11 year old feeling unwell

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I have an 11 year old daughter who is usually fit, well and healthy. She suffers from migraines from now and then. She went to a show Sunday night and I’m not sure if this triggered some sort of migraine but she had been wiped out this week feeling exhausted. She had a residential last week so was also tired from that. This morning she woke up feeling dizzy and unwell but couldn’t describe how she felt unwell but that she just felt horrible. This evening she looks physically shattered and was exhausted walking from my bedroom to hers. Her breathing sounds laboured and she’s out of breath. She does have a bit of a temperature, she’s very cold when obviously it’s hot here at the moment (South of England). Does anyone know of any nasty viruses doing the rounds or whether just a migraine can wipe it out of her? Am contemplating calling 111 for some advice but equally I’m not sure if I’m overreacting. Thank you.

Dehydration? Heat stroke?

I’d be concerned about the breathing alone to be honest and I’d want her checked. She shouldn’t be exhausted walking from one room to another, short of breath just because she’s had a busy end of term of activities. All of these symptoms together I’d feel worried. I hope she’s ok op but I want her checking over personally.

Ring 111 she could be dehydrated as others have said. Don’t mess about she sounds poorly

Id call 111. Is her temperature and heart rate normal?

It might be something very debilitating like glandular fever, but the breathing issue is one that should be looked at with some urgency.

Sounds like she could have an infection to me if she’s feeling cold - she likely has a high temperature.
Because of the breathing I think you should call 111

Thank you for your replies. Temperature is elevated, heart rate to an untrained person seems ok. I will call 111. Unfortunately she has huge anxiety around visiting doctors etc as she witnessed at a young age someone very close being resuscitated so it’s really tricky for her regarding gp appointments etc. I will call now.

Ring 111. There is a nasty cold bug around atm. My DD has it but that one her skin is v hot not cold. If breathing is laboured then call it isn't worth risking anything.

Please be aware that some of that can indicate sepsis. I don’t want to scare you but my sepsis began in a similar manner please get hell

It's worth having a look through this website: https://www.healthiertogether.nhs.uk, it's a UK NHS site that talks you gives very good advice and guidance about signs and symptoms, things that can help and when to be concerned.

• re 111, you will initially just be speaking to someone non-medical who takes you through a bit of a yes no flow chart - you can do the same one online https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-your-symptoms. Doing it online lets you see the outcome sooner.

If they talk about receiving a clinical call back - depending on your area this could be as soon as 2 hours, it's often 6-8 hours later so bear that in mind.
If they tell you they're sending an ambulance to 'check them out' this is not true, the ambulance service has very strong guidance against discharging a child so even if they think your child is the picture of health, you're then saying actually I over reacted they're completely better now - the crew are still going to insist on going to A&E (we receive very little training on minor illness/peads so have no business discharging without said child seeing a Dr - you accepting an ambulance to review them is seen as a parent saying that there's a life threatening emergency occurring).

I'm sure you've done this but give them a cool shower, a good drink, some paracetamol. If you're looking at them thinking 'not right, struggling with their breathing, behaviour is abnormal i've not seen them like this before...' just save yourself several hours and goto A&E now for a review.

If her breathing is laboured then go to a and e. No messing around. If she has a temp or faster breathing rate than normal or faster heart rate especially.

Pneumonia

What is her heart rate? And her breaths per minute?

Think you might do better to speak to an actual medical person via 111 than take advice from randoms on here.

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A&E. You don’t mess around with breathing issues. Hope she’s ok.

I mean, I'm just over the most horrendous virus. It was like 'flu - came out of nowhere and floored me almost instantly - but no obvious respiratory symptoms. I have never felt as ill as I did on day 1 and was also thinking sepsis or meningitis as even with Covid I've managed to stay upright and do basic things like check emails or watch Netflix. With this all I could do was lie in bed, shivering (and it was 30-degrees!), everything hurt. I couldn't even drink water.

So, hopefully it's just a horrible virus type thing, rather than anything serious.

I'm in the SE too, btw