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Would you take a three year old to the doctor's for...

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emkana · 23/03/2007 22:12

... a runny nose, with basically two green slugs permanently attached? (sorry tmi)

When dd2 has a cold her nose is constantly running, but apart from that she's fine.

I don't see it as a problem at all, but the playleader at her playgroup has said to me twice now that she would take her to the GP (because green = infected) and that her son had an inhaler for this sort of thing.

I think that's a bit ott or am I wrong?

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CadburyCremeSquonk · 23/03/2007 22:13

how long does it last for? If it is usual cold time scale, I wouldn't worry, green gunk is good because the body is getting rid of all the icky stuff. If her colds go on and on and on, I may worry, but other than that.... nah

mummytosteven · 23/03/2007 22:16

No. It's green snot coming from the throat that is concerning, not the nose. (My stepdad said the same to me, so I asked a nurse about it)

moondog · 23/03/2007 22:17

No
I never take my kids to the GP unless really ill.
What for?
Waste of everyone's time.

colditz · 23/03/2007 22:18

no

The doctor probably gets the big red NEUROTIC MOTHER stamp out just for her.

Blossomhill · 23/03/2007 22:18

Do you think she is hinting that she shouldn't be in?

colditz · 23/03/2007 22:18

Anhd I am quite neurotic.

funnypeculiar · 23/03/2007 22:19

No.
Not unless it went on for 4 months or something.

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emkana · 23/03/2007 22:19

blossomhill, maybe, I was wondering that.

Do you think it's wrong to send her in with a snotty nose?

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Glassofwine · 23/03/2007 22:19

no

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Nemo2007 · 23/03/2007 22:22

no gp and would still send to playgroup.

Nemo2007 · 23/03/2007 22:22

if you stopped everything for a snotty nose nothing would ever get done!!

mummytosteven · 23/03/2007 22:22

I would send her in. At DS's nursery as long as the children are well in themselves it's fine to send them in with a cold.

Blossomhill · 23/03/2007 22:23

emkana ~ I just think the fact she said it was infectious and that she said it twice?

ValnBen · 23/03/2007 22:25

Not unless there?s a temp to go with it ? is there a possibility of Glue ear involve here?

Only ask as this is an ongoing thing with DS (4.9) Since C.18 months - never worry about it TBH?Give Calpol if temp, and Sudafed if just pain. Other than that we ride it out.

Every late Summer to early Summer with us, so a little longer than a couple of months.

Told by Consultant to carry on until he's 7+ then they may look at treatmemnt(gromits)...more than happy with this myself.

PrettyCandles · 23/03/2007 22:29

Snot often goes green as it thickens towards the end of a cold. What you describe in your dd2 sounds perfectly normal for a toddler. If she was also frequently under the weather with this, more so than just cold-y, then it might be worth taking her to the GP. But not if it's just for cold symptoms that drag on a bit after the cold has passed.

If the snot is green and smells, that can be an indication that something is stuck up inside the nasal passages, which does need treating.

totaleclipse · 23/03/2007 22:46

I dont take my dc to the docs unless its absolutely necessary, even when dts had chicken pox at 18months I only phoned the doctor so he could put down on thier medical record that they have had them, as for colds and coughs I asked thier nursery teacher if they should still be sent in,she said yes its fine as long as there is no temperature.

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 23/03/2007 22:51

Green phlem from teh chest normally indicates infection. The same is not true (usually) of snot from teh nose.

Tis the bugs that make snot green (usually yellowish one and a blueish one = greenish snot). The job of the nose is to capture the bugs that are in air before they get into the lungs so snot is almost always some shade of yellow/green/blue. It can be different intensities depending how much mucous is mixed with it diluting the bugs colourr.

GREEN SNOT DOES NOT INDICATE INFECTION IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL. green mucous/phlem from the lungs is a different matter.

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 23/03/2007 22:52

Oh and you wouldn't get an inhaler for a runny nose.

You would get an inhaler if she was wheezing - but I am guessing that you have had enough experience of that to tell whether she is having any wheeziness or chesty symptoms.

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emkana · 23/03/2007 22:54

Oh yes unfortunately ds has given me plenty of experience in wheeziness

He's doing it again atm...

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Nemo2007 · 24/03/2007 22:33

Emkana how is DS doing today?

I think he and my DD must be in a secret wheezing society and have set times to start as we had our hospital trip on tuesday..lol Just when I get hopeful she is growing out of it she starts again.

misdee · 24/03/2007 22:35

nemo+emkana dd1 is o na massive wheezey thing atm, there is something going around atm which is really affecting her.

Nemo2007 · 24/03/2007 22:45

must all be in the same gang but spread over the country..lol Am sure its probably combination of the weird warm/cold weather and all these viral bugs everyone has had.

LaDiDaDi · 24/03/2007 22:46

No, definitely not!

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emkana · 25/03/2007 00:00

ds isn't too bad, but still wheezing... it's odd, starts off really bad in the morning and improves throughout the day, sounds clear at night, to start all over the next day.

Secret wheezing society ey?

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