<p>D has had a fever varying from 100-103ish for about 48 hours, any one else know of anything going around? The fever broke last night, so we thought another day on teh couch would put thigns to rights, but now she is back into another high fever after sleeping all day, so I am a bit more worried.</p>
<p>We initially thought it was tonsil/throat related as her tonsils were a bit tender and swollen, thus we were not overly concerned as she gets that all too often, but they never got red and are not really bothering her. </p>
<p>Not really majorly nauseated, though has thrown up-mostly any meds we tried.</p>
<p>Some stomach pain, but nothing upper right, like appendix, just all over sore like she does not want to breathe deeply.</p>
<p>We cannot make any doctor appointments until tomorrow at the soonest, and are new here so do not have a “family doc” with a long time rapport, so may not get in right away.</p>
<p>She is achey and stiff, but it does not sound like menengitis- yes, I am jumping to all the biggies ;)</p>
<p>She has had mono before.</p>
<p>What else can I be checking for? We are trying to not medicate the fever so it will do what it is meant to do, plus the meds were not staying down. popsicles stay down. She would really like to get better, any CC family ideas of things to check for to rule out dangerous stuff or to properly convery the urgency to a physician’s office?</p>
<p>my sister had something like that about a week and a half ago…the doctors couldn’t diagnose it…said it was a “viral infection”…</p>
<p>she ended up being sick for about 4-5 days, with the first 3-4 being spent not eating/drinking a thing, and going to the hospital to get fluids pumped into her.</p>
<p>I just took my younger (17yo) daughter to see our family doc yesterday for the very same thing. Doc think’s it’s bacterial because her throat has raw, whitish patches - she said viral infections usually make the throat red, bacterial infections (like strep) will make the throat icky-looking. She, too, could not/would not swallow anything and slept most of the past two days. She’s on penicillin now, and finally is starting to drink/eat.</p>
<p>Give her Tylenol or similar to try to keep the fever down if it’s high and not going down on it’s own. Keep her hydrated. Usually illnesses with fevers that don’t have other specific complaints (a cough bringing nasty stuff up, a very sore throat, etc.) turn out to be viruses. If her fever breaks 104 or doesn’t respond to a fever-reducing medication or if she suddenly gets worse or develops new symptoms, find somewhere to get her in. Get her checked out by your doctor tomorrow or whenever you could get your appointment to make sure it’s not an infection (strep or something similar). You could also look into whether you have any walk-in medical clinics near you just to get checked out and get antibiotics if necessary.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a family doctor, a case could be made for a visit to the nearest no-appointment-necessary urgent care facility. With a high fever and an inability to keep medication (or anything else?) down, she could be dehydrated, and urgent care places are often capable of dealing with that on site (they can hook up an IV), while doctors’ offices may not be.</p>
<p>This may be strep, in which case antibiotic treatment is necessary, and the sooner the better in terms of the way she feels. If it is, and if she thinks she may throw up the pills, she can ask for a shot instead. The shot goes in the backside and makes sitting down uncomfortable for a day or two, but it may be worth it if there’s a risk that an oral antibiotic may not stay down. My son used to be prone to strep, and he would actually ASK for the shot instead of the pills – and this was back when he was in elementary school.</p>