Has anyone else dc had this? High temp, sore throat, headache ... am worried about dd (5)

[Piffle]

She is really poorly, she handles high temps ok, but it is 40.3, despite calpol nurofen stripping and sponging
She is complaining of mega headache, is very lethargic but still herself and fully compos mentis.
She is also saying her left arm hurts when coughing (phlegmy cough)and low left rib area.

Am loathe to drag her out to after hrs clinic but also worried. She gets sick like this quite often, so I know she is quite reilient if not unlucky?

Is this something going around by any chance and perhaps she'll snap out of it?

resilient even

how long has it been since nurofen .. if longer than 20 mins and still at 40 I'd be heading to A&E

sorry darling .. DD had a temp that wouldn't drop when she was 18 months and it needed hospital

go now please

that temp is quite high. I would get her looked at, better safe than sorry. Can someone call out to you?

With such hight temperature, I would take her to out of hours. She could have pneumonia.

There is a horrible cough going at the moment, both my sons have bronchitis and tonsillitis with high temp at the moment, they are on antibiotics.

(I also have a cough and temp, so I will head to the docs tomorrow... But I am an adult, I can deal...)

Go now if you can, Pif

I would def take her to clinic. It may be something simple like chicken pox and there are lots of throaty viruses going round but it is always best to bother the Dr when you're talking about your kids. Hope its nothing serious & she gets better soon.

she has had high temps before, measles, tonsilitis (I suspect this again tbh)
To take her out would really be not great.
She does cope with temps
is down to 39.5 now
calpol 2 hrs ago nurofen 1 hr ago...
shes asleep now, just knickers under sheet.
Will check again in half an hour and if not any lower will call out of hrs doc.

Yes Piff I kwym, it's awful to drag them out, I hope you hget someone who will actually visit. Tis rare these days isn;'t it to get a Dr out.

Sounds like temp is going in right direction at least

The thing is, if your child is ill often (like mine), you sort of start recognising their patterns, temperature patterns particularly.

For example, I know that if my sons go above 38, it will not get better without antibiotics. I also know, that even after they get meds, the temperature will still be high for another 2 days at least, in the region between 39 and 40. Night time being the worst. So, you knowing your child best, and seing that the temperature is coming down, could chose to wait till the morning.

However, in my experience, Nurofen takes around an hour to work. Last night my son had 39,5, I gave both nurofen and calpol together, undressed him to just underpants and his singlet, opened the windows and turned off the heating. It took an hour and a half for the temp was down to 38, then 37.5, and I went to sleep next to him. This morning he was brighter.

Seems like you are doing the right thing, BUT if at any time she gets short of breath in her sleep, or her breathing patterns become erratic, or she gets blue around her lips, or her chest looks sunken, I would lift her pronto.

as long as it's heading down I wouldn't panic so much

with DD it wouldn't go down with anything I tried and she has febrile episodes .. turned out to be pneumonia and she was admitted

oh am keeping very close eye. Her temp seems to sit around 38.5 overnight gets worse when she is waking. Her cough is grim making her gag. She's tough and I do know temp alone is not going to fell her. But am also fearful that one day the pattern will change. At any rate she's going to GP tomorrow for sure. Thanks for calming me down and helping me think rationally. Have found out three school friends all have similar too.

twig ds1 like that. Even now aged 14 slight temp and he is banjaxed. He had febrile convulsions as an under 3 yr old

Ds1 had this. Also came out in a fantastic (viral?) rash!

oh heck if I see a rash I'll freak

phew temp settled 38.5 sound asleep now. Can breathe easier seeing that.

Hope she is feeling better this morning

Thanks Wallace! She slept ok. Checked on her lots. She slept naked with light sheet temp stable. Today she has been sick 4 times and is just done for. Drinking little bits and not worried about dehydration as yet.
Think she's ok hopefully will see if temp stays 38 or less today?