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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
jgilesslp
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High Fever & Nothing Else
jgilesslp
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Anyone else's LO spike a high fever that only subsides a little with Tylenol and no other symptoms other than some breathing changes and lethargy and no appetite as a result of fever? (He has seen the pedi as of yesterday and I have to call today to report on how he currently is.) I thought I read something a little while back about others having basically a high fever lasting several days. Can anyone refresh my memory? He was supposed to start swim classes today 
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Re: High Fever & Nothing Else
DD had a high fever off & on for a few days than it just disapeared. Dr said it was a virus that she was fighting off. No other symptoms but lethargic.
Some children will run a high fever for a few days than get a rash. That is Roseolo I believe.
It could be Roseola. That's exactly what DD had. She had a highish (100-102) fever for 3 days followed by a very high fever (almost 104) one night that sent us to the ER. She was poked and prodded for several hours (including a catheter to check for UTI) and in the end they sent us home with antibiotics saying it was probably bacterial. That was on a Monday. Her fever got lower but stuck around until Tuesday night. Tuesday before bed she had no fever at all and still no fever when she woke up Wednesday morning (with no meds). We had a follow up appointment with the pedi that day at 1030, which I almost cancelled because she seemed perfectly fine. I'm glad I didn't though, because when I went to change her out of her pj's before the appointment (about 2 hours after she woke up) she was covered from her torso down in a red spotted rash! I took her to the pedi and as soon as he saw it he said it was Roseola. He said it's not dangerous once they get past the fever, and doesn't need treatment (he took her off the amox after that). He said the rash isn't usually bothersome to them. The rash went away after about 2 days. He said there is no way to test for it or anything, they just know that's what it is when the rash appears.
It is however very contagious to kids,especially under age 2, prior to the rash appearing. I would not take him to swim classes if I were you. You were probably not planning to anyway with him being sick.
Good Luck!
DD pretty much had the same thing a couple of weeks ago. She had a fever for about 5 days, and at times hovered around 103. The pedi said it was just a "fever-virus". I know 3 other kids that had the same thing that week. I think it is something just going around right now.
We stayed on the motrin/tylenol 3-hour rotation and pushed fluids.
DS had this the past few days.. the pedi checked him out to make sure it wasn't anything else..All tests came back negative.
She said there is a virus going around with one or all of the symtpoms of high fever, diarhea, cough, ear infection, lethargic.
Baby #2 MC June 2008
Baby #3 Born April 2009
Baby #4 due date February 2015
DS is just getting over this. Google roseola.
DD had roseola months ago. She had a very high fever (104.5 at one point). A rash broke out the same day the fever dissappeared.
She also just got over what the doctor diagnosed as a virus. She had a fever for 5 days (sometimes up to almost 103), cough, no appetite, very tired and cranky. I took her to the pedi to make sure it wasn't an ear infection or strep. Both negative.