What's a high temperature and other temperature related questions

[wheelybug]

Hi. I have been fortunate (or negligent ?) enough for dd to get to the age of 3.5 without me having to take her temperature.

She's been off colour for a few days - it started with a night of sunday tummy pains which went and then she was 'not right' and not sleeping well.

Yesterday she was at a friend's and complained of being ill and friend took her temp and said it was 39.

She seemed ok this morning (tired as she hadn't slept well) and wnated to go to nursery but I've had to go and collect her. I've dug out an old thermometer and its reading 38.75 but she doesn't feel particularly hot.

So, is this a high temperature ? and if so, can you have a high temp but not feel hot ??

Hello,

Unfortunately my little man has had a temperature all weekend, so i'm used to thermometers!

37.5 and below is normal, anything above that is high. Have you given her any Medinol/Calpol/Ibuprofen? Try that and see how her tomperature reads after half an hour.

Hope she's okay xx

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Thanks (sorry was bumping it as you were posting). She had some calpol this morning but I can probably give her some nurofen too.

Hope your ds is better soon too !

He is thank you (turned out to be a viral infection)

We gave Medinol, then Nurofen a couple of hours later, then Medinol again. It really helped.

Hope she's better soon xx