my 11 month old son has had a fever for the last two days (temp 38-39) and tonight I have noticed two lumps behind his left ear and one behind his right. His temperature at the moment is 38.1 despite having panadol 4 hours ago. Should I take him to emergency tonight or wait until tomorrow? He took his fluids today but refused diet which is unusual for him.
Hi, welcome to froufrou history I understand that there is mild grade fever with small lumps being both ears. The lumps are quite a common finding in kids if this age. About the fever, kindly sponge the child from top to bottom with normal tap water with each fever spike, along with fever medication. If fever continues even after 49-72 hours or if child had high fever the visit your pediatrician in OLD. No need to rush to ED