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High temperature

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greygooseyy · 06/02/2024 18:11

I'm a single parent with not much support so I wanted to check what other people would do.

My son is 9 and has had a high temperature all day. I've been alternating calpol and ibuprofen since he woke up despite this his temp was 39.7 when I took it a minute ago. He's been lying on the sofa since this morning and is complaining of a headache, especially behind his eyes. He's not eaten and only had a few sips of drink.

He has no other symptoms. Do I continue giving painkillers to see if his temperature comes down? Ring 111? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!

OP posts:
vacay · 06/02/2024 18:17

Call 111, if it isn't being controlled with nurofen and calpol then it needs medical attention. Also the headache, I'd be worried about meningitis

hedgehoglurker · 06/02/2024 18:55

Hopefully you have called 111. Hope he improves soon.

TheShellBeach · 06/02/2024 18:56

You need to call 111 in this situation.

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