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When your child has had a cold, that turned out to not be a cold...

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MrsChipsreturns · 02/04/2022 12:57

Ds2 has had a cold for almost 4 weeks now. He's 4.5m old. He had similar when he was first born for almost 7 weeks and it turned out to be cmpa. His main symptoms were congestion, coughing, rashes on his face and bloody mucus in his poo.

This time he is severely congested, coughing horribly, extremely grumpy, eating 3oz every 3/4h rather than his usual 5oz every 3h on the dot.

When I say he is grumpy I mean he is either asleep or crying. He is arching his back and straightening his legs a lot too.

I took him to the gp on Wednesday, she took his temp and listened to his chest and said cold. Likely 2 in a row.

Something doesn't feel right. I want to take him back but I don't want to waste anyone's time especially at the weekend as it'll be out of hours.

Any advice, anyone had similar?

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HopelesslyHopeful87 · 02/04/2022 13:12

How is his cmpa managed? Is he on reflux meds?

whateverintheworld · 02/04/2022 13:42

Did they check ears for infection?

Neverreturntoathread · 02/04/2022 14:13

Take him back and hopefully see a different GP. Most of my GP’s opinions have turned out to be wrong, never worry about wasting their time, especially with such a young child.

It doesn’t sound like a usual cold. But ‘cold’ really just means a mild type of coronavirus, that’s what colds are (I don’t mean covid, obvs).

Anyway keep going back until get more help.

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MrsChipsreturns · 02/04/2022 16:45

@HopelesslyHopeful87 yes he is on neocate formula and omeprazole for reflux, he has been on this combo since 10weeks old and is settled on it.

Today he has been worse than ever. Barely smiling and just crying and moaning all day.

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MrsChipsreturns · 02/04/2022 16:46

@whateverintheworld didn't check ears or throat. Kicking myself for not asking her to.

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