Miss Peregrine Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 All 4 of my kids are sick with high fevers and cough. The fevers have lasted a whole week. The range is 104+ to 100s. At this point they are all still around 100-101 after a week. They are extremely tired and have horrible coughs. Flu? Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 We had this. The cough part stayed for 2 weeks or more (depending on the person). I started to wonder if it was H1N1 but it was never identified as anything specifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 What kind of cough? Not to freak you out but... CA Health Dept. sent a bulletin home with all the public school children in our school district (Bakersfield) on Thursday warning of a huge uptick in whooping cough (pertussis) cases. The number of cases in Riverside and LA counties are even higher than here. If your children have not been immunized for that (or are on a delayed schedule) you might call your doctor. Actually either way, if my children had a fever for over a week, I'd be calling the doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 this sounds exactly what my kids had at Chrsitmas time...my one daughter was diagnoised with influenza A, but we never put her (or the boys) on medicine...we just made them as comfortable as possible and let it run it's course...I pushed VIT C to the max also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hi, pediatric nurse here. It's most likely a nasty summer virus, but if your child has a fever that lasts longer than 72 hours and is not trending downward, you should bring them in to be checked. It could be a bacterial infection that needs treatment. Diane W. married for 22 years homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 What kind of cough? Not to freak you out but... CA Health Dept. sent a bulletin home with all the public school children in our school district (Bakersfield) on Thursday warning of a huge uptick in whooping cough (pertussis) cases. The number of cases in Riverside and LA counties are even higher than here. If your children have not been immunized for that (or are on a delayed schedule) you might call your doctor. Actually either way, if my children had a fever for over a week, I'd be calling the doctor. DH, DD7, and I all had pertussis 4 years ago. Dr. said that would confer lifelong immunity. We are in San Bernardino County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Have you taken them in? We had something like this in the fall. All the kids and I were diagnosed with H1N1. High fevers and coughs. The fevers lasted FOREVER!!! 7 - 10 days for each one. It was horrible!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 I took one DD in. She got it a few days before the rest. Abx did nothing. Today was her last day. Dh has had the same thing for 3 weeks now. I hope it doesn't last that long for them.:glare: Probably just a flu virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Bronchitis J keeps his Bronchitis cough for weeks-even on steriods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hi, pediatric nurse here. It's most likely a nasty summer virus, but if your child has a fever that lasts longer than 72 hours and is not trending downward, you should bring them in to be checked. It could be a bacterial infection that needs treatment. Diane W. married for 22 years homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years J has had been fighting a temp of 100 for three WEEKS now. He is on Zithromax now (he spiked a 103 Wed evening) but even on the antibiotic he is not going below 100 add in Motrin, not below 99. Have you ever seen something like this? Sorry OP for hijacking, hope it is ok. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Our nieces got whooping cough and they WERE fully vaccinated. My concern would be to check for bronchitis/pneumonia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 DH, DD7, and I all had pertussis 4 years ago. Dr. said that would confer lifelong immunity. We are in San Bernardino County. I believe the information you were given is incorrect. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 May;24(5 Suppl):S58-61. Duration of immunity against pertussis after natural infection or vaccination. Wendelboe AM, Van Rie A, Salmaso S, Englund JA. Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. awendelboe@unc.edu Abstract Despite decades of high vaccination coverage, pertussis has remained endemic and reemerged as a public health problem in many countries in the past 2 decades. Waning of vaccine-induced immunity has been cited as one of the reasons for the observed epidemiologic trend. A review of the published data on duration of immunity reveals estimates that infection-acquired immunity against pertussis disease wanes after 4-20 years and protective immunity after vaccination wanes after 4-12 years. Further research into the rate of waning of vaccine-acquired immunity will help determine the optimal timing and frequency of booster immunizations and their role in pertussis control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 I believe the information you were given is incorrect. Wow, that is good to know. This doesn't sound or act like the pertussis we had but it is good info to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 J has had been fighting a temp of 100 for three WEEKS now. He is on Zithromax now (he spiked a 103 Wed evening) but even on the antibiotic he is not going below 100 add in Motrin, not below 99. Have you ever seen something like this? Sorry OP for hijacking, hope it is ok. :o Has he had blood work done? I would demand that immediately for any fever lasting for three weeks. It could be mono which can cause fever for 6-8 weeks. And, although some docs will tell you that younger children don't have as many symptoms, my son had a fever for over a month at age 5. Not high, but it spiked up to around 100 for weeks. Once you have a dx, you just let it run its course, but with mono, there is potential for spleen involvement, and you want to keep tabs on that. Other possibilities? Lots of different viruses...toxoplasmosis, cat scratch fever...it's hard to say without knowing more details about your child and his health history. The possibility for more serious illness also exists, but I wouldn't even begin to venture there on a message board without seeing the child. I would make an appointment with a pediatrician and have the doctor give your child a complete exam including bloodwork. It's also helpful if you keep a record of your child's symptoms and fever throughout the day. Sometimes the pattern of a fever....high in the AM, high in the PM, spiking after being normal all day....can help the doc with the dx. Hope your little one feels better soon! Diane W. married for 22 years homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Has he had blood work done? I would demand that immediately for any fever lasting for three weeks. It could be mono which can cause fever for 6-8 weeks. And, although some docs will tell you that younger children don't have as many symptoms, my son had a fever for over a month at age 5. Not high, but it spiked up to around 100 for weeks. Once you have a dx, you just let it run its course, but with mono, there is potential for spleen involvement, and you want to keep tabs on that. Other possibilities? Lots of different viruses...toxoplasmosis, cat scratch fever...it's hard to say without knowing more details about your child and his health history. The possibility for more serious illness also exists, but I wouldn't even begin to venture there on a message board without seeing the child. I would make an appointment with a pediatrician and have the doctor give your child a complete exam including bloodwork. It's also helpful if you keep a record of your child's symptoms and fever throughout the day. Sometimes the pattern of a fever....high in the AM, high in the PM, spiking after being normal all day....can help the doc with the dx. Hope your little one feels better soon! Diane W. married for 22 years homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years My d.s. ran a fever off and on for weeks like that. They ran all sorts of tests on him - Lyme, leukemia, mono, juvenile arthritis, strep, etc, etc, etc. Each test got scarier and scarier. They never found the cause. Every single test came back negative. Eventually, it went away. Occasionally, he'll still run a slight fever for a few days, and I get scared that his weeks-long illness will return. We've been working a lot on immune boosting vitamins. I don't know if that's what helped or not, but he's definitely not as sick. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: It's scary!! But, I agree at this point you need bloodwork!! I hope you find out what it is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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