My son has a 103.5 fever.. when should I take him to the hospital?
Honestly, these answers are all wrong. You should give your child acetaminophen, which you already did. Give it about 45 minutes to work. If it doesn't bring the fever down, you can give infant ibuprofen. This should definitely bring the fever down. You can alternate Tylenol/Tempra and ibuprofen, giving Tylenol every 4 hours and ibuprofen every 6 hours. These medications might not completely get rid of the fever, but the fever should come down some. Keep your child cool and well hydrated. If your child becomes lethargic after medication, begins to have breathing problems, or becomes dehydrated then take him to the er. Otherwise all they will do is give your son some ibuprofen/Tylenol and send you home with the same instructions I just gave you. An 8 month old's brain does not become damaged until the body reaches a temperature of 107 or 108, which occurs when a child is left in a hot car rather than from a fever. If the fever reaches 105 then an immediate trip to the er is necessary.
Is it ok that my son ate string or should I take him to the hospital?
My son snuck into his Halloween candy when I wasn't looking and he got out one of those candy necklaces. And he ate the whole thing, with the string. Should I take him to the hospital? Would the string get caught on something and hurt him some way, or do you think it would be ok?
Should i take my son to the hospital? [hes 16mon]?
[hes gone to the ER for this same reason i wanna take him now]hes breathing like he has to cough but it doesnt want to come out. he tries to sneeze and he cant. the last time i took him to the ER they put him on a nebulizar and they also gave him storiods. the only difference between now and then is hes isnt as bad as he was the first time. should i take him now? or just wait untill monday and make him an appt. so she can prescribe him something instead of taking him to the ER each time he has this problem.
Baby fell off bed should I take him to the hospital?
he was "sitting" so i'm assuming he's an older baby, about six to eight months? get used to it. his head will be bouncing and racking off every available projection like you wouldn't believe. if he did not lose consciousness, he's almost certainly okay. let him sleep - that thing about keeping him awake is old information. every hour or so, however, tickle his nose with your hair or stroke his cheek - basically, you want to gently half-rouse him. if you can't rouse him, that's when you need to worry. also look for changes in behaviour, vomiting, "mushy" spots at the site of impact, bulging at the soft spot, etc. but seriously - my daughter has fallen off the bed any number of times (onto tiled cement at the old place) and she's fine. if a bonk on the head was that dangerous, humans would be long extinct.
Child's Fever, when to go to the hospital?
I agree with you... I always thought that at 104 you need to go to the ER. I think 106 is WAY TOO HIGH and could cause brain damage. I'd find another doctor.
My son is cutting himself. Should I admit him into a mental hospital?
If he’s cutting himself that means he is hurting very bad emotionally. I know it may not make sense as to why he would do that to himself, it might seem contradictive even but I promise there is a logical reason behind it. I think you should talk to him. Not harshly, just sit down and let him know you care and you want to support him. Not support the self harm but support him getting better. Figure out what is hurting him, why he might be hurting. And even if you don’t agree, even if you don’t think it is that serious. It IS serious to him, so please respect that because if says something like “I’m having a hard time in school, math is really really hard” it would not be appropriate to respond with “don’t be stupid, cutting yourself over math is unnecessary”. Maybe a more positive response such as “how can we make math easier, we could get a tutor if you’d like.” And if for some reason this process doesn’t play out well, for his well being I do suggest checking him into a facility to help him. I wish someone checked me in, because now it’s not only a bad habit but my worse addiction & I wouldn’t want your son to go down the road I have. I hope these words help.
My son has been hospitalized and I stay with him. He wanted snacks and wanted to go to the vending machine, but we were stopped. I’m sure it’s policy, but why wasn’t I allowed to take my own kid beyond the security doors? I’m his legal guardian.
Patients going off unit (IE: beyond the security doors) is often against hospital policy. You are perfectly entitled to take your son out of the hospital whenever you please, but the hospital is allowed to mandate compliance with hospital policy as a pre-condition to getting care at their facility. Hospitals aren’t jails and you can leave if you feel like, just don’t expect to still have a bed when you come back.This sort of thing happens all the time in the adult world with patients leaving to smoke or get some drugs from someone on the outside? only to come back and find that there is now a new patient in their room. We would tell them, “If you wanted to stay, you shouldn’t have left” and then let them know that they could head to the waiting room of the ER if they still felt they needed medical care.When you leave the area of the hospital in which care is provided but are still formally admitted as a patient, the hospital’s responsibilities to you remain. If you pass out, slip and fall, take drugs and overdose, commit suicide, have a stroke, suffer harm, or die it’s the hospital’s problem because it is their job to take care of all admitted patients. They can’t ensure your safety if you don’t follow hospital policy. When you are admitted, you sign an agreement to follow those policies and in return the hospital promises to do it’s best to safeguard your health and help you get better. When you leave against policy, you break your half of the contract and leave the hospital no choice but to break theirs.PS: Some very stable patients may rarely get “off unit priviledges” ordered by a doctor. In these cases, the doctor tells the hospital that the patient is ok to go unsupervised for a while and takes responsibility for anything bad that might happen while the patient is off the floor.