Help - child's temperature hasn't dropped with nurofen

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My daughter is 2. She's got a cold/viral infection. Half an hour ago, she had temp of 38, so gave her dose of nurofen. But, temp hasn't dropped as would expect and is now 39. What do I do? She did spit out maybe a third so didn't get full dose which may explain it. Can I give her a bit more nurofen? How much? Or can I give her calpol?
Thanks!

Sounds like you need to speak to your doctor TBH.

Yes you can give calpol. No to more nurofen. 6hrs between ibuprofen doses.

A temp that doesn't respond to anti-pyretics is often indicative of a need to see a GP. She might have a bacterial infection, in which case she may need antibiotics.

Is she stripped off? Drinking? Fan on in the same room as her? No blankets and duvets?

Any other symptoms apart from the temp?

I usually stagger Calpol and Neurofen 4 hours apart for my DS (on the hospital's advice) as he suffers from horrendously high temperatures. Making sure of course that they don't receive more than 4 doses of Calpol or 3 doses of Neurofen in the 24 hour period.

If she didn't have the full dose I would probably top her up a little bit to be honest or give Calpol at little sooner.

If you're really worried call the doctor. They don't recommend them any more but I'm also a fan of tepid baths/washdowns to cool them down as well.

Hope all goes ok.

Make sure she's not wearing too much clothing. you could damp sponge her with tepid flannel and you could give her calpol after the nurofen I think.

I'm not one to medicate for a temp alone and prefer the stripping off/cold drinks/fan route.

Avoid any cold baths/cold sponging. They cool the child too quickly (a shock to the system) and the body fights to raise the temp. High temps are in general terms not as problematic as a rapidly rising temp which the cold bath/sponging causes. A tepid sponge on the forehead, face and neck is what the NHS website (and our gp) recommends if necessary. Not cold, and not all over.

A temp on its own is a body fighting an illness and not a huge cause for concern in an otherwise well child. How is she otherwise?

Thanks ever so much for the speedy responses - I knew NHS direct would be slow to say the least! OK, I'll give her a calpol dose.
Yes, she's in a vest and pyjama bottoms. She saw the GP yesterday and am taking her this pm as well. Doc says she has a throat infection.

How is she now?

Oh, thank you for asking - that's really nice. She's still much the same and I'm just hoping she'll be better tomorrow. It's strange how much you take it for granted when they're well - all I want now is for my little one to be bright and perky in the morning!

Funny isn't it? I hate it when dd's ill. I wouldn't care if she was keeping me up all night insisting on books and games, just as long as she wasn't poorly anymore. Horrid seeing them ill.

Thankfully they do bounce back pretty quickly.

Hope tomorrow's better for you both.

i always alternate calpol and nurofen as i was told by my dr that by the time one begins to wear off you give the other one, its awful when they ill, my ds had a chest infection a couple of weeks ago i felt useless