Lee gave me a scare today.. he has been ill for a couple of days really niggly crying alot and just not him. Then at lunch time today he was the same.. (he has also been moaning like we would when in pain) I picked him up he clung to me then all of a sudden stoppped crying and started to violently shiver!!, I called my neighbour to come over and look at him with me as I was sure his face was blue tinged!!, she came in looked at him and said..Karen his hands and fet are blue!!! I handed him to her, picked up the ohione ran in the garden and hsouted my other neighbour, who came running straight round.. looked at lee handed him to me and saidget in the car.. I was histerical!!! we sped to the med centre adn all the drs where oon lunch but the receptioninst looked at me and said hold on I will get someone.. In the car Lees colour had come back but he was very quiet and dazed like.
They took us to the nurses station, they looked at him and took his temp whilst i was saying what had happened and he had a temp of 39.4 by ear.
Dr checkedhim and a rash was appearing on his chest before our eyes.. luckily this was dissapearing when pressed.. Dr checked lee for stiff joints, but by now lee had perked up and was smiling slightly at him and trying to grab him. His throat ears tummy etc were all checked and nothing.... SO it has been put down to a viral infection.. he blueness has been put down to his temp spiking to fast..30mins after the ibrufen his temo was down to 38.4. so we could come home.
He has been on and off all afternoon.. But silly me just looked up the symptoms ionline.. big mistake as they aare alot of the symptoms of the big M.... I know it was silly to look this up but I have never heard of a child going blue througha temP!!!!
I will keep checking him through the night though as I have got myself into a panik,, bless him..
Why would a sudden temp increase make his extemities turn blue!!!