Question About Meningitis?

I belong to a parenting board. A long-time poster posted about the death of her 14-month old. A week or so later, she updated that the doc who’d performed the autopsy said he was 100% sure it was viral meningitis - that it hit the little girl and less than a [...]

Mmr Reaction?? Twins Aged 3 Yrs. High Fever?

My 3yr 3 month old twins had the MMR 9 days ago ( i held off due to anxieties re adverse reactions in other children but a local outbreak of measles forced my hand and i allowed them to have the vaccine). On day 7 both children developed a high fever (39c+), i am [...]

Dengue Fever. . . Could I Have It>?

In following my last question about Leukemia: http://answers. yahoo. com/question/index;_ylt=AmcverziywzHe6vaIOfgcLXsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081022224258AA8sHGx
I did some Research on some symptoms i am having. . I mate of mine suggested ‘Dengue Fever’ This didn’t seem impossible, I did some research on it.
Symptoms are most commonly seen in adults and older children. Young children may show no symptoms. [...]

Creeping Eruption Or Cutaneous Larvae Migrans, Anyone Know Anything About This Condition?

My son developed this strange rash sort of thing on his foot that ITCHED him SO SO bad. I took him to the Dr. because it looked infected to me. They told me it was mesquito bites. But I have never seen mesquitos do this type of damage to a child. [...]

What can cause high fever return after only two weeks in a child?

My daughter is 8 years and two weeks ago that I was in hospital for high fever, sore throat, headache, and said that his eyes were hurting. He tested her for strep throat (she has had much earlier) and the response was negative. They sent her home with a prescription for Motrin. The fever was [...]

Anyone with children who have had roseola? If so Did It Accompany the leg pain?

Roseola is an illness of the child usually within 6 months. - 3 years of age. It is accompanied by high fever over 102 degrees for 3-4 days and then a rash when the fever breaks. Usually on the trunk and then on the back and abdomen and sometimes in the face and neck and [...]

My son has a scarlet fever and rash, but not strept or any other symptoms. ?

My daughter has a rash that looks like scarlet fever, and went to the doctor and they told us was what was wrong. The thing is that scarlet fever is supposed to have strept and a high fever. . it just feels a little hot, the rash may or may not cause itching, which usually [...]

My 17 month old son has hand foot mouth virus — How long does it take for the rash to disappear?

He ran a high fever for three days again and then the weekend got a bad rash on the hands and feet. After talking with the nurse after hours, said the rash is caused by a virus that is commonly called hand-foot-mouth, because that's where the rash appears. Anyone else who has had more children [...]

Are for or against vaccination for their child? , Or something in between?

Just out of curiosity on the subject. . . I have five kids and I vaccinate all but because of severe reactions you receive from them (high fever, nystagmus, head tremor, ataxia, rash). . .
  What are your feelings? Do you vaccinate / going to vaccinate their children? Do you think people who decide they [...]

Is it normal for a 6 to have a high fever for 3 days followed by a rash on his torso and puffy eyes?

My daughter had a fever reached its peak at night to 40 degrees C, and fell in the morning to 37-38 degrees C
  She was tired and less energetic, but other wise good.
  Fever ended on the morning of the third day with the disease. In the morning her eyes were swollen. She went to [...]