I have two daughters. I will refer them to A and B. I always ask questions about B. THis time around I have a question about A. she is 6 years old. Her immunity is strong. Gets over stuff rather quickly. But she has a pattern that I have never figured out what and why, and neither has her doctor. Example: yesterday we went to the movies. Everything was fine. Perky, happy all that. We come home around 5pm. She refuses to take off the jacket once inside. She says she's cold. House temperature is 75. I immediately check her fever and she has one. I give her motrin at 5pm. Fever gone, her mood never gets bad, she's playing as usual. Goes to bed at 7. I went to bed at 9. Checked on her just to make sure she is ok, and find her curled up. I take her temperature and it's already 103. Which means 4 hours with motrin she already has fever. I take off her pjs, take her in my bed, and go to bed. I tell my husband to set the alarm for 11 so I can give her motrin. (tylenol has never done anything for her). His alarm does not go off. I wake up at 2 am on my own, find her shivering. Take her temperature and it's 105. I give her motrin, water, take a wet compress and wipe her body with it. I stayed up for the rest of the night. She kept shivering, curling up to me for a few hours. Her mood is great. She drinks water, allows me to wipe her down etc. Around 5 her temperature is back to normal. We're up now, and her fever is not back. She is fine. She has had no other symptoms the entire time.
I would be suspecting something and taking her to the doctor today. The thing is this is a usual pattern for her. She will get a fever, usually when outside temps change, weather changes, rains, snows, you name it. she will run a fever for 12 hours, never showing any other symptom and then be fine the next day. I have discussed this with the doctor, and even had blood tests run to see what is going on. Everything came back normal. Her doctor says it's just amazing how her body reacts by getting a high fever to burn up whatever has entered the system, and she recovers very quickly, and that he has never seen anything like it.
Last night I got scared. Maybe because she hasn't had this happen this entire winter. Last it happened was in october. But last night caught me off guard. Any of this sounds familiar to any of you? Does it sounds normal? My husband's reaction is, she's just very strong. I'd like to comfort myself with that, but I don't know what to think. Why does this happen? With no other symptom? What if I had not checked on her last night? She does not even wake up, she isn't a whining person. She just takes it. She sleeps it off. But 4 hours with motrin and she was already running a high fever. I am scared to think if I had not woken up at 2 am on my own how high would have her fever gone? It was 105 at 2 am.
So if any of you has ever experienced this, could you give me an idea what to think? I did place a call to her doctor this morning and he said no need to bring her in. His office is open today and tomorrow and if she shows any other symptom he will see her but he suspects it's the usual thing that she experiences.
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What does of Motrin are you giving her and how much does she weigh? You may not be giving her enough. I don't think it is unusual for her age. You said the last time was in October which was 6 months ago. That is not very often.
Usually when you begin the shivering that's when the fever is going to break... you just let it run its course at that time. Even though you are tempted to cover up in a blanket because you "feel" cold you should only keep a light sheet on so the fever can continue to work. She may very well get a little virus here and there and her body is efficiently ridding her of it. Moms instinct had you put her in bed with you last night just so you WOULD wake up to her shivers. You did everything right.
That doesn't sound normal to me and I would go to another doctor and another until I found one with an answer. Good luck to you and your daughter!
I would get a second opinion (not that there is anything wrong with her) but for a doctor to have no idea would make me uneasy. I would also take her to the ER if she had 105. They could have seizures when it gets that high.
I don't have any advice, but I will say, my daughter is the SAME way. She runs a super high fever and it is often my only indication anything is going on. Any time she has vaccines she runs a very high fever the next day. It's one of the main reasons we have a vaccine schedule that is different from the "norm". If anyone in the family is sick or she is exposed through a friend or an outing, she runs a fever for a day or two and then all better. She is always in good spirits, eats, drinks, just the fever. She is 4 and has never had an antibiotic because she's never needed one. We, too, have had blood work done and asked lots of questions. My doctor says she is one of the healthiest children he has ever seen and he is coming to the conclusion she just has an incredibly strong immune system. Tylenol has never worked for her either and I always use motrin but the only dif. is it works for her. I hope you find answers if your motherly instinct is telling you there are some. Mine tells me my daughter is fine and she is just a healthy little G. whose body reacts to foreign "data" by running a fever. Good luck, I just wanted you to know you are not alone.
It could possibly be allergies. I was diagnosed with a form of asthma years before it was even recognized as asthma. Perhaps this is an undiagnosed form of allergies? Also, please keep in mind that there is a nasty virus going around that has very similar symtoms as these. It could be that also. A fever is a body's way of fighting things off, so in a way it's a good thing. You may want to try alternating between motrin and tylenol even though you said tylenol hasn't ever done anything for her. It may with the aid of the motrin. Prayers for a quick recovery!
My daughter does this exact same thing. It just seems to be how she deals with bugs that get in her system. I haven't even taken her to the doc about it because it seems to be gone before I even get the chance. Although it is scary to get fevers that high, she seems fine and moves in and out of it with ease.
My oldest son used to get high fevers every time he had a fever. He would sometimes have an ear infection or something, but sometimes not. He always acted fine too. He would want to be running around playing with fevers 104-106. I am not kidding. I alternated the motrin and tylenol too, but sometimes neither would work and he just had high fevers. He started this at about 18 months, when he truly was sick and had febrille seizure and spent 4 days in the hospital with no real diagnosis other than virus. After that he always had high fevers until he was older (around 4). There is no long term effect and today he is totally normal and still does not get sick often but the high fevers are long gone (he's 16 now).
If it was some type of virus then your daughter does have a very strong immune system. However, was she around your other daughter most of the night, because if it was a virus then your other daughter should have come down with symptoms as well. I gew up with 5 brothers and sisters and when one of us came down with a bug, it would spread to at least two or three of us. Her temperature is awful high for allergies but that is a very good sign that she responded to the symptoms and hasn't had any since.
You mentioned Tylenol doesn't break her fever and my daughter is sort of the same way. Also runs VERY high fevers when she gets sick...104 is not unusual for her. The best thing to break it is alternate tylenol and motrin. Try that the next time she spikes a fever and see if it breaks a little faster. Every two hours give her a does motrin, then tylenol, then motrin. She's still getting each medicine every four hours, but it will break faster. This is what our doctor recommends and it almost always works.
I don't have an answer for you, but my son had very high and persistant fevers. Tylenol did not work alone. However if I gave motrin, then 3 hours later gave tylenol, then 3 hours later gave motrin again I seemed to be able to keep the fever at bay. Just a thought.
my daughter is 5 1/2 & this happens a couple times every year too. the highest was 104.6.....i alternate motrin & tylenol & it comes down quickly......she typically sleeps it off. I have her drink gatorade & give her popsicles too, not much of an appetite.
It happened this last February & came back on and off, so on the 3rd day I took her in & she had strep throat. She never has had an ear infection and it's rare that she gets a cold. But typically the fever only lasts less than a day (at night of course) and then she is completely fine. Her ped said she is just lucky that the virus doesn't last long. All her bloodwork came back good too.
You know, fever is not a bad thing. It is our body's natural way of fighting illness. It really does burn off the illnesses that enter our bodies. I don't treat fevers in my children unless they are unusually high for that child. Sometimes I do at night just to help them sleep. Fever is a good thing. It really does sound like her body just fought whatever she got and she is on her way to recovery now. If she is feeling better, why are you taking her to the doctor? I would just wait it out and see before I took her in if it were my daughter. But, I'd also be using some essential oils for immune boosting benefits.
