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DS (14) hasn’t been anywhere for weeks and has a slight temp

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 18/05/2020 17:55

He is a bit off colour today and not eaten all his lunch (not like him!), lacks energy and said he feels hot and cold so I just took his temp and it was 37.9.

He hasn’t had any contact with anyone else but me, DH and his brother. DH is the only one still going to work. I go to Tesco once a week and that’s all. DH and I haven’t been ill so I’m inclined to think that whatever he has is probably the start of an ear infection or something.

We were all isolating at home when this happened before, the week before full lockdown. He also had a bit of a cough for a few days and vomited once during that time. He has been fine from then until today.

Should I be trying to arrange a test? Seems unlikely for it to be coronavirus

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CrowdedHouseinQuarantine · 18/05/2020 18:01

if you can test, then it might be a weight off your mind. although your dh will need to stay home for 14 days

DianaT1969 · 18/05/2020 18:02

Yes, I would go online and get a test for you all.

DianaT1969 · 18/05/2020 18:05

Yes, negative tests will give you peace of mind to continue working/going out.

StatisticalSense · 18/05/2020 18:54

Get a test for him and your husband. No need for you or your other son to be tested as you are asymptomatic and do not need to leave the house for work.

lljkk · 18/05/2020 19:37

Bacteria are still around in our environment. He's probably encountered a bacterium that doesn't agree with him.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 18/05/2020 22:13

Thanks, all. Bit of a rigmarole to try and get some advice via 111 but have got a test booked for tomorrow at a drive in place. I’m sure it will be negative, but at least it’ll be confirmed.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 18/05/2020 22:19

@lljkk. I think you’re right, DS is prone to high temps and these mild 24-48 hrs illnesses for some reason. Can’t all be viruses each time so I can only assume that he picks up bacteria and is sensitive to those too. He’s not very thorough at washing his hands, or wasn’t, before coronavirus.

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woodpidgeons · 18/05/2020 22:34

Hope your DS gets better soon

canigooutyet · 18/05/2020 22:47

Are you all getting tested tomorrow?

If not, try and get everyone tested during the next week or so. The test is only reliable on the day and the person tested.

A bit like a sti check-up 🤣

I don't mean to make fun out of the situation, and hopefully, you all test negative.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 19/05/2020 15:27

No, just DS got a test. It was a self-administered one handed out by the military, the swab went first against a tonsil for 10 seconds and then same one inch up the nostril.

Massive issue - DS has the strongest gag reflex of anyone I've ever known. He only has to open his mouth wide with his head back and he starts gagging. Which, of course, is exactly what he did, so I only managed to touch his tonsil for a second. Right pain, he is. The nose one wasn't too bad. Stick seemed to be going up a long way before I felt resistance and he made a gesture of "urgh, stop".

I'm totally convinced that it will be negative because I don't believe this time it's coronavirus. If he had it it was mid march before lockdown when many in his class were off with covid symptoms.

And the throat swab part wasn't done properly. So risk of a false negative anyway. He's feeling better, nearly back to normal self after just over 24 hours so that's good at least.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 20/05/2020 22:35

Just to update if anyone’s interested, DS’s test came back negative this evening, as I suspected it would.

Still don’t know what’s been up with him, he seems fine one minute then not right the next. An odd one.

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Frazzled2207 · 20/05/2020 22:38

So you got a test result same day? Impressive. Hope he feels better soon.

lljkk · 21/05/2020 16:57

The test sounds so horrible I think I wouldn't run a mile to avoid it.

lljkk · 21/05/2020 16:59

oops, stupid typo

masonmason · 21/05/2020 17:01

So you got a test result same day? Impressive. Hope he feels better soon.

The test was done on Tuesday and the result Wednesday. That's really normal.

Wishforsnow · 21/05/2020 17:03

A lot of tests come back in 24 hours, it wasn't same day from what I can see

MRex · 21/05/2020 17:13

Are you saying he keeps getting ear infections? Or he keeps catching various different illnesses?

canigooutyet · 21/05/2020 17:43

Even the next day is impressive. I know people who are still waiting from a week ago. Same old - we are looking into it.

TinyTear · 21/05/2020 17:56

Just keep an eye on the temperature, any rashes or blotches.
There is the pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome that can come 6 weeks ish after covid and you said he had a cough a while ago

Snowpatrolling · 21/05/2020 18:38

Not unlikely at all.
8 of us carers went and got tested, none of us with symptoms. And 3 came back positive. My friends little boy had been under the weather and turns out he also had it. I know another bloke who had hay fever symptoms but turned out to be corona. All had been social distancing, only going to work etc.
Defo worth a test if you can. Hope he’s ok! :)

masonmason · 21/05/2020 18:44

Even the next day is impressive

Standard where I live.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 23/05/2020 14:45

reMaybe it depends where you live. I'm in Liverpool so with 2 major teaching hospitals and things like the school of tropical medicine which I think may have been doing some testing/research. Certainly plenty of scope for lab testing anyway.

@MRex: I was trying to explain that he has always had these wierd short lived illnesses, since he was very young. Always with a temp, lethargy, no appetite, often with vomiting. He had an episode like that just before lockdown but with a cough that time so we all isolated at home, and I guess it's possible he did actually have covid on that occasion. But it doesn't explain all the other little episodes he's had over the years. Is it possible to get those symptoms from say, an ear infection or something, which doesn't cause the ear to get painful if his body was able to fight it off before it got to that point?

He is totally back to normal now, which is what always seems to happen, so safe to assume it wasn't the start of this inflammatory reaction that's being reported in a tiny number of children post covid.

Just wish they'd hurry up with an antibody test for everyone. That would give everyone some peace of mind, I think, and as long as you can't get the virus twice (or v unlikely to), it would make people feel better about sending their kids to school etc.

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canigooutyet · 24/05/2020 02:57

Glad to hear he's back to his usual self.

The other stuff, only person who can answer those questions is his gp/paediatrician.

And oh I wasn't questioning it. I was just surprised that some get their tests so quick. Forgetting that some areas have more places to test.

And yea the antibody test. I'm more interested in that than any vaccine tbh.

MRex · 24/05/2020 06:57

@CurlyhairedAssassin - Yes, that was what I thought you were saying. I specifically wondered if these episodes are always related to his ears, maybe you could get an ENT referral to see if he has an issue with his tubes. Glad to hear he's better for now, but maybe one to discuss with the GP for when life goes back to normal.

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 24/05/2020 09:30

Yes I think I will discuss with the GP. If things ever go back to normal on that score. Last time I took my other son for a GP appointment I was not too happy to find out that it was actually a nurse practitioner. If I wanted to see one of those I would have asked when I made the phone call. She wasn’t that helpful and hadn’t heard of something that I thought was common knowledge. So i’ll Have to make sure I know who wr’ll be seeing from now on. Sometimes difficult as it’s a large teaching practice so we always see someone different.

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