hypothermia? Can you help?

[Debs75]

So DD is 30 months old and since January has been at nursery 2 mornings a week. since then she has had several colds, antibiotics for 2 chest infections, an inhaler and conjunctivitus twice.
We went to drs yesterday as the conjunctivitus was back and she was not sleeping well as coughing a lot and temp kept going upto 38ish.
Dr gave us calpol evry 4 hours, an antibiotic for her eye and an antibiotic for her chest and throat even though her chest was clear.
A few hours after the first dose of calpol she started shivering, her lips took on a blue tinge, she had goosebumps and her legs and hands were purpling. She fell asleep, we wrapped her up and withing the hour she pinked up again.
Last night she slept with me and she was boiling hot and sweating.
Today she has been a lot better but still not eating and we have just noticed her lips are blueing again, her temp was 33.8

Looked online and it suggested hypothermia which can take sevral days to take hold.

Starting to feel a bit anxious and not sure what to do

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Call NHS Direct or take her to the doctor. I wouldn't take any chances with her going blue.

Thanks i took her to A&E and they think she is overloaded with infections and is struggling to fight them even with antibiotics.
They sent us home tellin us to give her calpol and ibruprofen and finish the antibiotics, although she may need a longer course

I have had similar things with dd. I would keep her in your bed if I were you so you can keep a close eye on her. We were told that if dd's temperature became 35.5 we had to give her something lukewarm to sip (milk or chamomile tea or so) and a bit of chocolate or biscuit, something with sugar and lots of skin to skin contact to warm her up. TBH I found low temperatures even more stressful than very high temperatures (and dd has gone up all the way to 41 degrees celsius). With those very low temperatures they can go into shock so do take it serious. We were also told that it is an effect of fighting viruses and dd tends to first get a period with high fever and then a period of serious undercooling (which could go on for up to three weeks after last spell of fever). According to our paediatrician many children suffer of this but many parents don't notice because they don't take temperature if child feels cool ...

Thankfully she hasn't gone blue again since weds but she is still poorly. she is napping loads and temp is still rising in the night to 39+. If she is still bad after the antibiotics have finished then we are going back to drs

Also consider that if the anti-biotics she is taking don't work then it could be that she need different anti-biotics (I have had that several times myself and dd and dh as well). However, in my experience doctors often say if the initially prescribed anti-biotics don't work then it is probaby a virus, so you may want to challenge that if it happens to you. Our private paediatrician has told us that in his view if kids/adults have very high fever 24h, i.e. round the clock, doesn't come significantly down in the morning, he usually suspects a bacterial infection. Also, if there has been a spell of fever, then fever goes for several days and then comes back with a vengeance then he always prescribes anti-biotics. Hope she gets better soon.