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Date: Jul 14, 2011
Nurse advice please
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Kaylen has had a headache yesterday and last night and she says it hurts this morning. Last night she had a fever of 101.2 I'm worried about meningitis. She says she can't putnher chin to her chest because it hurts, but she doesnt cry about it when I try and says her neck doesn't hurt when she just lays down. Its me and the four kids and would take a while if I took her to the er so I don't want to overreact if it's just aches from the flu or something. Any thoughts are appreciated

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IT could be sinus if it hurts when she moves her head? I am no nurse or dr., but if you really feel she is in pain, I would take her.

Looking up the symptoms in kids 1 year or older they say
* Nausea and vomiting

* Headache

* Increased sensitivity to light

* Fever

* Altered mental status (seems confused or odd)

* Lethargy

* Seizure activity

* Neck stiffness or pain

* Knees automatically brought up toward the body when the neck is bent forward or pain in the legs when bent (called Brudzinski sign)

* Inability to straighten the lower legs after the hips have already been flexed 90° (called Kernig sign)


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thanks. I think shes fine. SHe says shes feeling better and isnt tired. Ah the worries of being a parent.

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