Putting a drip in a baby's head?

[oldexpat]

I know a mother who is currently in Asia and if their 1 year old baby has a temperature when they take him to the doctors they immediately put a drip in the baby's fore head. This sounds absolutely rediculous to me. It actually stops the mother taking the child to the doctors unless he is really bad. Like now he has a slight temperature and a cough but they are monitoring him and if he getrs worse they will take him to the doctors. What would you suggest? Take him at the slightest temperature and get him filled up with drugs or wait and see if it worsens but how can you tell if it bad enough to take him to the doctors? I know kids get ill quite a lot and recover quickly so when do you take them to the doctors?

[Sqad]

I.V drip into a babies head who has a temperature in a hot Asian Country.......excellent.

Can´t see your problem.

[oldexpat]

sqad is that a serious response or what? That is what they do.

[daffy654]

They also put IV lines into babies scalps here. My son had it when he had bronchiolitis at age 4 months. The veins are easier to access in the scalp in a baby, the ones in their hands are too small and prone to collapsing.

[Sqad]

oldexpat.........quite serious.

[oldexpat]

OH ok just sounds a bit extreme to me. So to answer the other question sqad should you take a baby to the doctors at first sign of a temperature?

[Sqad]

oldexpat......wherever you live the management of a child is the same.....no, one shouldnt take a child to the doctor at the onset of a temperature.

[anneasquith]

sqad. you cant say that.

[bednobs]

why not?

[anneasquith]

what if the baby gets worse ? or temperature doesnt come down, am sorry but my opinion, i am not a doctor

[bednobs]

if the baby gets worse or the temp doesn't come down then yes, but squad was saying you don't need to take a baby to the doctor at the onset of a temperature!

[anneasquith]

ok.

[oldexpat]

Well I read it as you should take a child to the doctors at the onset of a temperature 'no-one shouldnt' = 'do'
I know sqad put a commer but I thought that ws a typo.
So is the Jury still out? To take or not to take. That is the question.

[Sqad]

oldexpet...it was a typo (or bad grammar) ;-)....for me there is no jury. " at the onset of a temperature, there is no need to take a child to the doctor"

This is the situation in 99.9% of cases.....the 0.1% is if the child has a pre-diagnosed immune deficiency disorder.

Can you just imagine the work load on GP´s if every child was taken to the GP at the onset of a temperature? It´s nonsense.

[beso]

oldexpat should go back to school. There was nothing wrong with squad's grammer.

There is a world of difference between

"no-one shouldn't" and "no, one shouldn't"

The commer (sic) make a big difference.

[beso]

whoops... grammar

[Sqad]

beso.....LOL

[rowanwitch]

According to one of the paediatric sisters I worked for during my training It's what calpol is for..... I was taught the times to react quickly are .. baby or small child listless , rash, or temp that doesn't come down with baby paracetamol. floppy or change in the sound of the crying . vomitting or diarrhoes more than one episode....The little darlings get raised temperatures with so many things.....I am sure sqad will add more things to this list

[ummmm]

Anne....I thought you use to be a nurse???? You actually sound like every doctors nightmare..!!

[Sqad]

ummmm..LOL

anne is male. He has never seen the inside of a hospital except perhaps as a patient.

I am glad that the Pope´s visit went off better than expected.

[ummmm]

As far as I'm concerned Anne is Poodicat...

So am I Sqad...so am I :-)