Temperatures

[parsley]

My eight month old daughter has just spent a day running temperatures which I thought were alarmingly high - 39.1, 39.2. No real effect with calpol or brufen, tepid sponging etc. Not so much that in itself which bothered me, but how high before i should really worry re: rigors and fitting? Asked the Dr, who seemed unconcerned - treated me like another over anxious parent, and I'm really not!

These temp.s are quite high for a little kid.Do u know that you can use both the calpol and the brufen on top of each,i.e give both together. Another thing to try is to stand with her in just vest and nappy by an open door or window. If the doc seems unconcerned i would keep going with what u r doing uuntil the morning,if shes not better then i would take her to the surgery to be seen. Obviously if anything more happens before then call the doc again.Incidentally make sure she drinks loads as with a temp this high and her being so young she is at risk of dehydration.You could try letting her sook on an ice lolly or ice pole if u have any this worked for my son last week.

parsley have you tried ringing NHS Direct, they are ever so helpful and have lots of advice.

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Parsley - Did your Dr check your dd over (ie. ears, throat etc) incase she does have a bacterial infection present which may require treatment? I know the worries about high temperatures as my eldest has febrile convulsions. If she has a virus causing her temps, you can only let nature run it's course. Give her the maximum doses of Calpol and Nurofen that she can have, strip her down to her nappy (but don't let her get so cold that she starts shivering as this will send temp back up again), tepid sponging and plenty of fluids. Hope that she is soon better, but if it hasn't cleared up in a few days (or if any thing gives you real concern) take her back to your Dr. They treat all of us Mums like anxious parents, so you're not alone there, although I don't know why they can't accept that as their parents we know them better than anyone! Good Luck>

PARSLEY just to add, hope I'm not telling you anything you don't know..as Loobie said you can use the calpol & ibrufen(spelling?) on top of each other but at 2 hour intervals...so you can give calpol (which is 4 hourly) and after the intial 2 hours if temp still high give the ibufen which is also 4 hourly so they will be 2 hours apart from each other. We did this when our son had high temp and the two together really worked.

Incidently when we went through all this our surgery was useless too he's temp got to 40.3 and the surgery said the doctor still couldn't see him till 5 o'clock that evening (I rang at 10 in the morning). I rang NHS direct who were very helpful but advised to go to A&E at hospital....the hospital were great they were very reassuring, did the calpol & ibufen together thing(which is how I heard about it),stripped him to his nappy and kept a fan on him (at a distance). They also gave me a leaflet about tempertures in babies and the leaflet recommends medical advise when it gets to bewtween 38. & 39. for under 3's (which like you i feel is only just over normal but then if thats what their own leaflet recommends...)

Hope your little girl is feeling better soon.....could she be teething? my son always gets temp when he was cutting a tooth?

Parsley how are you getting on,how's your daughter doing,hope she's feeling better and our advice was of some help to you

Dear All, thanks for all the good advice! After 3 days of calpol/brufen, living naked and lots of grizzling, the temp subsided. Still not really sure of the cause. I eneded up taking her to the doctors to be checked over - seen by a very fed up gentleman who obviously thought i was wasting his time. All he really said was "well, it's not meningitis as I've just seen a baby with that - those are the REALLY poorly ones....." When i pointed out i thought it was a sore throat, not meningitis, he told me not to expect him to look in her throat, as he wouldn't do anything if it was. He then grudgingly decided to look in her ears, feel her tummy, and check for a rash I'd assured him was non existent. Sent me packing like a naughty schoolgirl. I just find it so reassuring that Dr's find bedside manner a priority! Thanks again everyone!!