Re: high fever that comes and goes

Posted By kirsten on August 18, 1998 at 17:21:17:

In Reply to: high fever that comes and goes posted by Kirsten on August 16, 1998 at 04:31:32:






I have five children, ages ranging from 8 years to 2 months. My middle child, 5
years old, woke up with a fever one morning. Her temp was 103. For 5 or 6 days,
she had a fever up to 105.4, which was easily managed with tylenol and/or
ibuprofin. During this time, one of her siblings came up sick, but his fever only
went up to about 103 at the highest, and he was well within 12 hours or so. After
the original 5-6 day period, my five year old was fever free for 2-3 days, after
which time she once again suffered from high fevers, usually between 103-105.4.
This lasted 2-3 more days. Then the fever went away again. Her younger sister
became ill also, but like the older brother's, was fairly mild and quite short in
duration. After three days of no fever, it came back. Her temp has gotten as high as
106.4(that was the highest my thermometer went, so it could have been higher).
She has no other symptoms, no pain anywhere, nausea and vomiting only in
original episode of fever, and only when the fever was highest. Her appetite is
normal, her activity only decreases when her temp is high. She has been to see
several doctors, but we are on a military installation, we rarely get to see the same
doctor twice, and for some reason they don't seem to talk to each other there. Is
there any way this could be viral? It's been two and a half weeks of this illness.
And how much of this high fever can a child her age take?
I just re-read this and am not certain it is clear.  I have two children who were sick for a short duration, about 12 hours.  I have another child, my five year old, who has been sick off and on with high fever for nearly three weeks.  Thank you.