My 5 yo has been sick since yesterday with a temp between 101 and 102. I can get it down to 100 with motrin. She keeps complaining about her neck hurting. I have no experience with neck pain during the flue.. Ive never had it, nor have any of my other children. Is this a normal symptom to you?
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No eating. But she did drink water. I gave her fruit/veggie juice last night and she puked it all up. She only wants to drink water.
Quoting LifeCafe42:
Could be body aches is she eating and drinking OK?
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I will. Thank you.
Quoting dixiegurl223626:I hope she feels better! Keep us updated!
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Meningitis???? Seriously? I didnt even know that was an option.
Quoting Godspitgrl:
I was thinking the same as dixiegurl about the meningitis
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Quoting KristinRox:
"Symptoms
Symptoms usually come on quickly, and may include:
Fever and chills
Mental status changes
Nausea and vomiting
Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
Severe headache
Stiff neck (meningismus)
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
Agitation
Bulging fontanelles
Decreased consciousness
Poor feeding or irritability in children
Rapid breathing
Unusual posture, with the head and neck arched backwards (opisthotonos)
Meningitis is an important cause of fever in children and newborns.
People cannot tell if they have bacterial or viral meningitis by how they feel, so they should seek prompt medical attention."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001700/
I checked her throat and from what I can see, it looks basically normal.
Quoting LifeCafe42:
Her throat may be sore keep her drinking pediapops are great look in her throat for white spots. Hope she feels better
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She does have a couple of those symptoms.. the fever, how quick it came on, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and mental status changes. The only thing that looks out of the norm to me is the stiff neck. All of the other symptoms are normal with the simple flue as well.
Quoting Godspitgrl:Quoting KristinRox:
"Symptoms
Symptoms usually come on quickly, and may include:
Fever and chills
Mental status changes
Nausea and vomiting
Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
Severe headache
Stiff neck (meningismus)
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
Agitation
Bulging fontanelles
Decreased consciousness
Poor feeding or irritability in children
Rapid breathing
Unusual posture, with the head and neck arched backwards (opisthotonos)
Meningitis is an important cause of fever in children and newborns.
People cannot tell if they have bacterial or viral meningitis by how they feel, so they should seek prompt medical attention."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001700/
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Quoting KristinRox:
Yeah that's why you have to be careful. Alot of times it's hard to fight meningitis because it was caught so late because people thought it s just the flu.
The flu will give you some bad body pains...does the rest of her body ache too or just her neck?
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on Jun. 14, 2012 at 11:08 PM