Hi, my name is Ayla. I'm an old member under a new name because i couldn't remember my username or password.


Anyway, on to what i'm here to ask.

Ever since my DD was 6 months old she would come down with terrible temperatures of around 38-39.5 degrees, have no appetite and want to constantly sleep for days at a time. This happened every two or so months. For a long time i would put it down to teething. But she now has all her teeth and it keeps happening. It is also happening far more frequently. Every month or so.

When i would take her in to the Drs they would check her over and declare her fine, only a temp, nothing else seeming to be wrong with her. Just keep up with fluids and panadol/nurofin. I have had to stick with the nurofin as she vomits the panadol straight up. Once we realised this she stopped vomiting during these episodes.

My DD is sick with the same thing again today after being at the Drs with this only a month ago. I have another Dr's appointment this afternoon. I will be requesting blood tests today. I was told last time that it is too traumatising to be putting her through blood tests for no reason. But as far as i'm concerned, horrible temperatures, not eating, losing weight and sleeping for days at a time every month or so is something and deffinatly not nothing.

I was hoping to hear from any mothers who have gone through the same thing or can give me some advice so that my Dr might listen to me and do something about finding out why this is happening to my daughter. I cant stand for her or myself to go through this anymore with no answers.

Symptoms:

High temperatures,
lethargic, constantly sleeping,
no appetite or energy,
deep, fast breathing when lying down flat on stomach,


Thank you,

Ayla.

Sorry - no real advice from me I'm afraid, but my DD gets temps all the time and the last three symptoms (lethargic, no appetite and fast breathing) all could be a result of the temps. But even if that's the case, you want answers as to why she's getting those high temps for days at a time with no other cold/flu symptoms.

Just a question - does your child sweat?

Stick to your guns. If you believe something is not right, you need to keep investigating until you are listened to. I was constantly going to the doc with "tiny" issues that I just didn't feel were right. Luckily my doc listened and we ended up getting a diagnosis of a pretty rare condition through a paeditrician. So trust your instinct. Hopefully it's nothing, and she will grow out of it, maybe it's just her body's way of fighting a bug off before it becomes a cold/flu ... but you are her only advocate so keep pushing until you get a doctor who will do the research if you remain concerned. Good luck.

I think you're on the right track - the first thing should be to confirm whether these fevers relate to an infection, and a simple blood test should tell you that. As someone who's child has had endless blood tests, I think the possibility of upsetting the child for a moment is worth it if you find out something useful from it. And even if you don't, it is over quickly and hardly what I'd call traumatising (and for that matter, being sick a lot and not knowing why is also traumatising).

Infections are the likeliest thing, as PP says kids do get sick a lot and viral infections affect them differently. Some don't get any obvious signs other than a fever, and some react to a fever more than others. DS was similar, he'd have no other symptoms except a fever, and that would just completely sap his energy levels. He's grown out of a lot of that now, luckily.

If there are no infection markers present, I'd be pushing the doctor to investigate further or refer you to someone who will.

Good luck!

Does she have any problems or stiffening of any of her joints?

check and double check for an ear infection. those symptoms go with ear infections (although youd also see, along with sleepyness, a restless/wakeful sleep) Some doctors can somehow easily miss ear infections.

Hi OP,

This has happened to my DD who is 2.5 a couple of times (most recently was last week) and after providing my GP with her urine sample its turned out to be a UTI. Might be worth checking? DD had temps up to 40, lethargic, fast breathing, very pale, no apetite etc.

Good luck, its horrible to see them so sick xx

This was exactly how my DD was until March last year when she had just turned 3. Since she was a little over 6 months she would get a fever of about 40 for over a week. I would take her to the Dr and all he could find was a suspected virus no other symptoms however I failed to see how it could be a virus when no one else in the family was getting it including her twin brother.

Finally after putting up with this for over 2 years I decided it was time to trust my instincts and ask for a referral to get her tonsils checked. We saw the specialist on the Tuesday and had her Tonsils and adenoids out on the Friday and WOW I so wish I had have done this sooner.

Finally we got a break from the high temps every 6 weeks, she also finally started to put on weight and touch wood since March last year has hardly been sick at all and seems to get over the average cold quite quickly now without too much drama.

Good Luck

Exactly this. My son started getting really high temps from 9 months for no apparent reason. Stopped taking him to the dr after a few episodes because they couldn't find anything wrong with him, didn't even check his throat. Turns out he has 'chronic' tonsillitis. And that is the reason for his high temps. I almost feel relieved, I was alway so worried he has something terrible like leukemia.