Does anyone's child have repeated odd high fevers?

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DS1 used to. Between the baby years and up until he was about 5 or 6.

DS3 (now 3) seems to be the same.

For example, put him to bed last night as normal. About 11ish he called out for me and was absolutely roasting. Took his temperature and it was over 40 (I actually thought it was going to be higher from the feel of him). Dosed him up with nurofen. His temp came down after about an hour and he slept soundly in with me. Right as rain this morning.

No sign of illness btw (there never was with ds1 either).

yes, my DS does and when i was little i used to do the same

actually, i still occasionally spike a really high fever and then am fine 12 hours later

yes, dd1 used to get sky-high temps (40 +) when she was little, usually during the night and then fine in the morning, this would continue for a few nights in a row.

Also no sign of illness, in fact, she always has been a very healthy child.

Eventually it just stopped, now she only gets fevers if she is actually ill with something.

in this weather my ds is always getting fevers always has done i think its because they are unable to do what we do to keep ourselves cool

Oh that's interesting. ds1 has largely grown out of it but very occasionally still does it probably once a year- 18 months although he doesn't spike as high these days - I can always expect it then! I wonder how widespread it is.....

I wondered about the weather but ds1 did and ds3 does seem to get them all year round.

The only person who likes the hot weather in this house is ds1- he basks in it like a cat (note from school yesterday commenting that he loves the hot weather) - the rest of us scurry for the shade and argue with each other

i think also with children small things such as a germ that would pass through us with no problem affects them even if only for short while i guess maybe it helps strentghen there immune systems as they do seem to gro out of it come certain age

Ds did this about two years ago - about once a month he would get a high temp with no other symptoms and be fine the next day. It used to make me very nervous as he had a fairly severe febrile convulsion when he was 2 and I lived in fear of it happening again. He hasn't had a high temp at all now for over a year.

That's my fear with ds3 taipo. I never worried about ds1 and fevers as such as he could run stonking high ones. But ds3 had a febrile convulsion at 18 months so I don't like it getting too high.

Although I'm not that keen on calpol for him either (although will use it if I have to).....

Bubblagirl my mum always says that children run high temps then 5 mins later are absolutely fine.

I used to be reluctant to give Calpol straight away when the dc had a fever. Now, I rush to the medicine cupboard and shovel Calpol/Nurofen into him. I really don't want a repeat of the febrile convulsion which terrified me. He hasn't had another one though and is now 6 which means he should have grown out of them altogether.

I'm not so worried about nurofen - but it takes longer to work than calpol ime

Febrile was bloody scary. I sounded like a complete fool when I rang the ambulance!

DS (4) has always had unexplained high fevers, up to 41c, 2 to 3 times a month which last about 2 days. No other symptoms, not even very ill, just more tired.
After numerous blood tests, and kidney checks (they thought it might be urine infections) we still have no idea what causes them! He does have other health issues, but they aren't thought to be related.

We don't medicate anymore as it doesn't really make a difference with him, and he doesn't have febrile convulsions thankfully. They do seem to be less frequent recently, I think he has only had 1 this month, so I am hoping he is growing out of it.

Mont do you mind me asking what the other health issues are?

DS1 is severely autistic- and it's quite common for there to be a history of repeated fevers in autistic kids. DS3 is not at all autistic but he does seem to share a lot of ds1's 'autistic physiology' for want of a better way of putting. He has gut problems for example and had repeated ear infections until age 2. There's lots of work now going into looking at the underlying physiological differences of children with autism - and there are a lot I do wonder whether these shared susceptibilities means that they both have some underlying condition that has come under extra attack in ds1 so to speak (or not speak as he lost his speech )

It seems quite widespread though which is interesting as I've never come across a child in RL who does this.

DS has a genetic condition which can affect most parts of the body, so I think that is why he had to have so many tests.
Its interesting that your DS3 had ear infections, DS had lots up to the age of 3 until he had the pneumovax vaccination then they disappeared! (although it was probably a coincidence) He also has allergies to dairy and some other products (non-anaphylaxic).

It is good to know other children have similar issues, none of the doctors have ever come across it!

DS1 had stacks of ear infections too. DS1 and ds3 are really similar - neither can tolerate gluten for example (they're not coeliac though - it's the gut). I'm sure that ds3 came very close to going the same way as his brother developmentally but we've kept him away from various environmental things as much as we can and he seems to be fine.

I've always had quizzical looks from docs about the high temperatures as well so it is interesting to find so many with the same experience.

DS1 (nearly 10) did when younger - sometimes lasting up to 24 hours, but sometimes just at night. But these isolated fevers never seemed to be illness as DS2 never caught them - unlike the longer fevers associated with flu or viral stuff. DS1 still occasionally gets a fever at bedtime. We say that he is overheating; after a few months of being DS1, his body just can't take living at that intensity any more.

Interestingly, too, he has food intolerances (not gluten) and has lots of mild ADHD/dyspraxic symptoms without being truly problematic or diagnosable, IYSWIM.

I like that idea of the body not being able to take the intensity if being the person anymore. Would be true of ds1 and ds3 as well. Laid back ds2 slow burns mild but lingering temperatures and only ever when he's ill.

My dd is like this, and has been since she was about 2 or 3 (now aged 7).

She's almost never ill (apart from 2 nasty cases of flu) but every couple of months she gets a raging temperature out of the blue which then subsides in anything from 12 -36 hours.

pleased to have found this as dd1 has a temp of 39.5 at the moment with no sign of illness, this happens about 2-3 times a month,
glad to know that we're not the only ones this happens too

My laid-back DS2 likewise!

Interesting that there are so many of us!

I always thought my children were odd

DS3 seems to have been fine all day but I have a slight suspicion it could rise again tonight. 50:50.

Ds2 used to do just this from less than 12mths old. He'd look pretty ill, almost as if he was about to fit. If he saw a Dr they'd prescribe a/b's but usually, he'd be right as rain in a day or two.

But he later developed migraine and I think those weirdo episodes were an early sign of migraine. We didn't even realise he had migraines until he casually mentioned all the spotty/wavy lines in his vision.

Ahhh that's interesting suedonim. As we think ds1 gets migraines at times. He's had a few episodes of no-bug throwing up for 3 days -unable to keep down even water and wiped out exhaustion - when asked where it hurts he points to his head. Usually that's related to not eating enough &/or too much stress (both are migraine triggers aren't they?)

If it ever happens to ds3 I'll probe to see if it's some sort of migraine.

The up-chucking sounds familiar, Getbacketc. Poor little chap. Missing meals etc can trigger migraine, another thing to be aware of is food triggers. I know your ds has food problems but if he suddenly craves chocolate or cheese, that might indictae he's about to succumb to a migraine. Migraine is a useful website, with a section esp about children.

Thanks for the link suedonim....He refuses all chocolate at the moment (strange child) and only eats goats cheese. So I'd definitely notice a chocolate craving. Will eat an entire packet of apples at one sitting if we don't hide them.

Touch wood he seems to have had a big break from them recently.