out of hours wasn’t needed.

Now mil has got me in a panic. Neither of mine really get poorly that often but have obviously had temperatures etc and I’ve always managed it at home with calpol etc etc.

Aibu that she doesn’t need to go??! She’s clearly caught what Ds had. I’m not 100 percent.

My
Mums the same. Every sniffle she would rush them off to the doctors.

Is it an older generation thing? When I was kid my
Mum took Me to the doctors for absolutely everything. Even things she could have treated at home.

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In the past I followed nhs guidelines when ds had high temps of 38-39. For about a month temp would be high, then down and he'd be fine. Finally one day it spiked to 38.5 and the nursery called me to come get him. I did go to out of hours then and turned out he had a virus which was treated with antibiotics. In some ways I wish I'd gone to the doctor sooner but he seemed fine after each rinse in temperature treated with calpol.

I would monitor for a day and if no improvement, go to the doctors. What you described doesn't sound bad enough for out of hours to me

Ridiculous advice here. Don't let a temperature get to almost 42 and say the body is just doing what it should and refuse treating it with any paracetamol 🙄. My son had a febrile convulsion when he had a temperate of 40.9.

However, 38 is not too bad and your DD's has come down with calpol so I would assume like you have that she's got a bug and her temperature can be well regulated with paracetamol

I did go to out of hours then and turned out he had a virus which was treated with antibiotics

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I wouldn’t take mine with that temp o/p. 38.5 is a normal temp for them on an evening, they just run hot. 39 is “ill”, but i still wouldn’t be overly worried unless they were clinically poorly with it.

I don’t give anything to reduce temp unless it goes over 40.

Iboogy a virus wouldn't be treated with antibiotics.

It's not too high a temp OP. Just keep an eye on her for the time being.

Bloomburger - it depends on the symptoms - clearly in Iboogy’s experience antibiotics were prescribed.

Op - see medical advice if the temp doesn’t come down.

I think if they are taking fluids and the calpol is reducing their temps, I personally wouldn't take them to out of hours but would keep an eye through the night.
There are so many bugs and illnesses about at the moment

I wouldn't but would keep a close eye.

My DC spikes a fever, as does DH and both shift bugs much faster than I do.

We took her in at 41/42 once. All that happened is that we sat in A&E for hours with a sick child who would have been better on the sofa at home. Child vomited- in my hands in A&E. Temperature started to settle. By the time we had seen the doctor it had started sorting itself out and we had all just had a miserable night.

I was told by 111 once that if, when you give calpol the fever subsides, they will be fine. Obviously keep an eye - most important is whether they are drinking AND peeing. Call 111 if you are worried to start with.

My dd just had a temperature for a full week. It went over 39 a few times, but never quite got to 40. We did go to the gp at the end of the 6th day just in case - it's really unusual for her to be ill at all and we wanted to check we were ok to carry on giving medication. Her temp reduced with calpol etc but never properly went down, and of course went back up again as it wore off. It was a virus, temperature was the only symptom, although she wasn't quite herself for a few days.

As for your mil- i don’t know her age but my mum is of a generation with little understanding of health and dr’s are gods.

She is constantly telling me to take dc to the GP. For everything from a bout of normal bf poo (shouldn’t be that runny), to a fussy eating phase (the dr needs to tell her what to eat), to every and any minor cut finger of sniffle. (Maybe the dr can give her something...)

As it is i think dc have visited the gp once or twice each- now teenagers. It would have been twice a week if i’d listned to my mother- and indeed i used to go quite a lot when there was fuck all wrong, “for a look” or “to see if he can give you something.

I’m a fucking pharmacist and know fine well most things are best left to heal unmedicated, and medication for coughs/diarrhoea etc can do more harm than good! But no, the GP might know of something that will cure instantly...