Day 7 of Fever and I’m panicking…

[Feelingvulnerable1992]

My 5 year old has had a high temperature since Wednesday evening last week. Can spike to 40 but generally around 39. He was started on Amoxicillin on the Wednesday last week but fever kept spiking regardless. He has a constant cough and I took him to hospital yesterday who confirmed Tonsilitis/Strep A as he had white dots at the back of his throat & infection markers were up. They started him on Co-Amoxiclav instead. He has taken that all day today and hasn’t spiked a fever. Tonight he’s woken hot to the touch and has thrown up. I checked and fever was 38. When will this end? It’s been 7 days now! I asked at the hospital should I worry about sepsis/measles anything more serious and she said the bloods would have shown if any serious issue. He also has a huge sore on the inside of his lip which they said he must have bitten it.

is it normal for a 5 year old to have a fever for 7 days? And on antibiotics?

im a worrier and I am so nervous he may have sepsis :-( strep A I’ve read of children dying from.

please can someone reassure me or let me know what I need to look out for?

tIA

Hi op, my ds had a fever for almost a motlnth last year. He had 2 sets of antibiotics and then it was just a case of time.

He's fine, sometimes these weird things happen.

Focus on plenty of water for your ds to drink, some dioralyte as well. With a fever going on its really easy to get dehydrated and that doesn't help and can get quite serious.

I can understand why you're worried. I would give it another 12 hours on the new antibiotic - it sounds like the previous one wasn't the right one, and 38 is much better than 39/40. If he spiked high again, after Calpol/infant neurofen, I would go back to A&E. If he just has a lower level fever for a few days and seems a bit better, I wouldn't be so concerned. The sickness might be his body not tolerating the antibiotic - they can be hard on the stomach.

You could always ring the GP this morning and ask for their advice - maybe a phone appt to speak to a GP about your concerns.

I hope he's much better very soon.

Is he drinking, peeing, eating a little and playing? Or is he lethargic? Does he perk up with Calpol in him?