My 7 year old daughter began running a temperature 100.7 earlier today, so I gave her children s tylenol and of course it brought it down. The tylenol wore off and her temp has reached 101.8. I have now given her a dose of children s ibuprofen. I also have an ice pack on the back of her neck. She was complaining earlier about the back of her head down to the nape of her neck hurting, but she stated is feeling better. She has vomited once and no diarehha. Is there anything additional I should be doing or on the watch for or do I just need to continue alternating tylenol and ibuprofen every 4 hours?
Your daughter is 7 years of age, vulnerable for infections, which she most likely picks up from school. The fever has been brought down appropriately, but we still have to treat cause of the fever. The sign that you mention, pain in the back of head down to the nape of her neck, is indicating that she may have an infection in the throat.check if she has pain on moving her neck down in front.shine a torch inside her throat and see if it is red. I suggest that in addition to simple remedies of bringing down fever, see a pediatrician and get her examined .she may need blood tests like blood counts and close follow up next few days. She may also need admission, further tests to rule out an infection called meningitis and correct early antibiotics to get rid of bacteria. I am sure she will get better soon.