Temperatures and school.....

[Loganberry]

...ie, if my ds1 (6 yrs) has a temperature of 39.2 this evening, should I be sending him to school tomorrow if he doesn't have the temperature in the morning?

I've given him calpol to take it down for now, and he's very lethargic tonight - he took himself off to bed early, and was asleep when I got up there to put ds2 to bed half an hour later.

Dh and I are thinking "see how he is in the morning", but I was sure there was something going about if a child had a temperature, he shouldn't be in school the next day? Any advice? (this is the first thread I've ever started, I hope I'm doing it right!)

Do you know why is temp is this high? calpol's not very good at reducing temperatures, childrens ibuprofen is better (neurofen for kids). I'd be concerned about the temp, are there any symptoms?

I'd only send to school if there was no temp in the morning and had not needed dosing up in the evening/night.

I think his temperature could have been that high because he had been wrapped up like a cocoon in his duvet when I checked on him and his hair was all sweaty.

Anyway, his symptoms are (according to him) that his head hurts a bit, his throat hurts a bit, the light was too bright (bearing in mind I had only just woken the poor lad up) and thats about it, really. Even with the bright light thing, it didn't seem all that scary looking at NHSdirect because it only "hurts a bit" not "hurts a lot". Could it be a virus?

We don't have ibruprofen in the house, only got calpol or medised. He's had 10ml of 2month+ calpol about half an hour ago - would that be a "no school" then?

Had pretty much the same thing here last week. High temp, bit of this, bit of that but nothing specific. Would have welcomed a good vomit or bout of dia rather than the constant waiting for something to happen.
However, the lethargy/tiredness did continue for a few days.
After some emergency Mumsnet advice last Monday morning, I kept dd at home on the sofa.

Do his legs hurt? any rash? the duvet isn't really a very good idea. Keep checking his temp, any neck stiffness? It could be a virus, there's a lot of things going around at the moment. The calpol would not have started working yet, it takes at least an hour, ibuprofen's faster.

That would be no school but you can take him if the little darling starts bouncing on the sofa at 10am! Give NHS Direct a ring if his condition starts to change or if you have problems waking him up. Keep a check on his temp and make sure he drinks plenty of fluids. I hope he's feeling better soon.

if he doesn't have a temp at all in the morning (before you give him any medicine), then he will be fine. but I doubt that will happen if he has a temp of 39 today.

I think medised is also ibuprofen isn't it? although calpol is fine ime.

Vomit i can handle, my ds2 is reknowned over here for it! But ds1 is so rarely ill, hardly even gets a cold. Mouselady, he sounds just like your dd, bit of this etc. He normally speeds round at 90 mph so him on "go slow" just seems so strange!

I've just had a look at him, and he sat bolt upright, sweaty as anything, still warm, but he moved fast enough when I walked in the room so I don't think he's stiff - no rash, checked him all over (I'm paranoid and meningitis is always the first thing I think about) legs don't hurt, seems a bit happier than he was earlier......

Maybe his temps going down Kids!

I know, always throwing curve-balls these kids.....made him smile when I told him I fixed his coin cascade earlier - something like that would normally have got him jumping out of bed to play with it, its been out of action for months (it wasn't very high on my to-do list!)

His temperature is down now, he's wrapped up like a cocoon in his duvet and is still sweating buckets (his hair and pillow are soaking!) Thanks for all the advice, I think he may be staying at home tomorrow!

I hope he's feeling better. Give NHS Direct a call if he changes or you are concerned.

So, this morning he had a slight temperature of 37.6 (he's normally a chilly lad of 36.something) so I think he should be staying at home today......but he's already driving me up the wall! He's so excited that he's gained a day off (they are so rare for him) that he's gone a bit loopy, bossing his brothers about and shrieking, bouncing around, pretty much acting like he usually does when he's well!

I bet hes going to drive you batty fwiw though it does seem to me that kids are often cooler in the morning then their temp climbs up in the afternoon again just in time to get you worried for bed time!

It's always the way. If he's running around take him to school. 37.6 is on the high end of normal, pack him offf if he's driving you mad. There can't be alot wrong with him. Ask the school to phone you if you are worried. I once took my ds to school with a chest infection after he'd just seen the doctor. I figured if he was well enough to go running around the chemist and sliding across the floor he was well enough to go to school. I told them to phone me if they were concerned or if there were any problems. They didn't.