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Help. Been A&E 3x this week, keep getting told everything is fine

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Silversal · 22/09/2025 00:23

Pls help!! DD had a viral infection and middle ear infection was on antibiotics, finished 2 days ago. Now DD has had low temps of 34.1 at night since Thursday but not during the day. I've taken her A&E 3x since then and they think it's odd but just said it's part of the viral infection. DD is easy to wake, taking a bottle, only had diarrhoea today but I started her on probiotics to counter the antibiotic gut flora stripping. She is wearing a 3.5tog and pj's under and the room is 24c so it is baffling me. I've tried different thermometers and also tested on myself as Dr in A&E questioned my thermometer accuracy. She eventually warms up after a bottle, me putting a coat on her and a duvet when she starts sweating and then cools again. This is only happening at night. Before bed and during the day she is 36.3/4. Only other symptoms currently is a small cough, diarrhoea today and a slightly lower appetite (eating meals not snacks) I'm up all night with her checking her temp.

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Pigsinpants · 23/09/2025 23:14

If she’s otherwise well I think you need to chuck out the thermometer

SeptemberNCing · 23/09/2025 23:22

Silversal · 23/09/2025 22:44

Do you know me? How dare you say I need to check my child and not the number. Do you think I'm just staying up watching her, off work, looking after my poorly child because she was poorly in the day but didn't have a low temp. You know absolutely nothing about my child.

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There’s nothing wrong with saying check the child, not the number. It’s what everyone should do.

You were concerned because of the low temp but there were no other red flags. That’s the point - you need to look at the whole picture and not fixate on the temperature alone. Its easy to do that when your child is unwell but the whole point of this thread was to get advice.

And I’m surprised this esteemed consultant said it’s rare to get a low temp after a fever. It’s happened to several people on this thread and it’s also come up many times in various parenting groups I’m in.

Realisation14 · 24/09/2025 05:32

justrelaxandsleep · 22/09/2025 05:15

My daughter’s temperature used to do this when she was recovering from illness. It is worrying but she was fine.

So did my son's. I always found that after an illness when his fever broke he'd have a few nights of real low temps and cold sweats during his sleep. It never amounted to anything.

Millionsofmonkeys · 24/09/2025 07:15

"consider the child not the number" is vital advice for parents.
When my child had intussusception and was literally dying her temperature was normal. If I had dismissed her pain and lethargy as trivial because her temp was normal, I wouldn't have that child now.

Lid9 · 27/02/2026 21:12

Hi, I know this is old, but have you found what caused the law temperature? We are currently in the same situation and I’m worried!! Thanks

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