My almost 4 year old had a 106 fever last Tuesday, today it's at 103. In between it's bounced around from 100-102. Been to the ER twice (one regular hospital and one children's hospital), both said the same thing... upper respiratory infection, as all of her blood tests are normal, urinalysis is normal, etc. Anyone have experience with this? What happened? Thanks for the support. I am losing my mind! Baby girl has been taking tylenol and motrin.
Thank you parents for all of the wonderful advice/suggestions/comments. She is still sick, however, today is the first day w/o a fever. We went to the pediatrician's yesterday, who diagnosed her as having an ear infection. She's taking amoxicllin for the ear infection. Still not 100% sure she is on her way to healing, because I don't thoroughly rely on doctors diagnosis, however my little one is in better spirits. I hope it continues. Thanks again for the support.
Have her tested for Valley Fever. It is a disease that is in the ground or air born. My father was just diagnosed with it. He has had fever and is coughing really bad. It can effect any of the organs (Kidney for my dad) He just went into the hospital yesterday. This disease if often overlooked, and anyone can get it.
Look it up on line and see if there are any similarities.
I hope she gets better fast!!! Good luck!
I would go back to my pediatrician. This is going on way too long.
I agree go ask the pedi. They might see that 7 days is horrible for such a little one. Try again with the pedi and let him know you feel its dangerous and ask him all the questions you can until you feel comfortable or she gets the treatment or meds that works for her.
All I know is children's hospital is usually not wrong.
Sounds like a virus that was going around this summer. My kids caught it and had a fever for almost a full week. After the fever went away two kids had a body rash and my other had nothing. As long as its under 106 I wouldn't be worried. Dragging her to the ER everytime she has a mild fever is pointless, its just gonna increase her risk of catching something else. Id stick with tylenol, motrin, and fluids.
I'd definately take your child in again especially since the fever is on the high side. Last summer my then 5 year old was sick for just over a week with a fever (would spike up to 104 and I panicked at that ... couldn't imagine 106) but would come down with motrin (tylenol did nothing for that fever) and a cool / warm bath. We were at the pediatricans office three times - she was tested for strep throat twice and mono once and both tests came back negative. How's your child acting? Is s/he lethargic? Does s/he have an appetite at all? During my daughter's week long fever she was extremely lethargic and had no appetite. I was so happy once that fever broke and I had my little girl back again! I hope your child feels better and soon!
Hi,
My 7 year old has been prone to high fevers in the past. Last year her temp went almost to 105. Believe it or not, she didn't need to go the ER or even the doctor. (of course the first time it did, I dashed in!)....The doc. told me as long as the fever will respond to meds, to not worry. So when it immediately dropped to 103, I was actually relieved....eventually her body fought the virus and she was ok. It took about 10 days. Alot of people believe this myth that fevers will "fry" the brain and what not but the body knows what it's doing...unless its something else...this link talks on about meningitis and the like. Perhaps your daughter is like mine...
Hi T.,
How are her other symptoms? If you put your ear to her chest, do hear pops, crackles, or wheezing? If so, please go back to see your doctor or the ER as this could be an indication of pneumonia which, BTW, could be either viral or bacterial. Although she might not have had a secondary infection the first two times you brought her in, it's possible one has developed since. More than likely, however, you're dealing with a long running virus and the fever should break soon.
These are the warning signs of something far more serious; if your daughter has two or more of these, high tail it back to the ER: rapid heartbeat (>90 beats/minute at rest), rapid respiration (> 20 breaths/minute at rest or panting), continued fever above 101.3 deg. F. Also, take her to the ER immediately if she has one of these symptoms: she is drinking fluids but cannot urinate for over 12 hours, or if she's refusing liquids and getting dehydrated, or if she complains of a severe headache, loses conciousness, or seems to be in an altered concious state. The above are signs of sepsis and/or meningitis/encephalitis and you do not want to delay treatment of these. Every hour of delay increases the risk of a mortality by almost 8%. Don't mean to scare you, but everyone should be aware of these symptoms for themselves and their children.
If the hospital you take her to has the ability to run a blood test for procalcitonin (PCT), you can try requesting the test. A PCT level greater than 0.1 ng/mL is a probable indicator of bacterial infection and antibiotics should be strongly considered. If the level is greater than 0.25 ng/mL, antibiotics are very highly recommended. If the doctor is unclear on these interpretations, direct him or her to the ProResp study: Stolz D, et al. Chest. 2007 Jan;131(1):9-19.
I hope your little one is back on her feet soon!
Take her to see a Pediatric Pulmologist. He/She can help with the upper respiratory infection, did she take x-rays? She will feel better soon!
Did they check for pneumonia via xray--that seems awfully high for that length of time. Or even strep or did they just do blood work and a urinalysis. I'd definitely take her back to your pediatrician if you don't have a pediatrician maybe a urgent clinic can spend more time diagnosing vs the ER. My 2 yr old ran a high fever of 103-104 for 4 days if it wasn't gone by the 5th I for sure planned on taking him back in looking for an answer, especially since he doesn't run a fever that high for basic upper respiratory viruses.. But it broke the 4th day and he had absolutely no other signs of being sick so I really don't know what it was some viral fever I guess.
Good luck hope you find some answer and your little one feels better soon!
My 4 year old just got through having fevers on/off for about a week. It started Sunday night, was coming and going so Wednesday she went to the Doctor. The Ped told us it was a viral infection that's going around and lasts for about a week. There was also some scratchy throat associated with it but never developed into a full cough.
We just continued to deal with the fever (cold packs and tylenol) and stayed out of school. She was actually good to go by Friday.
It's a bummer because of the lost school time and lost sleep... every night she was waking up with fever. Never got as high as 106 i don't think but it was in the 100's like every night. Not a fun week.
I hope yours is done with it soon. It's been a week right?
Take her in again - you are her advocate. The fact that her fever ever got to 106 is definitely cause for concern. It was last Tuesday and she's still at 103? Heck no take her back in and demand a CBC, and if necessary, a CT scan on her neck to rule out an abscess around her lymph nodes. Something is going on, that is not normal. I just got out of the hospital yesterday (3 day stay unfortunately) with my 2 year-old who had infected lymph nodes which led to the beginning of an abscess. The ER docs and our nurses said they're seeing a lot of these cases this year. Don't leave until they give you a diagnosis.
