DS - age 7 - was at a football tournament on Saturday. After a few hours - not constant playing, but playing then waiting in sun - he came off pitch looking knackered, really hot, but dry skin, temp, sore head, felt sick. (Just as well I arrived at tournament as neither dh nor coach had noticed).
I thought - heat exhaustion, took his shirt off, put him in shade, gave him fluids, sponged him down. It didn't get better so I took him home, lay him on couch in cool room with fan on him. He slept for 3 hours and was very hard to wake. I didn't know whether to let him sleep or wake him. Anyway, finally woke him and he ate tea, then went to bed normal time and slept through, but still had temp despite calpol.
He now has a cold and is still on calpol but is still warm! even tho weather is not so hot. He's normally fine in the sun.
Was his reaction on Saturday because it was so hot, or because he was coming down with a cold, or just because it's the end of term and he's tired? Has anyone else had this with their dc?
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Is this some kind of bug? Or heat related?
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CocktailQueen · 22/07/2014 08:39
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