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misdee · 04/10/2006 17:16

dd1 is ill, feels sick, temp, but hadns are feet and freezing. she is co-herant and is watching a film in my bed, so thats not too muc cause for concern right? eyes are fine.

says her throat and front of neck hurt.

i really need a menigitus check sheet dont i?

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TwigTwoolett · 04/10/2006 17:18

yes extremities can be cold because blood pulls back from them

stiff neck is a sign
rash also (but normally till later)

sounds like she's got a bug

strip her off and keep her dosed

poor DD1

cadbury · 04/10/2006 17:18

what about bright light - how is she with that? It sounds like I feel at the moment tbh and I know I just have a throat thing.

alexsCURSEDMUMMY · 04/10/2006 17:18

how is she reacting to the light? any sign of a rash? can she put her chin on he chest?

misdee · 04/10/2006 17:19

she suffers bouts of tonsilitus a lot, abnd my actual gut feeling is its another bout of it.

front of neck sore, but not stiff. there is bright sunlight in my room where she is watching a dvd and she hasnt complained or asked for the curtaisn to be drawn.

off to give her medised.

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cadbury · 04/10/2006 17:20

here-

Symptoms in adults and older children may include:

a constant generalised headache,
confusion,
a high temperature, although hands and feet may be cold,
drowsiness,
vomiting,
stomach pain, sometimes with diarrhoea,
rapid breathing,
neck stiffness - moving the chin to the chest will be painful at the back of the neck,
a rash of red or purple spots or bruises (or darker than normal, in dark skins) that does not fade when you press a glass tumbler or finger against it ? this may not be present in the early stages,
joint or muscle pain, and
sensitivity to bright lights, daylight or even the television.
Symptoms in babies and infants may include:

high temperature, fever (possibly with cold hands and feet),
vomiting and refusing feeds,
high pitched moaning or whimpering cry,
blank staring expression,
pale itchy complexion,
floppiness,
dislike of being handled,
fretful,
neck retraction with arching of back,
convulsions,
lethargic and difficult to wake, and
tense or bulging fontanelle (soft spot on head).

QuootieSpookypie · 04/10/2006 17:23

NHS Direct 0845 46 47

misdee · 04/10/2006 17:30

thanks. i know if i call nhs direct all they will suggest is A+e or out of hours. lookibng at the list, i would say it is possibly another bout of tonsilitus. thanks.

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QuootieSpookypie · 04/10/2006 17:32

oh right

misdee · 04/10/2006 17:33

and nhs duirect have had a 2hour call back latly.

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misdee · 04/10/2006 22:49

right, she has had paracetamol, eatyen her dinner. still looked pale before bed and throat still hurting. doc said 7-10days. so no school tomorrow.

why is she always so ill?

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QuootieSpookypie · 04/10/2006 22:50

weak immune system? my sis was always ill, im abit more hardy...

misdee · 04/10/2006 22:51

she has asthma, eczema and allergies.

MIL is going on about getting her checked for DCM as she is always so ill. i am waiting for referrals.

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QuootieSpookypie · 04/10/2006 22:52

sorry, no idea what DCM is...

misdee · 04/10/2006 22:53

dilated cardiomyopathy. peters heart problem.

i have asked for reerrals over the sumer, so far nothing has coem through. i worry myself over my kdis health, and it doesnt help that my MIL thinks the same

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QuootieSpookypie · 04/10/2006 22:56

Chase up the GP? Mine is awful for referals...

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