My kid has a fever and headache
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Anonymous
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My kid was sick last week with fever. The doctor said it was very unlikely COVID due to her symptoms - fever went away in 2 days, a couple days passed then got a rash for 1 day. Doctor said this is common of a bunch of childhood viruses which the rest of us have immunity too.
My FIL got really sick from a second bout of chicken pox which he hasn’t had since he was a kid. Viruses in our bodies can pop up again. |
Anonymous
I don't understand this. Does anyone know what this PP means? |
Anonymous
| Did you call the doctor? It doesn't sound like Covid, it sounds more like sinus issues from allergies like an infection. |
Anonymous
Sinus infection? ‘Tis the season (and more likely than COVID). |
Anonymous
| Haven’t left house no takeout since March 8 and my toddler had a ridiculous high fever for 5 and I mean 5 full freaking days and a stupid cough! It was a sinus infection antibiotics helped instantly - he’s smaller so couldn’t blow nose, playing in dirt and potty, etc and was stuffy. It’ll be okay. |
Anonymous
| Allergies could cause a sinus infection |
Anonymous
+1 What color is the snot? |
Anonymous
Yes, PP is under the impression that getting take out poses a high risk and should have been avoided. Personally, I think it is a very low risk activity and the doctors on the news seem to agree - low risk. We get take out at least once a week and we treat the packaging like we would our groceries or FedEx/UPS packages. We unpack the take out in one area in our kitchen, throw away the packaging, wipe down the counter where the packaging was, and wash our hands. We usually wipe down any sauce packets or dressings that came with it or we throw those out. We try to steer toward warm dishes, although I did order a salad last time. We've been doing this for weeks and are all healthy. Medical professionals have said that this is not a food-born virus. Unless someone at Papa John's happens to be an asymptomatic carrier of the virus AND decided to straight-up sneeze on your pizza and then ship it off to you anyway, you are completely safe. And BTW, if you're that paranoid, just re-heat the food in your oven for a bit. No big deal. |
Anonymous
It's perfectly fine and safe to get take out and groceries: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/08/822903487/how-safe-is-it-to-eat-take-out https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/health/groceries-takeout-coronavirus-wellness-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/well/live/coronavirus-contagion-spead-clothes-shoes-hair-newspaper-packages-mail-infectious.html |
Anonymous
m Op here. No snot. He often has watery itchy eyes during this time of year and sniffles. His eczema also flares up. He was moody and irritable all day. He had no appetite. Realized he had a fever around 7. Gave him Tylenol and he was asleep by 8. |
Anonymous
| One of your kids might be a strep carrier and passed it on. |
Anonymous
It doesn't matter if it's high risk or low risk. If you get sick from something that's low risk, well, how does it help you that it was low risk? It's a risk. We're not doing take out for now. This is not going to last forever, but sorry, there is some risk. People wear gloves and wipe their noses on their gloves, etc. |
Anonymous
I am not "under the impression". I am a research biologist and as such, see clearly how viral particles cling to the food, the food container, and the outer packaging. Contrary to groceries that you can possible wipe down or leave for days in a garage, take-out is meant to be eaten immediately. It's hard to wipe plastic bag handles or flimsy paper bags. You can reheat the food to 140F internal temperature for several minutes, but contaminate yourself in the process of getting that food out of all those layers. Thus, take-out is riskier than grocery delivery. That is why it does not make sense that OP is getting her groceries delivered but still decided it was OK to get take-out. |
Anonymous
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I know how you feel because I was in your shoes last week. My son had diarrhea, fever (for 5 days), low appetite and was super irritable. We did the phone appt and finally brought him in because we were afraid of ear infections. Sure enough he has that and after two days of antibiotics, he was back to his usual self.
I was wondering how he got sick since he’s home most of the time accept for biking and hiking over the weekend. The rest of us are fine. |
Anonymous
+3 The process for takeout (new containers, dump the waste, and then wash your hands) is simple and easy and the same steps you would take checking your mail each day. |