Dd twitching and hallucinating-please help

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Dd, 4 has had a temperature of 39 today, now down to 37, no other symptoms aside from being tired and lying down all day.
I’m lay with her in bed and she’s been falling asleep then waking up screaming, she sounds terrified, I held her straight away and put the light on and she was ducking away from the ceiling, screaming that there was something on it, Dh came up and we’ve been holding her and reassuring her have given her some medicine to hopefully help? 🤷🏻‍♀️It’s happened twice tonight (never before)
When we lay her back down in between us, she was sort of twitching a bit, we’re not sure if involuntary of if she’s seeing things again.
shes calmed a little now, do we take her to hospital or does this sometimes happen? Really worrying to see her so scared 😔

I would take her to the hospital to be safe or call 111 for advice.

@Gingerkittykat We’re abroad so no 111 does it warrant the hospital she’s falling asleep again for now, just want her calm

It could be a seizure, it could be hallucinations caused by the fever. Or something else. Call 111 or drive her down to A&E. Do you have other DC at home?

Sounds like fever dream - not nice but not dangerous. If you think she's having a seizure however that's different and she needs medical assessment. If you are worried call 111.

@Notjusta What would a seizure look like?

Just take her. She needs to be checked over properly by a doctor.

Hospital.

Nobody on here can tell you what the issue is.

Seizures can look very different. There really isnt a way of knowing if it was a seizure or a fever dream as a pp has said. If you are concerned call the appropriate number. I hope all is ok op !

Why would you not take her to be seen by a doctor? Whatever the A&E variation is in your country, possible seizure and hallucinations with a temperature could be both but you go get her checked out first and the bad stuff ruled out.

We have a doctor neighbour next door, should we ask him, Dh doesn’t think we should knock on at this time

get her seem tonoght.

Only you can decide op. Shes your child.

The twitching could have been a febrile seizure. You need to take her to A&E.
I’ve also hallucinated when I had a very high fever.

Get her checked out. Better safe than sorry.

I’d knock and asK or take her to hospital. Hope she’s ok.

For goodness sake -
stop wasting time asking randoms on here and get medical help for your child NOW

The commonest age to be admitted with sepsis in our hospital (over the last 5 years) is 3 years old. Just take her and get her checked over.

Paracetamol to help bring her temperature down. Don’t have her in bed between you and DH as you may cause her to overheat.

Agree that she should see a doctor but understand it’s not easy.

Keep her cool, sponge her with tepid water. I'm sure she will be fine by morning but don't hesitate to take her to A&E if things get worse.

Don’t sponge her down.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/fever-in-children/

Febrile convulsions? I would get her seen by a doctor.

Ok so she’s half sleeping but he’s gone to ask the doctor if he’ll come round, he’s not a child dr though, just a general gp (retired) he should know his stuff though?

It might be night terrors which are more likely to happen when children are ill, and whilst scary to witness aren't harmful and your DD won't remember it. My DD had them once when she was 3 and had a fever, twice in 1 night but never before or since. Shouting no and screaming at the ceiling like something was attacking her for 10
secs in the middle of a deep sleep. DN had them throughout her childhood so I knew straight away what it was. But if course get your DD seen if she's twitching or having what you think are seizures.

This happened frequently to my eldest DS from the ages of 4-12 when he got too hot, either through illness or just simply too many blankets in bed. Google night terrors. The bit about being truly terrified of something that parents can’t see is especially familiar- it’s just awful seeing your own child so utterly afraid that they are sobbing and inconsolable. It’s very distressing- but not for the child. Night terrors are different from bad dreams, DS did not remember a single one the next day.

Equally, you know your own child and if you think it is something more significant then of course you must make sure she is seen. Just wanted to suggest a potentially less worrying reason for her distress. Hope she feels better soon.

A seizure could present in a number of ways:
Starting from a full blown shaking, thrashing about type seizure to
Going rigid.
Twitching.
Absence Seizures..Losing focus, staring, seeming to be out of it for a while then having no recollection of it happening when they come out of it.
My grandson went rigid then his eyes rolled upwards. He had an ear infection which caused febrile convulsions and these progressed to proper seizures, he was hospitalised for five days. He is absolutely fine now and had no more seizures once the ear infection was gone.