My five year old daughter woke up complaining she felt she needed to throw up. She is running about a 99.7 axillary temperature. When I asked her if she is hurting anywhere, she stated her head and neck hurt. And shes holding the back of her neck. I gave her some Ibuprofen but should I just take her to the ER (its Sunday!)??
Hi... looks like viral illness. Al these nonspecific symptoms and pains along with fever are suggestive of the same. I will explain to you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be more comfortable. Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Regards -