dd - 6 - unwell & rundown - glandular fever or not??

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I have posted a few times on this subject over the last month but can't find the posts so forgive yet another one! Dd - 6 has been unwell since beg Jan, two lots tonsillitis, one ear infection & just very tired, pale, lost her appetite a bit, had swollen glands & a sore throat for about 6 weeks constant, the list goes on. Well gp 3 weeks ago said she may well have glandular fever but didn;t see the point in a blood test at her age or is may just be that she is run down & it's some sort of post viral thing. I was happy with that diagnosis, didn;t want blood tests unnecessarily so dd has done just mornings for the past two weeks. School are being good but saying that she can't keep doing half days without a letter from gp. Saw a different gp today (only because the other is on holiday) he sais that dd is a picture of health, he did give a thorough check up & admittedly she does look a lot better, she has a bit of colour but till has dark shadows under her eyes, a few pimply spots on her face, blood encrusted nostrils so not exactly a picture of health to me! As far as he is concerned she might be post virally run down but the main problem is stress, both him & previous gp asked dd if she was happy in school & about friends etc At the first visit dd had a big spelling test the next day so she said about not liking tests & that seemed to get taken out of context. She wasn;t worried about it but didn;t like it all the same. This time gp asked her about friends, school etc. We had parents evening last night & teacher asked for guidance over dd doing pe & head asked for a letter from gp if poss. I said that teacher didn't have any concerns, other than her health & tiredness & he said it all seemd down to worry not a health concern as such. Now I'm feeling really cross, I'm happy for dd to full days if she can (she's started doing them y'day) but just hope that by pushing her too soon she will end up going backwards healthwise just as she was seeming to turn a corner. Excuse the long rambling post, just trying to work through my annoyance at the gp!

if she goes back full days, could you play it by ear, and then keep her home at the end of the week if you find she is exhausted, and take her back to gp when she is knackered?

Yes I think that's a good idea. She's done ok today too so thats good, just hope it continues. It's just frustrating that she's so up & down & they never seem to see her at her worst - normally as you can never get an appointment!

I can really sympathise with this. DD was very unwell with a hospitalisation last year and I also had her on half days for a while as she just wasn't up to anything else. I was put under pressure to do full days and I didn't feel she was ready.

Can you get a second opinion? YOu know your daughter and if it doesn't feel right it could well be that she needs bloods.

Thanks heyyyho I really don't know what I'm thinking at the moment. If it carries on I think I will be looking for a 2nd opinion or insisting on bloods. I'm going to have a word with dd's teacher & explain the unhelpful gp visit & see if she can keep an extra special eye on dd & let me know how she gets on. It's just so annoying that the gp thinks it's stress related & yet she's had 5 courses of antibiotics since beg Jan so obviously that can't all be stress related.

Ds2 (14) had flu the Christmas before last. He was off school for 4 weeks and took the best part of the next 6 months to feel back to his normal self. He now gets quite anxious if he is around any one who feels unwell or if he has the slightest thing wrong himself as he is scared of being unwell again.

You know your child best and if you are not happy ask for a second opinion but I think these post viral things can go on for long enough.

Thanks jubilee - your poor ds, no wonder he is worried about getting so sick again. Dd has had a good few days, still not right at all but much more like her old self. She too is worried about feeling worse again, and when she overdoes it & feel worse worries that she will become properly poorly with it again.