Getting pretty scared now.

[Springchicken]

Had a panic with DD on Thursday evening, following on from TS's DS being taken into hospital. She was turing away from the light, crying when getting dressed/undressed, temperature of 38 and freezing cold hands/feet - NHS Direct/On Call Dr decided it was an ear infection.

She hasn't been the same since and all day yesterday nd last night she just cried continuously. She must have woken up at least once each hour last night and has been grouchy again this morning. As i was getting her dressed, noticed a red dotted rash all over her arms, body and back. I have done the glass test but because the dots are so close together I can't tell iuf i fades or not, have called work and told them I am not going in but the dr surgery doesn't open til 8.50.
She is just not herself at all and is hot touch.

Thanks for that Prufrock, that is what my GP did today to test the rash.

Blu, the doc said it was the back end of the ear infection and apparently it is quite a common symptom in infections

Lonely mum (and others!) I know it's scary when you read threads like this, TS and AmyJades but thankfully the risk of getting meningitis and septicaemia is very low, even if you've been in contact with someone who has it. Around 2,000 cases of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia are reported in the UK and Republic of Ireland every year. In other words, about three people in every 100,000 will get the disease each year in the UK, and six in every 100,000 in the Republic of Ireland.
I have a leaflet from the Meningitis Research Foundation from when my son was ill and I quote : "How do people get meningococcal disease?
People get the disease when the meningococcal bacteria overcome the body's immune defences and pass into the blood stream, causing meningitis or septicaemia or both.
The bacteria are very common - at any time about one in ten of us has them in our noses and throats without ever knowing they are there, and for most of us this is harmless. We pass the bacteria between each other by close contact (eg kissing), and this helps us build up our immunity. Usually you have to be in very close, regular or prolonged contact with someone for the bacteria to pass between you. Even when this happens, it is unlikely you will become ill because fortunately most of us have natural resistance. The bacteria cannot live long in the air, so they do not survive for more than a few moments outside the human body. They are not carried on everyday objects like clothes, toys, crockery, furniture or bedding. ''
The important thing is for parents to trust their instincts and not worry about calling doc if they are at all worried.
I'm so sorry to preach, but this is my trigger subject

Lonely mum (and others!) I know it's scary when you read threads like this, TS and AmyJades but thankfully the risk of getting meningitis and septicaemia is very low, even if you've been in contact with someone who has it. Around 2,000 cases of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia are reported in the UK and Republic of Ireland every year. In other words, about three people in every 100,000 will get the disease each year in the UK, and six in every 100,000 in the Republic of Ireland.
I have a leaflet from the Meningitis Research Foundation from when my son was ill and I quote : "How do people get meningococcal disease?
People get the disease when the meningococcal bacteria overcome the body's immune defences and pass into the blood stream, causing meningitis or septicaemia or both.
The bacteria are very common - at any time about one in ten of us has them in our noses and throats without ever knowing they are there, and for most of us this is harmless. We pass the bacteria between each other by close contact (eg kissing), and this helps us build up our immunity. Usually you have to be in very close, regular or prolonged contact with someone for the bacteria to pass between you. Even when this happens, it is unlikely you will become ill because fortunately most of us have natural resistance. The bacteria cannot live long in the air, so they do not survive for more than a few moments outside the human body. They are not carried on everyday objects like clothes, toys, crockery, furniture or bedding. ''
The important thing is for parents to trust their instincts and not worry about calling doc if they are at all worried.
I'm so sorry to preach, but this is my trigger subject

Oh god, posted twice, sorry. Anyone still awake
Springchicken, didn't mean to hi-jack, hope dd feels better soon x

I would definitely know the rash if I ever saw it again, I think its quite unmistakeable but I have seen the meningitis rash and its like very tiny little blood spots to start with and then they get bigger and sometimes fuse together to create what look like love bites.

sc, sorry she has had an ear infection but try not to feel too bad about it. If it is any comfort they are usually in less pain after a perforation. dd had one earlier in the year. I had already lined up a dr appointment as she hadn't been herself at playgroup in the morning. We got home from collecting ds from school, really just to drop stuff off and give him a drink before heading for the dr's . She was promptly sick on the floor and that was when her ear drum had perforated . She had perked up a bit by the time we saw the dr.

Hope your dd makes a swift recovery now.