High temp - but throws up calpol and feverfen - help!

[katzg]

My 9 month old has quite a high temp, but she just throws up calpol or feverfen,

ideas please

strip her down to nappy and sponge her all over with a cold damp cloth for starters

tried that, she cried! brought it down briefly now hot agaain

ring nhs direct 0845 4647

nhs direct wont do anything, take to a & e, had to do it with dd at about that age, they wont think your overreacting, if you cant get her temperature down they need to!

was hoping to avoid a and e, theres a couple of inches of snow outside!

Shes a bit sleepy but seems happy.

how long do i leave her before taking her to gp/a and e,

How high is her temperature?

try it again, when she is cooler give her the calpol, she might keep it down

not sure, dd1 has lost our forehead thermometer, dh is on a mission to locate one!

gloworm will try that when she wakes up!

keep her in a nappy, bus the way she is behaving is a good indicator of how well/unwell she is. If she seems happy and has no other symptoms i would not rush her to A&E. Would get a thermometer to check tho!

oh pants bloody hot 39.8 under her arm which normally for her is 36.5

can u put a cold cloth on her forehead? even if she is asleep?

Is she drinking? can you get her to sip some dilutable juice?
Have you got a fan?

A cool flannel is good on the back of the neck too

that is quite hot. how is she behaving?

shes sleepy at the mo

i'm on the phone trying to through to the out of hours gp

ok, didnt take dd to a & e until she was at 42, but if it goes up over the next hour you'd be better off taking her, might be a sign of infection (dd had a unrine infection that the doctor mis diagnosed!)

given details waiting for them to ring back

see what the gp advises. Hope she feels better soon.

how long will i have to wait for a reply! place you're guesses here,

just to add to the story dd2 has cutaneous mastocytosis, which basically means red blotches all over her trunk, so impossible to see any additional rashes

probably about 1 - 1 1/2 hours for reply, mine was! from nhs direct! hope shes better soon, if your worried go to a & e i know it seems extreme but you know best for your child, you know when shes not right!

best wishes

thing is sure she would be fine if i could get calpol in her ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Can you get paracetamol suppositories?? Sounds drastic but really works when they can't or won't take medicine.

You should be able to get them from pharmacy.

think that might be the way foward,

spoke to a nurse now waiting for a doctor to phone

40.3 now