Does fever make the whole body go red?

[June2009]

dd is 8mo, I took her to the gp on friday as she had been getting red cheeks for a couple of days but didn't want to assume it was teething.
dr said it's a slight throat infection, nurofen and plenty of liquid.

when the nurofen wears off she is red all over and sometimes has a fever of 38 sometimes the strip I use says "normal temperature" (but still red and boiling hot).
is this what fever does? red all over? (arms legs and face.

she slept better last night and I thought we were done with it but she woke up red again and now normal colour after nurofen 1 hour ago. she is unsettled though (usualyl a very happy baby.)

she has also vomitted because of phlegm.

I think i want to take her to the doctor again tomorrow...?
(do first timer spend their whole spare time on "children's health" ;))

Hi ditch the temperature strips and invest in a good ear thermometer. Or if too much money an under arm one. Everything I have read has said they are not accurate. Sounds like bodies reaction to fever, my dd gets red legs with fever and quite blotchy. Do you have an out of hours dr? She could need anti bs? X

My son had scarlet fever (strepp) a few years ago - he turned bright red, rash, fever and hallucinated. Was awful - doctor gave him penicillan for a week. Very contagious - children can have it to varying degrees. Some just get sore throat - some very ill. Alternate with calpol and nurofen to manage temp until you can get to doctors in morning.

Call NHS direct for advice. They will tell tell you whther babe needs to be seen.

I have an ear thermometer but it's not working properly. I have a digital one that can be used under the arm. She was fine this morning after I gave her nurofen, even laughed and went back to sleep ok.
I will go again tomorrow. I think nhs direct will only tell me to either go to gp tomorrow as she is otherwise well once she has had the nurofen. She has eaten something as well and I generally I feel like she is better than yesterday.
She's just woken up and sounds happy.

I will see what she is like when the last nurofen wears off.

When you say you can alternate, does this mean she would have had 3 doses of nurofen AND 3 doses of calpol at the end of the day?

we haven't met up with any other children since I have been to the gp. I called the mums of the babies we saw this week prior to symptoms so they know what to look out for if they are unwell.

If her temp is coming down with nurofen then don't bother alternating it.

Thanks her temperature went and she is back to normal since Sunday night.

June2009, just for further reference, their little bodies can go bright red and hot, while their feet and hands are blotchy and cold - that one totally confused me with DD2 the first time it happened. Apparently, the blood flow is redirected to where it needs to be to fight the infection so their extremities don't get as much blood. Hence DD2's need, whe feverush as a small baby, to be wearing just a vest, gloves and socks!

feverish, of course....

Just to add that cold hands and feet whilst having a high fever is one of the warning signs of meningitis. Poledra - maybe for some kids it is the norm, like it seems to be for your DD2, - but I wouldn't advocate that it is totally normal.

It's one of things I wish I had known when my DD2 got ill - thankfully we still caught it in time, but otherwise I may have been down to the hospital even quicker & possibly she wouldn't have spent days in intensive care

Oh god, Oricella, I didn't know that - sorry for misleading anyone (and thank you for correcting me). Perhaps that explains why I was sent to A&E with DD2 the first time it happened - they just told me it was because the fever wasn't coming down and better be safe than sorry.

So glad it was caught in time for your DD2, Oricella.