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DS2 (13 months old) has had temperature of 40,5 degrees for last 48 hours...

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nybom · 02/07/2009 20:01

i've given him calpol 4 times a day, sponged him down with cool water - his temperature has constantly been between 40 and 40,5. he has a slightly snotty nose, no other symptoms. well, and he is all floppy and weak, obviously...

this is not my first child and not the first fever, BUT is the temperature too long/too high...? because: EVERY TIME when i finally get myself to go to the doctors/phone the NHS, the kids are better and/or the advice from the doctors is "give them calpol".

just checking what you would do: should i phone a doctor or wait until tomorrow? could it even be swin flue (or have i just heard to much news reports )? we did go to london and mingled with a lot of people, but then again, maybe it was only the aircon in our hotel room that gave him a cold...

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Wheelybug · 03/07/2009 17:51

Glad he's on the mend - my 4 year old had something similar this week and we ended up in a&e until 4 am monday night. Turned out apparently to be a throat infection (although she wasn't complaining of a sore throat ).

You did the right thing - I'm not one to rush to docs either but an ongoing temperature is quite worrying.

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