dear all, I would like to share my experience gak. July 2005, my third one kena fit. Kena 3 kali, then my nanny send my baby to the nearest clinic sebab I still stuck in traffic jam. Only god knows how I felt. Cemas ada, sedih ada. Lepas I balik, I brought her to a specialist, who send her to the nearest gov. hospital.
2 weeks after that, masuk hospital lagi skali pasal fit jugak. Bila dah 3 kali kluar masuk hospital, I dah give up ngan government hospital tu. Demam tak baik2. Pas baby dah masuk suppository (ubat montot), I beg my doctor to discharged my doter. Immediately after that, we drove back to Penang, which took us almost 4 hours. Pas sampai Penang, terus I jumpa my regular specialist. Later, he found out that my baby ada sinus / resdung. Lepas tu baru okay. Dah tak demam dah. I also learn a few things from this incident:
1. Kena simpan suppository kat rumah. Bila baby temperature reach 38C, I dah tahu apa nak buat. I used the ones that contain 'paracetamol' or 'acetaminophen'. If I am not mistaken, this does not contain aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). But, I guna bila betul2 perlu saja.
2. Since my baby ada sinus, I take note of the things she allergic to. To avoid her getting fever again.
3. Masa dia demam, I basahkan kepala, underarm and celah peha. Sebab my doc said, celah peha tu can bring down the temperature faster.
4. Masa anak I fit, I baringkan dia on her side. By doing so, I can protect my baby from suffocation.
5. Kalau dia demam saja, I akan cari what triggers fever. Fever is not the root cause, it is just the manifestation that something is wrong with your baby.
6. Doctor cakap after the attack, I kena watch out for abt 18 mths, sebab tendency fit untuk datang balik tinggi.
Tu je lah kut. I am not an expert on this. Just wanted to share my experience and hopefully others can be benefited from it.